This Sergeant was one of the Nazi soldiers serving under Colonel Dietrich and was aboard the Wurrfler when it was heading to Geheimhaven in 1936.
Biography
When the Nazis boarded the Bantu Wind, the Sergeant and two soldiers went into Captain Katanga's cabin searching for Indiana Jones. They found only Marion Ravenwood, who they took prisoner. Marion warned the sergeant not to touch her and prodded his chest with her finger for emphasis. He angrily responded by shoving her down the hall, and then he and his companions took her out on deck. Seeing Dietrich, she wrenched free from the three and moved to slap him, only to be seized and pulled aside by Katanga before she could do so.
Behind the scenes
The Sergeant was played by the late Welsh actor John Rees in Raiders of the Lost Ark in a nonspeaking role. A line attributed to this character in the script is spoken by an anonymous soldier in the finished film.
Although Rees played the role of this Sergeant, some fans had mistaken him as the actor who portrayed the Tough Sergeant during The Desert Chase. However, this is false, as the late stuntman Sergio Mioni was the portrayer of that sergeant.
The Sergeant's fate is unknown. He did go to Geheimhaven with the other Nazis aboard the Wurrfler, but it's unknown if he was present at the Tabernacle when the Ark was opened.