The late British wrestler-turned-actor Pat Roach portrayed four different characters in the “Indiana Jones” films. Roach’s imposing size, martial arts skills, and experience in professional wrestling made him the perfect figure to play henchmen and villains. In “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” he played the huge Sherpa who brawls with Indy in Nepal, and, more famously, the Luftwaffe mechanic who fights Indy as the hero attempts to escape from the Egyptian dig site, meeting a memorable end via some airplane propeller blades.
In “The Temple of Doom,” Roach played the chief Thuggee guard, overseeing the operation under Pankot Palace. He once again fights Indy, this time meeting his death via a rock crusher. His final appearance in the franchise came in “The Last Crusade,” with Roach taking on the role of a Gestapo agent, this time in a suit with neatly trimmed facial hair. He was again supposed to fight Jones on camera, but these scenes were ultimately cut from the film.
