Acting

David Prowse

Born 1935-07-01 · Bristol, England, UK

Died 2020-11-29

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.

Credits

Newest first

Star Wars at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Elstree 1976
as Self
2015
I Am Your Father
as Himself
2015
The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus
as Self
2010
The Rachel Maddow Show
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
2008
Legend of Hammer: Vampires
as Self
2008
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
as Self
2006
Open Mic'rs
as David Prowse
2006
Collectormania 7
as Self
2005
The Story of Star Wars
as Darth Vader (archive footage)
2004
Saving Star Wars
as Self
2004
Comic Book: The Movie
as David Prowse
2004
The Unauthorized Star Wars Story
as Self
1999
Return of the Ewok
as Self / Darth Vader
1994
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Zombie Jamboree ‘93
as Himself (uncredited)
1993
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster (archive footage)
1991
Crossbow
1987
Return of the Jedi
as Darth Vader
1983
The Rose Medallion
as Stanley
1981
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
as Bodyguard
1981
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Bodyguard
1981
The Empire Strikes Back
as Darth Vader
1980
As You Like It
as Charles the Wrestler
1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Charles
1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
as Darth Vader
1978
The Making of Star Wars
as Darth Vader (uncredited)
1977
The People That Time Forgot
as Executioner (uncredited)
1977
Star Wars
as Darth Vader (performer)
1977
Gulliver's Travels
as (voice) (uncredited)
1977
Jabberwocky
as Red Herring / Black Knight
1977
Space: 1999
as Cloud Creature
1975
Confessions of a Pop Performer
as Driving Instructor
1975
Churchill's People
as Hnaudifida
1974
Callan
as Arthur
1974
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
as Monster
1974
Warship
1973
Black Snake
as Jonathan Walker
1973
White Cargo
as Harry
1973
Arthur of the Britons
1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
as Minotaur
1972
Vampire Circus
as Strongman
1972
Up the Chastity Belt
as Sir Grumbel
1972
A Clockwork Orange
as Julian
1971
Carry On Henry
as Bearded Torturer
1971
Up Pompeii
as Muscular Man (uncredited)
1971
The Horror of Frankenstein
as The Monster
1970
From a Bird's Eye View
as First Vespucci
1970
Ace of Wands
as Kal
1970
Codename
as Bodyguard
1970
Crossplot
as Wedding Guest
1969
Department S
as Adolfo
1969
Hark at Barker
1969
The Champions
as Weightlifter
1968
Hammerhead
as George
1968
Deadly Sweet
as Jelly-Roll's Partner (uncredited)
1967
Boy Meets Girl
as Boy
1967
Casino Royale
as Frankenstein's Creature (uncredited)
1967
Callan
1967
Softly, Softly
1966
The Wednesday Play
as Mooney
1964
Doctor Who
1963
Doctor Who
as Minotaur
1963
The Saint
as Tony
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962