Colonel Sandurz

Colonel Sandurz was a supporting character featured in the 1987 Mel Brooks comedy film Spaceballs. The character was played by actor George Wyner.

Biography
Colonel Sandurz was a member of the Spaceball military and was stationed aboard the capital ship Spaceball One where he served as the second-in-command under Lord Dark Helmet. Sandurz was a stern and loyal Spaceball and always respected Dark Helmet's authority, even when he was ordered to do things that went against his better judgment. Dark Helmet was somewhat incompetent and had an abrasive demeanor and has even taken to questioning Sandurz' bravery. If these qualities ever grated on Sandurz' nerves, he never gave any indication of it.

Colonel Sandurz often kept Dark Helmet up to speed on the day-to-day operations of Spaceball One and even introduced him to such modern conveniences as Mr. Coffee and Mr. Radar. While pursuing the renegades Lone Starr and their former prisoner Princess Vespa, Dark Helmet ordered Sandurz to take the ship to Ludicrous Speed. Sandurz' warned Dark Helmet that this was an unsafe manuever and cautioned him to put on a seat belt, but Helmet ignored him and paid the price for it when the sharp intertial increase propelled the Dark Lord into the forward bridge control panels.

Notes & Trivia

 * Colonel Sanderz' name is derived from Colonel Sanders, the spokesman for the Kentucky Frid Chicken restaurant chain. In the scene where Dark Helmet question's Sandurz' bravery he says, "What's the matter, Colonel? Chicken?"