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David Prowse

Acting · Born July 1, 1935 · Bristol, England, UK

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.

Movies with David Prowse

• Star Wars (1977) — Darth Vader (performer)
• A Clockwork Orange (1971) — Julian
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980) — Darth Vader
• Return of the Jedi (1983) — Darth Vader
• Casino Royale (1967) — Frankenstein's Creature (uncredited)
• The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) — Darth Vader
• Jabberwocky (1977) — Red Herring / Black Knight
• The People That Time Forgot (1977) — Executioner (uncredited)
• Comic Book: The Movie (2004) — David Prowse
• The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) — The Monster
• Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) — Monster
• You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006) — Self