2020-11-29
1935-07-0191 years, 4 months, and 2 days old
Place of birth:
Bristol, England, UK
Adult:
No
Gender:
Male
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.
Images Gallery
Best Credits: 64
| Title | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Star Wars | Darth Vader (performer) | 8.207 | 1977-05-25 | 32.6054 | ||
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell | Monster | 6.1 | 1974-05-02 | 2.138 | ||
The Empire Strikes Back | Darth Vader | 8.393 | 1980-05-20 | 17.4661 | ||
Return of the Jedi | Darth Vader | 7.912 | 1983-05-25 | 12.7261 | ||
Black Snake | Jonathan Walker | 5.3 | 1973-03-28 | 1.2613 | ||
Comic Book: The Movie | David Prowse | 5.7 | 2004-01-27 | 1.3194 | ||
Zombie Jamboree ‘93 | Himself (uncredited) | 10 | 1993-10-01 | 1.1526 | ||
Vampire Circus | Strongman | 5.9 | 1972-04-30 | 1.5064 | ||
Legend of Hammer: Vampires | Self | 0 | 2008-05-01 | 0.7617 | ||
Doctor Who: The Time Monster | Minotaur | 5.9 | 1972-06-24 | 0.8943 |