keith short played belloq in raiders of the lost ark.
keith short played belloq in raiders of the lost ark.
who played belloq in raiders of the lost ark?
keith short
a number of actors connected to the indiana jones films and/or george lucas's "star wars" franchise made guest appearances. harrison ford appeared as a middle-aged indy (age 50) in the episode "young indiana jones and the mystery of the blues", which aired in march 1993. paul freeman, who played rene belloq in "raiders of the lost ark", portrayed frederick selous in a couple of episodes, while roshan seth, who played chattar lal in "indiana jones and the temple of doom", played a north african sheikh in "morocco, 1917" (later re-edited into "tales of innocence"). the late william hootkins (major eaton from "raiders of the lost ark") played russian ballet producer sergei diaghilev and wolf kahler (colonel dietrich in "raiders of the lost ark") played a german diplomat in "barcelona, may 1917". in the episode "attack of the hawkmen," "star wars" veteran anthony daniels played françois, a french intelligence scientist (in the mode of james bond's "q") who gives indy a special suitcase filled with gadgets for a special mission in germany. clint eastwood was approached to play the elder brother of indiana jones, but he turned it down despite a $10 million offer.
the young indiana jones chronicles
the next day a nazi u-boat intercepts the ship. belloq and dietrich seize the ark and marion but cannot locate jones, who stows away aboard the u-boat and travels with them to an island in the aegean sea. once there, belloq plans to test the power of the ark before presenting it to hitler. jones reveals himself and threatens to destroy the ark with an anti-tank rocket, but belloq calls his bluff and jones surrenders. the nazis take jones and marion to an area where the ark will be opened and tie them to a post to observe. belloq, dressed as an israelite kohen gadol, performs a ceremonial opening of the ark and finds it full of sand. spirits emerge from the ark – jones and marion close their eyes. the spirits are suddenly revealed to be angels of death that slaughter the gathered nazi soldiers. belloq, toht and dietrich all scream in terror as the ark turns its fury on them: dietrich's head shrivels up, toht's face is melted off his skull and belloq's head explodes. flames then engulf the remains of the doomed assembly, save for jones and marion, in a whirlwind of fire before the ark seals itself shut. jones and marion find their ropes burned off and embrace.
raiders of the lost ark