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David Prowse

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David Prowse

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

7.9

Doctor Who

1963 · TV Series · Drama · Action & Adventure

7.4

The Saint

1962 · TV Series · Action & Adventure · Crime

8.2

Star Wars

1977 · Movie · Adventure · Action

6.5

The Champions

1968 · TV Series · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure

6.3

Crossbow

1987 · TV Series · Action & Adventure · Drama

7.2

Callan

1967 · TV Series · Action & Adventure · Drama

5.5

Department S

1969 · TV Series · Action & Adventure · Drama

6.3

Ace of Wands

1970 · TV Series · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure

6.7

Warship

1973 · TV Series · Drama · War & Politics

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