David Prowse
Actor
- Born
- July 1, 1935 · Bristol, England, UK
- Died
- November 29, 2020 (age 85)
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.
Read moreShow less
Description above from the Wikipedia article David Prowse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Star Wars
May 25, 1977
The Empire Strikes Back
May 20, 1980
Return of the Jedi
May 25, 1983
A Clockwork Orange
October 28, 1971
Casino Royale
April 18, 1967
The Star Wars Holiday Special
November 17, 1978
Jabberwocky
March 28, 1977
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
February 9, 1981
Vampire Circus
April 30, 1972
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
May 2, 1974
The Horror of Frankenstein
November 8, 1970
The People That Time Forgot
July 6, 1977
Acting41
- 2015Star Wars at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2015Elstree 1976 as Self
- 2015I Am Your Father as Himself
- 2010The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus as Self
- 2008Legend of Hammer: Vampires as Self
- 2006You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman as Self
- 2006Open Mic'rs as David Prowse
- 2005Collectormania 7 as Self
- 2004The Story of Star Wars as Darth Vader (archive footage)
- 2004