An elderly warehouseman was employed by the United States Federal government, stationed at Hangar 51 in Nevada, United States of America in 1936. It was the warehouseman who stored the crate containing the Ark of the Covenant under observation after it was found by American archaeologist Indiana Jones.
Biography[]
The Warehouseman worked in a warehouse in a government building,[2] named Hangar 51 and located in Nevada, USA.[3] The place was filled with a lot of crates,[1] more than the old man had ever cared to count. After all his years of government emplyment, he had no idea how many crates were stored in the warehouse and didn't even know anything about the contents of the crates. He was only paid to put things into storage, not remember what was in them.[2]
In 1936, after the Ark of the Covenant was found by American archaeologist Indiana Jones inside the Well of the Souls at Tanis, Egypt and captured from a group of Nazi soldiers led by Colonel Herman Dietrich and French archaeologist René Emile Belloq, the warehouseman was tasked with storing it at the mysterious Hangar 51 in Nevada, following a meeting concerning its fate between Jones, National Museum curator Marcus Brody, US Army Intelligence agents Major Eaton and Colonel Musgrove and a fifth man.[1]
The warehouseman transports the Ark.
Under observation,[1] the Warehouseman was the last "top man" to see the Ark.[2] The worker boxed up and carried it in a crate designated 9906753, through the warehouse for storage alongside many other similar containers.[1] At one point, the older man thought he heard a ringing coming from the box he was transporting, but chalked it up to his hearing and decided to get it checked later on, once he was finished with the Ark.[4]
Personality and traits[]
By 1936, the Warehouseman was a little old man[2] who hardly paid attention to any of the many "meaninglessly stenciled" crates he stored at Hangar 51, merely looking forward for his weekly check due to being old and few things in life engrossing him, which the crates weren't nor attracted his curiosity.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
The Warehouseman was portrayed by an uncredited Fred Gambia[5] in Raiders of the Lost Ark.[1]
Auditions for the role of the warehouseman were held on July 13, 1980. Gambia ultimately won the part with two additional workers who were listed as "A.N. Others" during production, a standard nomenclature for unnamed extras.[5]
In Marvel Comics' comic book adaptation, the warehouseman is a much younger and muscular man.[6]
In LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, the warehouseman's role is fulfilled by Major Eaton.[7] In the game's sequel, LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues, he is replaced by the Janitor, a game-exclusive character.[8]
Appearances[]
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (First appearance)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark novel
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark junior novel
- Raiders of the Lost Ark storybook
- Raiders of the Lost Ark comic
- Indiana Jones: The Search For Buried Treasure
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Raiders of the Lost Ark
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark junior novel
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Raiders of the Lost Ark novel
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Complete Making of Indiana Jones
- ↑ Raiders of the Lost Ark comic
- ↑ LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
- ↑ LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues