David Prowse
Actor
Born July 1, 1935 in 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. 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.
Filmography
Star Wars at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Elstree 1976
Self
I Am Your Father
Himself
Legend of Hammer: Vampires
Self
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
Open Mic'rs
David Prowse
The Story of Star Wars
Darth Vader (archive footage)
Comic Book: The Movie
David Prowse
The Unauthorized Star Wars Story
Self
Return of the Ewok
Self / Darth Vader
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Crossbow
Return of the Jedi
Darth Vader
The Rose Medallion
Stanley
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Bodyguard
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Bodyguard
The Empire Strikes Back
Darth Vader
As You Like It
Charles the Wrestler
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Charles
The Star Wars Holiday Special
Darth Vader
The Making of Star Wars
Darth Vader (uncredited)
The People That Time Forgot
Executioner (uncredited)
Star Wars
Darth Vader (performer)
Gulliver's Travels
(voice) (uncredited)
Jabberwocky
Red Herring / Black Knight
Space: 1999
Cloud Creature
Confessions of a Pop Performer
Driving Instructor
Churchill's People
Hnaudifida
Callan
Arthur
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Monster
Warship
Black Snake
Jonathan Walker
White Cargo
Harry
Arthur of the Britons
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Minotaur
Vampire Circus
Strongman
Up the Chastity Belt
Sir Grumbel
A Clockwork Orange
Julian
Carry On Henry
Bearded Torturer
Up Pompeii
Muscular Man (uncredited)
The Horror of Frankenstein
The Monster
From a Bird's Eye View
First Vespucci
Ace of Wands
Kal
Crossplot
Wedding Guest
Department S
Adolfo
Hark at Barker
The Champions
Weightlifter
Hammerhead
George
Deadly Sweet
Jelly-Roll's Partner (uncredited)
Boy Meets Girl
Boy
Callan
Casino Royale
Frankenstein's Creature (uncredited)
Softly, Softly
The Wednesday Play
Mooney
Doctor Who
The Saint
Tony
The Beverly Hillbillies