About
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 WhoSeries • 1963
The SaintSeries • 1962
The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964
The Beverly HillbilliesSeries • 1962
Star WarsMovie • 1977
Space: 1999Series • 1975
The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries • 1978
The Empire Strikes BackMovie • 1980
A Clockwork OrangeMovie • 1971
The ChampionsSeries • 1968
Softly, SoftlySeries • 1966
Return of the JediMovie • 1983
CrossbowSeries • 1987
Churchill's PeopleSeries • 1974
Department SSeries • 1969
CallanSeries • 1967
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxySeries • 1981
Casino RoyaleMovie • 1967
WarshipSeries • 1973
JabberwockyMovie • 1977
The Star Wars Holiday SpecialMovie • 1978
Frankenstein and the Monster from HellMovie • 1974
The People That Time ForgotMovie • 1977
The Horror of FrankensteinMovie • 1970