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