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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Star Wars
as Darth Vader (performer)
1977
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
as Monster
1974
The Empire Strikes Back
as Darth Vader
1980
Return of the Jedi
as Darth Vader
1983
Black Snake
as Jonathan Walker
1973
Comic Book: The Movie
as David Prowse
2004
Zombie Jamboree
as Himself (uncredited)
1993
Vampire Circus
as Strongman
1972
Legend of Hammer: Vampires
as Self
2008
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Minotaur
1972
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster (archive footage)
1991
Gulliver's Travels
as (voice) (uncredited)
1977
Saving Star Wars
as Self
2004
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
as Bodyguard
1981
Star Wars at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Callan
as Arthur
1974
Jabberwocky
as Red Herring / Black Knight
1977
A Clockwork Orange
as Julian
1971
White Cargo
as Harry
1973
The Horror of Frankenstein
as The Monster
1970
TV Appearances
Department S
as Adolfo
1969
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Bodyguard
1981
Doctor Who
1963
Softly, Softly
1966
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Saint
as Tony
1962
Callan
1967
The Champions
as Weightlifter
1968
Arthur of the Britons
1972
Codename
as Bodyguard
1970
Warship
1973
From a Bird's Eye View
as First Vespucci
1970