David Prowse
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 1, 1935
- Died
- November 29, 2020 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Bristol, England, UK
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Star Wars at the BBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Elstree 1976
Movie · as Self
I Am Your Father
Movie · as Himself
The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus
Movie · as Self
Legend of Hammer: Vampires
Movie · as Self
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Movie · as Self
Open Mic'rs
Movie · as David Prowse
Collectormania 7
Movie · as Self
Comic Book: The Movie
Movie · as David Prowse
Saving Star Wars
Movie · as Self
The Story of Star Wars
Movie · as Darth Vader (archive footage)
The Unauthorized Star Wars Story
Movie · as Self
Return of the Ewok
Movie · as Self / Darth Vader
The World of Hammer
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Zombie Jamboree ‘93
Movie · as Himself (uncredited)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie · as The Monster (archive footage)
Crossbow
TV · 1 ep
Return of the Jedi
Movie · as Darth Vader
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Movie · as Bodyguard
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
TV · as Bodyguard · 1 ep
The Rose Medallion
TV · as Stanley · 3 eps
The Empire Strikes Back
Movie · as Darth Vader
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Movie · as Darth Vader
As You Like It
Movie · as Charles the Wrestler
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · as Charles · 1 ep
Star Wars
Movie · as Darth Vader (performer)
Gulliver's Travels
Movie · as (voice) (uncredited)
Jabberwocky
Movie · as Red Herring / Black Knight
The People That Time Forgot
Movie · as Executioner (uncredited)
The Making of Star Wars
Movie · as Darth Vader (uncredited)
Confessions of a Pop Performer
Movie · as Driving Instructor
Space: 1999
TV · as Cloud Creature · 1 ep
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Movie · as Monster
Callan
Movie · as Arthur
Churchill's People
TV · as Hnaudifida · 1 ep
Black Snake
Movie · as Jonathan Walker
White Cargo
Movie · as Harry
Warship
TV · 1 ep
Vampire Circus
Movie · as Strongman
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Movie · as Minotaur
Up the Chastity Belt
Movie · as Sir Grumbel
Arthur of the Britons
TV · 1 ep
A Clockwork Orange
Movie · as Julian
Carry On Henry
Movie · as Bearded Torturer
Up Pompeii
Movie · as Muscular Man (uncredited)
The Horror of Frankenstein
Movie · as The Monster
Codename
TV · as Bodyguard · 1 ep
From a Bird's Eye View
TV · as First Vespucci · 1 ep
Ace of Wands
TV · as Kal · 3 eps
Crossplot
Movie · as Wedding Guest
Department S
TV · as Adolfo · 1 ep
Hark at Barker
TV · 1 ep
Hammerhead
Movie · as George
The Champions
TV · as Weightlifter · 2 eps
Deadly Sweet
Movie · as Jelly-Roll's Partner (uncredited)
Casino Royale
Movie · as Frankenstein's Creature (uncredited)
Callan
TV · 1 ep
Boy Meets Girl
TV · as Boy · 1 ep
Softly, Softly
TV · 1 ep
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Mooney · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Minotaur
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · 1 ep
The Saint
TV · as Tony · 1 ep