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

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

The Saint

The Beverly Hillbillies

Star Wars

Space: 1999

The Champions

The Empire Strikes Back

All Movies (40)

• Star Wars at the BBC2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Elstree 19762015 · as Self
• I Am Your Father2015 · as Himself
• The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus2010 · as Self
• Legend of Hammer: Vampires2008 · as Self
• You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman2006 · as Self
• Open Mic'rs2006 · as David Prowse
• The Story of Star Wars2004 · as Darth Vader (archive footage)
• Saving Star Wars2004 · as Self
• Comic Book: The Movie2004 · as David Prowse
• The Unauthorized Star Wars Story1999 · as Self
• Return of the Ewok1994 · as Self / Darth Vader
• Zombie Jamboree1993 · as Himself (uncredited)
• Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991 · as The Monster (archive footage)
• Return of the Jedi1983 · as Darth Vader
• The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy1981 · as Bodyguard
• The Empire Strikes Back1980 · as Darth Vader
• As You Like It1978 · as Charles the Wrestler
• The Star Wars Holiday Special1978 · as Darth Vader
• The Making of Star Wars1977 · as Darth Vader (uncredited)
• The People That Time Forgot1977 · as Executioner (uncredited)
• Star Wars1977 · as Darth Vader (performer)
• Gulliver's Travels1977 · as (voice) (uncredited)
• Jabberwocky1977 · as Red Herring / Black Knight
• Confessions of a Pop Performer1975 · as Driving Instructor
• Callan1974 · as Arthur
• Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell1974 · as Monster
• Black Snake1973 · as Jonathan Walker
• White Cargo1973 · as Harry
• Doctor Who: The Time Monster1972 · as Minotaur
• Vampire Circus1972 · as Strongman
• Up the Chastity Belt1972 · as Sir Grumbel
• A Clockwork Orange1971 · as Julian
• Carry On Henry1971 · as Bearded Torturer
• Up Pompeii1971 · as Muscular Man (uncredited)
• The Horror of Frankenstein1970 · as The Monster
• Crossplot1969 · as Wedding Guest
• Hammerhead1968 · as George
• Deadly Sweet1967 · as Jelly-Roll's Partner (uncredited)
• Casino Royale1967 · as Frankenstein's Creature (uncredited)

All TV Shows (23)

• The World of Hammer1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• Crossbow1987
• The Rose Medallion1981 · as Stanley
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy1981 · as Bodyguard
• The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · as Charles
• Space: 19991975 · as Cloud Creature
• Churchill's People1974 · as Hnaudifida
• Warship1973
• Arthur of the Britons1972
• From a Bird's Eye View1970 · as First Vespucci
• Ace of Wands1970 · as Kal
• Codename1970 · as Bodyguard
• Department S1969 · as Adolfo
• Hark at Barker1969
• The Champions1968 · as Weightlifter
• Boy Meets Girl1967 · as Boy
• Callan1967
• Softly, Softly1966
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Mooney
• Doctor Who1963
• Doctor Who1963 · as Minotaur
• The Saint1962 · as Tony
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962