David Prowse
Born: 1935-07-01
Place of Birth: Bristol, England, UK

David Prowse

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

Doctor Who7.9
Doctor Who
1963
Doctor Who7.9
Doctor Who
1963
The Saint7.4
The Saint
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Star Wars8.2
Star Wars
1977
The Champions6.5
The Champions
1968
Space: 19997.1
Space: 1999
1975
The Empire Strikes Back8.4
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
A Clockwork Orange8.2
A Clockwork Orange
1971
Return of the Jedi7.9
Return of the Jedi
1983
Department S5.3
Department S
1969
Softly, Softly7.5
Softly, Softly
1966
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