er ▁of ▁The ▁St unt ▁Register , ▁a ▁UK ▁industry ▁list ▁of ▁acc red ited ▁st unt ▁perform ers . ▁He ▁also ▁appeared ▁in ▁an ▁episode ▁of ▁The ▁Aven gers ▁as ▁a ▁Cy ber na ut , ▁a ▁murder ous ▁silver ▁robot ▁controlled ▁by ▁Peter ▁C ushing . ▁ ▁Rich ards ' ▁most ▁famous ▁scene ▁was ▁as ▁the ▁script ed ▁" large ▁Arab ian ▁s words man " ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁Indiana ▁Jones ▁film ▁Ra iders ▁of ▁the ▁Lost ▁Ark . ▁Director ▁Steven ▁Spiel berg ▁shot ▁the ▁production ' s ▁C airo , ▁Egypt - located ▁fight ▁scenes ▁in ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁K air ou an , ▁Tun is ia . ▁Rich ards ▁had ▁pract ised ▁for ▁weeks ▁with ▁his ▁heavy ▁Arab ian ▁sword ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁script ed ▁fight ▁scene , ▁ch ore ograph ing ▁a ▁fight ▁between ▁the ▁s words man ▁and ▁Jones ' s ▁wh ip . ▁However , ▁after ▁film ing ▁the ▁initial ▁sh ots ▁of ▁the ▁scene ▁and ▁with ▁Ford ▁suffering ▁from ▁d ys ent ery , ▁after ▁l unch ▁Ford ▁and ▁Spiel berg ▁agreed ▁to ▁cut ▁the ▁scene ▁down ▁to ▁a ▁single ▁gun shot , ▁giving ▁Jones ▁a ▁humor ously ▁unf air ▁advantage . ▁It ▁was ▁later ▁voted ▁in ▁at ▁No . 5 ▁on ▁Play boy ▁magazine ' s ▁list ▁of ▁best ▁all - time ▁scenes , ▁and ▁also ▁created ▁a ▁L ego ▁character ▁of ▁the ▁large ▁Arab . ▁ ▁Rich ards ▁retired ▁after ▁his ▁last ▁performance ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9