Original: He also played Agent Michael Malone in the 1993 remake of the 1950s television series The Untouchables , as well as portraying Professor Maximillian Arturo in Sliders , King Richard I in Robin of Sherwood , General Leonid Pushkin in the James Bond film The Living Daylights , and Macro in I , Claudius .
Simplified: Although he has played in many films , Rhys-Davies is probably best known for his characters in two blockbuster film series : Sallah in the Indiana Jones films and the dwarf Gimli in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy .