David Prowse
Known for: Acting
Born: July 1, 1935
Died: November 29, 2020
Place of birth: 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 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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Filmography
41 movies · 23 TV shows, newest first
5.5
Star Wars at the BBC
2015
6.2
Elstree 1976
2015
6.5
I Am Your Father
2015NR
The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus
2010
5.9
The Rachel Maddow Show
2008
NR
Legend of Hammer: Vampires
2008
6.0
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006
NR
Open Mic'rs
2006
NR
Collectormania 7
2005
7.2
The Story of Star Wars
20048.5
Saving Star Wars
2004
5.7
Comic Book: The Movie
2004
NR
The Unauthorized Star Wars Story
1999
5.3
Return of the Ewok
1994
6.8
The World of Hammer
199410.0
Zombie Jamboree ‘93
19936.3
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
6.3
Crossbow
1987
7.9
Return of the Jedi
1983
7.0
The Rose Medallion
1981
7.3
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
8.0
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1981
8.4
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
8.2
As You Like It
1978
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
3.4
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
7.1
The Making of Star Wars
1977
5.3
The People That Time Forgot
1977
8.2
Star Wars
1977
5.6
Gulliver's Travels
1977
6.0
Jabberwocky
1977
7.1
Space: 1999
1975
4.5
Confessions of a Pop Performer
1975
5.0
Churchill's People
1974
6.9
Callan
1974
6.1
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
1974
6.7
Warship
1973
5.3
Black Snake
1973
5.9
White Cargo
1973
8.0
Arthur of the Britons
1972
5.9
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
1972
5.9
Vampire Circus
1972
4.1
Up the Chastity Belt
1972
8.2
A Clockwork Orange
1971
6.1
Carry On Henry
1971
6.1
Up Pompeii
1971
5.9
The Horror of Frankenstein
1970
6.0
From a Bird's Eye View
1970
6.3
Ace of Wands
19708.0
Codename
1970
5.6
Crossplot
1969
5.5
Department S
1969
6.5
Hark at Barker
1969
6.5
The Champions
1968
5.7
Hammerhead
1968
5.3
Deadly Sweet
1967
NR
Boy Meets Girl
1967
5.2
Casino Royale
1967
7.0
Callan
1967
7.5
Softly, Softly
1966
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
7.9
Doctor Who
1963
7.4
The Saint
1962
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962