Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 01, 1935
Died
Nov 29, 2020
Place of Birth
Bristol, England, UK
Credits
63 titles
David Prowse
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
Filmography
Star Wars at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Elstree 1976
Self
I Am Your Father
Himself
The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus
Self
The Rachel Maddow Show
Darth Vader (archive footage)
Legend of Hammer: Vampires
Self
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
Open Mic'rs
David Prowse
The Story of Star Wars
Darth Vader (archive footage)
Saving Star Wars
Self
Comic Book: The Movie
David Prowse
The Unauthorized Star Wars Story
Self
Return of the Ewok
Self / Darth Vader
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Zombie Jamboree ‘93
Himself (uncredited)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
The Monster (archive footage)
Crossbow
Return of the Jedi
Darth Vader
The Rose Medallion
Stanley
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Bodyguard
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Bodyguard
The Empire Strikes Back
Darth Vader
As You Like It
Charles the Wrestler
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Charles
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Darth Vader
The Making of Star Wars
Darth Vader (uncredited)
The People That Time Forgot
Executioner (uncredited)
Star Wars
Darth Vader (performer)
Gulliver's Travels
(voice) (uncredited)
Jabberwocky
Red Herring / Black Knight
Space: 1999
Cloud Creature
Confessions of a Pop Performer
Driving Instructor
Churchill's People
Hnaudifida
Callan
Arthur
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Monster
Warship
Black Snake
Jonathan Walker
White Cargo
Harry
Arthur of the Britons
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Minotaur
Vampire Circus
Strongman
Up the Chastity Belt
Sir Grumbel
A Clockwork Orange
Julian
Carry On Henry
Bearded Torturer
Up Pompeii
Muscular Man (uncredited)
The Horror of Frankenstein
The Monster
From a Bird's Eye View
First Vespucci
Ace of Wands
Kal
Codename
Bodyguard
Crossplot
Wedding Guest