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David Prowse

David Prowse

Acting
Born: 1935-07-01
Bristol, England, UK

Biography

David Charles Prowse (1 July 1935 – 28 November 2020) was an English actor, bodybuilder, strongman and weightlifter. He portrayed Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy and a manservant in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. In 2015, he starred in two documentaries concerning his Darth Vader role, one titled The Force's Mouth, which included Prowse voicing Darth Vader's lines with studio effects applied for the first time, and the other titled I Am Your Father, covering the subject of the fallout between Prowse and Lucasfilm. Prior to his role as Vader, Prowse had established himself as a super-hero figure in the United Kingdom as the Green Cross Man in Green Cross Code media aimed at teaching children and young people road safety. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Prowse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

54 Works
Doctor Who
7.9

Doctor Who

1963

tv

Star Wars
8.2

Star Wars

1977

movie

The Saint
7.4

The Saint

1962

tv

The Beverly Hillbillies
6.9

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

tv

Space: 1999
7.1

Space: 1999

1975

tv

The Empire Strikes Back
8.4

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

movie

The Champions
6.5

The Champions

1968

tv

A Clockwork Orange
8.2

A Clockwork Orange

1971

movie

Return of the Jedi
7.9

Return of the Jedi

1983

movie

Churchill's People
5.0

Churchill's People

1974

tv

Callan
7.0

Callan

1967

tv

Department S
5.3

Department S

1969

tv