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David Prowse

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1935-07-01

Day of Death

2020-11-29

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.

Filmography (40)

⭐ 10.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Star Wars at the BBC

2015
⭐ 6.2 Role: Self

Elstree 1976

2015
⭐ 6.6 Role: Himself

I Am Your Father

2015
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⭐ 0 Role: Self

The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus

2010
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Legend of Hammer: Vampires

2008
⭐ 6.0 Role: Self

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

2006
⭐ 0 Role: David Prowse

Open Mic'rs

2006
⭐ 7.2 Role: Darth Vader (archive footage)

The Story of Star Wars

2004
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⭐ 8.5 Role: Self

Saving Star Wars

2004
⭐ 6.0 Role: David Prowse

Comic Book: The Movie

2004
⭐ 0 Role: Self

The Unauthorized Star Wars Story

1999
⭐ 4.5 Role: Himself / Darth Vader

Return of the Ewok

1994
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⭐ 10.0 Role: Himself (uncredited)

Zombie Jamboree

1993
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⭐ 6.2 Role: The Monster (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991
⭐ 7.9 Role: Darth Vader

Return of the Jedi

1983