David Prowse

David Prowse

1935-07-01 Bristol, England, UK Male 59 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-07-01

Place of Birth

Bristol, England, UK

Known Credits

59

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

David Charles Prowse

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Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

Star Wars

1977

Darth Vader (performer)

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

Darth Vader

Return of the Jedi

1983

Darth Vader

Casino Royale

1967

Frankenstein's Creature (uncredited)

Deadly Sweet

1967

Jelly-Roll's Partner (uncredited)

The People That Time Forgot

1977

Executioner (uncredited)

Comic Book: The Movie

2004

David Prowse

Jabberwocky

1977

Red Herring / Black Knight

Carry On Henry

1971

Bearded Torturer

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

The Monster (archive footage)

Confessions of a Pop Performer

1975

Driving Instructor

Up Pompeii

1971

Muscular Man (uncredited)

Vampire Circus

1972

Strongman

Crossplot

1969

Wedding Guest

Black Snake

1973

Jonathan Walker

The Story of Star Wars

2004

Darth Vader (archive footage)

Gulliver's Travels

1977

(voice) (uncredited)

The Making of Star Wars

1977

Darth Vader (uncredited)

Up the Chastity Belt

1972

Sir Grumbel

I Am Your Father

2015

Himself

Hammerhead

1968

George

As You Like It

1978

Charles the Wrestler

Callan

1974

Arthur

Elstree 1976

2015

Self

Return of the Ewok

1994

Himself / Darth Vader

Zombie Jamboree

1993

Himself (uncredited)

Star Wars at the BBC

2015

Self (archive footage)

White Cargo

1973

Harry

Open Mic'rs

2006

David Prowse

TV Credits

Doctor Who

1963

(0 episodes)

The Saint

1962

Tony (1 episodes)

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

(1 episodes)

The Champions

1968

Weightlifter (2 episodes)

Space: 1999

1975

Cloud Creature (1 episodes)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1981

Bodyguard (1 episodes)

Softly, Softly

1966

(1 episodes)

Churchill's People

1974

Hnaudifida (1 episodes)

Department S

1969

Adolfo (1 episodes)

Callan

1967

(1 episodes)

The World of Hammer

1994

Self (archive footage) (1 episodes)

Crossbow

1987

(1 episodes)

Warship

1973

(1 episodes)

Ace of Wands

1970

Kal (3 episodes)

Arthur of the Britons

1972

(1 episodes)

Codename

1970

Bodyguard (1 episodes)

Hark at Barker

1969

(1 episodes)

From a Bird's Eye View

1970

First Vespucci (1 episodes)

The Rose Medallion

1981

Stanley (3 episodes)

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