Personal Info
David Charles Prowse
David Prowse
Acting
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 establish…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
I Am Your Father
as Himself
Star Wars at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
Elstree 1976
as Self
The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus
as Self
Legend of Hammer: Vampires
as Self
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
as Self
Open Mic'rs
as David Prowse
Comic Book: The Movie
as David Prowse
The Story of Star Wars
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
Saving Star Wars
as Self
TV Shows
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
Crossbow
1 ep.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Bodyguard · 1 ep.
The Rose Medallion
as Stanley · 3 ep.
Space: 1999
as Cloud Creature · 1 ep.
Churchill's People
as Hnaudifida · 1 ep.
Warship
1 ep.
Arthur of the Britons
1 ep.
Ace of Wands
as Kal · 3 ep.
Codename
as Bodyguard · 1 ep.
