Dan Aykroyd was in THE TEMPLE OF DOOM!
Well you learn something everyday don't you? I must have seen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom about six or seven times but on each viewing occasion this cameo completely passed me by. /Film have spotted a familiar face in the film's opening scene. Dan Aykroyd!
Ayrkoyd and Spielberg were good pals at the time - only five years prior Aykroyd had led the comedy 1941 for the director. The site tells us...
The 18-second cameo is easy to miss and comes just after the conclusion of the car chase with Lao Ches men in the films opening sequence. Aykroyd plays a character named Weber, who sports a mustache and an even worse fake British accent. He explains to Indy that hes arranged for last minute transportation just before Jones, Short Round and Willie board the plane.
It may be well known and a quick google search see's the film listed on many of his filmographies but I had never known or spotted it before.
Had you spotted it? Did you know of Aykroyd's appearance in Indy Jones and isn't it a shame Spielberg never gave this actor a fully fleshed out major part in one of the films... the more you think about it the more his comedic persona could have fitted in well. Kind of how Ray Winstone SHOULD have been portrayed in the last movie.