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David Prowse

David Prowse

Birthday: 1935-07-01 | Place of Birth: Bristol, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2015
I Am Your Father

as    Himself

2015
Elstree 1976

as    Self

2015
Star Wars at the BBC

as    Self (archive footage)

2006
Open Mic'rs

as    David Prowse

2004
The Story of Star Wars

as    Darth Vader (archive footage)

1994
Return of the Ewok

as    Himself / Darth Vader

1981
1981
The Rose Medallion

as    Stanley

1980
The Empire Strikes Back

as    Darth Vader

1977
Project 4K77 - Star Wars

as    Dart Fener

1977
Star Wars

as    Darth Vader (performer)

1977
The Making of Star Wars

as    Darth Vader (uncredited)

1977
The People That Time Forgot

as    Executioner (uncredited)

1976
Green Cross Code and his Droid

as    Green Cross Code

1975
Green Cross Code: Stop Near the Curb

as    Green Cross Man

1974
Callan

as    Arthur

1973
White Cargo

as    Harry

1973
Black Snake

as    Jonathan Walker