Colonel Dupuis was second-in-command of French intelligence in 1917.
Biography[]
Colonel Dupuis met with Belgian intelligence agents Indiana Jones (under his nom de guerre Henri Defense) and Remy Baudouin following their forged transfer request to switch to French intelligence.[1]
While Dupuis recognized that the signature was fake, he welcomed the two regardless and gave them their individual assignments. Though Baudouin's would see him return to Brussels, French intelligence was initially unsure what to do with Jones and Dupuis sent him back to the Western Front for two weeks as a reconnaissance photographer for Lafayette Escadrille.[1]
After Jones returned, Dupuis commended him on his work and assigned a mission within Germany to make contact with Dutch airplane designer Anthony Fokker and convince him to defect to the French. Jones's mission ended in failure and an unimpressed Dupuis begrudgingly put him forward for a role in what became known as the Sixtus Affair.[1] Though Jones was successful on his part,[2] the mission was again considered a failure.[3]
Dupuis invited Jones to have a drink with him while he considered the spy's future. After they discussed the situation in Russia following the removal of the tsar, Dupuis learned that Jones could speak the language and sent him to the French embassy in Petrograd to work as a translator.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Victor Spinetti portrayed Colonel Dupuis, scripted as "Depuys" for the unrealized third season Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episode "Ahlhorn, Late February 1917", and seemingly credited as "Bragas",[4] in Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen in which he also played the character "Major M".[1] He returned to film bridging footage as Dupuis uncredited for Adventures in the Secret Service, the the combined re-edit of "Austria, March 1917" and "Petrograd, July 1917".[3]
Appearances[]
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen" → Attack of the Hawkmen
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones – Adventures in the Secret Service
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen" → Attack of the Hawkmen
- ↑ The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Austria, March 1917" → Adventures in the Secret Service
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones – Adventures in the Secret Service
- ↑
Chapter 12: Attack of the Hawkmen on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)