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David Prowse
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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 m…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Prowse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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David Prowse's Filmography
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Star Wars at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
Elstree 1976
as Self
I Am Your Father
as Himself
No Poster
The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus
as Self
Legend of Hammer: Vampires
as Self
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
as Self
Open Mic'rs
as David Prowse
Collectormania 7
as Self
The Story of Star Wars
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
No Poster
Saving Star Wars
as Self
Comic Book: The Movie
as David Prowse
The Unauthorized Star Wars Story
as Self
Return of the Ewok
as Self / Darth Vader
No Poster
Zombie Jamboree ‘93
as Himself (uncredited)
No Poster
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster (archive footage)
Return of the Jedi
as Darth Vader
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
as Bodyguard
The Empire Strikes Back
as Darth Vader
As You Like It
as Charles the Wrestler
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Darth Vader
The Making of Star Wars
as Darth Vader (uncredited)
The People That Time Forgot
as Executioner (uncredited)
Star Wars
as Darth Vader (performer)
Gulliver's Travels
as (voice) (uncredited)
Jabberwocky
as Red Herring / Black Knight
Confessions of a Pop Performer
as Driving Instructor
Callan
as Arthur
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
as Monster
Black Snake
as Jonathan Walker
White Cargo
as Harry
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Minotaur
Vampire Circus
as Strongman
Up the Chastity Belt
as Sir Grumbel
A Clockwork Orange
as Julian
Carry On Henry
as Bearded Torturer
Up Pompeii
as Muscular Man (uncredited)
The Horror of Frankenstein
as The Monster
Crossplot
as Wedding Guest
Hammerhead
as George
Deadly Sweet
as Jelly-Roll's Partner (uncredited)
Casino Royale
as Frankenstein's Creature (uncredited)