Remembering Terry Richards

Terry Richards Disappointed Over Iconic Raiders Scene

It was on this day back in 2014 that it was announced we lost Terry Richards, the brilliant British stunt man whose career spanned Indiana Jones, James Bond, Star Wars and so many classics. Richards had actually passed away on 14th June, aged 81.

Richards served in the Welsh Guards before being told by a friend that they needed extras with military training. He was asked if he could fall from a scaffolding which ultimately led to his long career as a stuntman.

Most fans remember him as the Cairo Swordsman in Raiders of the Lost Ark, a scene that became iconic completely by accident. Richards had trained hard for a full sword fight, but Harrison Ford was too ill to perform it. As Ford explained:

“I was no longer capable of staying out of my trailer for more than it took to expose a role of film, which was 10 minutes, and then I would have to flee back there for sanitary facilities.”

Ford admitted Richards was disappointed after “training and training” for the duel, but the improvised moment became one of cinema’s most famous gags. And fittingly, the Cairo Swordsman went on to get his own action figure and even a LEGO version.

A brief moment on screen, a huge legacy from a true unsung hero of British stunt work.

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