John Arnold

"Hold on to your butts." -Ray Arnold in Jurassic Park

John Raymond "Ray" Arnold is the chief engineer of Jurassic Park in most part of the Jurassic Park Series. He appears in the novels, movies and games. He is killed by a Velociraptor in the shed in both the film and the novel.

Jurassic Park novel
In the Jurassic Park novel John Arnold was Jurassic Park's chief engineer. Before working at Jurassic Park, he had worked at many theme parks and zoos, including Disneyland. He also worked as a naval engineer. He tries to get Jurassic Park back online, with help of Henry Wu, but didn't come back and is ultimately killed by a Velociraptor.

Jurassic Park film
In the Jurassic Park movie he was referred to as Ray Arnold in order to differentiate between him and John Hammond, though some believe that that was his middle name. Ray Arnold is also the chief engineer in the film. After Dennis Nedry turns the power off he tells John Hammond that he can't get Jurassic Park back online without Nedry. After he shuts down the entire system, he goes to the power bunker to re-boot Jurassic Park. He is ultimately killed by the Velociraptors offscreen. Later Ellie Sattler finds his dismembered arm after she had rebooted the power.

After the incident in Jurassic Park, Arnold's family sued InGen in a 23 million dollar lawsuit.

Jurassic Park inspired games

 * Ray Arnold sends messages to Alan Grant in the SNES game Jurassic Park.
 * In Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis Ray Arnold is the Chief Administrator of the Jurassic Park Operation Management Team. If an object is damaged in a storm, or a disaster forcomes, he will inform you. He often takes a soda for a break.

Trivia

 * Ray Arnold was supposed to have more screen time after he sets off to the maintainance shed, but due to the Hurricane Iniki and it's destruction of the Jurassic Park sets, Samuel L. Jackson was unable to complete it.