- "You lost today, kid, but that doesn't mean you have to like it."
- ―Fedora[src]
Fedora was a leader of a gang of hired treasure hunters who retrieved the Cross of Coronado from a canyon site in Utah in 1912. On this looting excavation, he wore a leather jacket and brown fedora. When his back was turned, a young Indiana Jones stole the Cross and escaped across the Utah landscape on horseback and circus train. Fedora and his men chased Indy with cars, and even helped Indy escape a dangerous situation in the lion car of the train. Eventually, after Jones returned to his home with the cross, Fedora and his gang arrived at the Jones house and, with the assistance of the local sheriff, rightfully claimed the salvaged artifact for his client, Panama Hat.
He admired young Jones' ingenuity and courage while attempting to claim it.
When he and his colleagues left the Jones' homestead, he placed his Fedora hat onto young Jones' head before passing the door.
Behind the scenes
The role of Fedora was played by Richard Young.
Early drafts of The Last Crusade alluded to him being Abner Ravenwood, Indiana's mentor. This can be seen in the final film since he is featured more prominently in the introductory sequences and has many closeups, not to mention the overall similarity to mature Indy. However all references to his identity have been removed from the final cut.