David Prowse
Born: 1935-07-01 in Bristol, England, UK
Died: 2020-11-29
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2015
- I Am Your Father as Himself
- Elstree 1976 as Self
- Star Wars at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
2010
2008
- Legend of Hammer: Vampires as Self
2006
- You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman as Self
- Open Mic'rs as David Prowse
2004
- Comic Book: The Movie as David Prowse
- The Story of Star Wars as Darth Vader (archive footage)
- Saving Star Wars as Self
1999
- The Unauthorized Star Wars Story as Self
1994
- The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
- Return of the Ewok as Himself / Darth Vader
1993
- Zombie Jamboree as Himself (uncredited)
1991
- Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as The Monster (archive footage)
1987
1983
- Return of the Jedi as Darth Vader
1981
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Bodyguard
- The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy as Bodyguard
- The Rose Medallion as Stanley
1980
- The Empire Strikes Back as Darth Vader
1978
- The Star Wars Holiday Special as Darth Vader
- As You Like It as Charles the Wrestler
1977
- Star Wars as Darth Vader (performer)
- Jabberwocky as Red Herring / Black Knight
- The People That Time Forgot as Executioner (uncredited)
- The Making of Star Wars as Darth Vader (uncredited)
- Gulliver's Travels as (voice) (uncredited)
1975
- Space: 1999 as Cloud Creature
- Confessions of a Pop Performer as Driving Instructor
1974
- Churchill's People as Hnaudifida
- Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell as Monster
- Callan as Arthur
1973
- Warship
- Black Snake as Jonathan Walker
- White Cargo as Harry
1972
- Arthur of the Britons
- Vampire Circus as Strongman
- Up the Chastity Belt as Sir Grumbel
- Doctor Who: The Time Monster as Minotaur
1971
- A Clockwork Orange as Julian
- Carry On Henry as Bearded Torturer
- Up Pompeii as Muscular Man (uncredited)
1970
- Ace of Wands as Kal
- Codename as Bodyguard
- From a Bird's Eye View as First Vespucci
- The Horror of Frankenstein as The Monster
1969
- Department S as Adolfo
- Crossplot as Wedding Guest
- Hark at Barker
1968
- The Champions as Weightlifter
- Hammerhead as George
1967
- Callan
- Casino Royale as Frankenstein's Creature (uncredited)
- Deadly Sweet as Jelly-Roll's Partner (uncredited)
1966
1963
1962
- The Saint as Tony
- The Beverly Hillbillies