David Prowse

David Prowse

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Born 1935-07-01 Bristol, England, UK 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.5
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 ap...
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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.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy poster
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Bodyguard
1981-01-05
The BBC Television Shakespeare poster
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Charles
1978-12-03
Space: 1999 poster
Space: 1999
as Cloud Creature
1975-09-04
Ace of Wands poster
Ace of Wands
as Kal
1970-07-29
Department S poster
Department S
as Adolfo
1969-09-09
The Champions poster
The Champions
as Weightlifter
1968-09-25

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