ARNOLD TOHT

Major Arnold Ernst Toht is a primary antagonist in the Indiana Jones franchise, debuting as the sinister Gestapo interrogator in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Portrayed by actor Ronald Lacey, Toht is infamous for his soft-spoken cruelty, his black leather trench coat, and his iconic, gruesome face-melting death upon the opening of the Ark of the Covenant.