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David Prowse
Bristol, England, UK
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…
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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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2015
Star Wars at the BBC
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Elstree 1976
Movie Self
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2015
I Am Your Father
Movie Himself
- 2010
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2008
Legend of Hammer: Vampires
Movie Self
- 2006
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2006
Open Mic'rs
Movie David Prowse
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2005
Collectormania 7
Movie Self
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2004
The Story of Star Wars
Movie Darth Vader (archive footage)
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2004
Saving Star Wars
Movie Self
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2004
Comic Book: The Movie
Movie David Prowse
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1999
The Unauthorized Star Wars Story
Movie Self
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1994
Return of the Ewok
Movie Self / Darth Vader
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1994
The World of Hammer
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1993
Zombie Jamboree ‘93
Movie Himself (uncredited)
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1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie The Monster (archive footage)
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1987
Crossbow
TV show
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1983
Return of the Jedi
Movie Darth Vader
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1981
The Rose Medallion
TV show Stanley
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1981
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Movie Bodyguard
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1981
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
TV show Bodyguard
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1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Movie Darth Vader
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1978
As You Like It
Movie Charles the Wrestler
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1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV show Charles
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1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Movie Darth Vader
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1977
The Making of Star Wars
Movie Darth Vader (uncredited)
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1977
The People That Time Forgot
Movie Executioner (uncredited)
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1977
Star Wars
Movie Darth Vader (performer)
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1977
Gulliver's Travels
Movie (voice) (uncredited)
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1977
Jabberwocky
Movie Red Herring / Black Knight
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1975
Space: 1999
TV show Cloud Creature
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1975
Confessions of a Pop Performer
Movie Driving Instructor
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1974
Churchill's People
TV show Hnaudifida
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1974
Callan
Movie Arthur
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1974
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Movie Monster
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1973
Warship
TV show
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1973
Black Snake
Movie Jonathan Walker
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1973
White Cargo
Movie Harry
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1972
Arthur of the Britons
TV show
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1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Movie Minotaur
