White-haired soldier

A white-haired soldier served under Colonel Herman Dietrich and French archaeologist as part of a Nazi party stationed in Tanis, Egypt in 1936. He was part of the group who caught and imprisoned American archaeologist Indiana Jones and his associate Marion Ravenwood inside the Well of the Souls after stealing the lost Ark of the Covenant from Jones and Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir. Later, the white-haired soldier accompanied Dietrich and Belloq aboard the u-boat Wurrfler to the isle of Geheimhaven in the midst of the Aegean Sea, and brought Ravenwood to Belloq.

Tanis, Egypt
In 1936, the white-haired soldier was among the German Nazi soldiers stationed under Colonel Herman Dietrich, Major Arnold Ernst Toht and French archaeologist René Emile Belloq at a digsite in Tanis, Egypt digging for the lost Ark of the Covenant. When Belloq, Dietrich and Major Gobler noticed several Arabic excavators including Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir and his brother-in-law Omar digging at a hilltop nearby, the Colonel awoke a handful of his men including the white-haired soldier and had them accompany the three to arrest the intruders. It soon became clear that American archaeologist Indiana Jones was behind the intrusion, and that they had located the Ark inside the Well of the Souls. Sallah, Omar and eight other excavators were arrested while Belloq and Dietrich shouted down to Jones, who was still inside the cave. Jones ended up being locked inside the cave, along with his ex-flame and associate Marion Ravenwood who was hurled into the well by Major Toht and caught by Jones. However, after the German soldiers and their superiors left, Jones and Marion managed to use a statue of the Egyptian God Anubis to break a hole in the wall and escape the tomb.

Geheimhaven
At some point after the events of Tanis, the soldier suffered an unknown injury to his arm and was given a cast. Afterwards, he accompanied Belloq, Toht and Dietrich to the isle of Geheimhaven in the Aegean Sea aboard the u-boat Wurrfler, on the way picking up Marion Ravenwood and the Ark of the Covenant from the Bantu Wind smuggling vessel, unknowingly also allowing Indiana Jones to stow away aboard the u-boat.

Upon the Nazi party's arrival at Geheimhaven, the white-haired soldier was tasked with bringing Marion Ravenwood to Belloq at a platform next to the docked Wurrfler. The soldier brought the American to Belloq and shoved her forwards, before stepping backwards and observing the conversation between Belloq, Dietrich and Captain Mohler.

Behind the scenes

 * The white-haired soldier was portrayed by an uncredited performer in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
 * At Geheimhaven, the soldier bore a cast on his arm which was not visible when he was present at Tanis earlier in the film. This may have been the result of an injury suffered by the character's portrayer during the film's production.

Appearances

 * Raiders of the Lost Ark