David Prowse
David Prowse
David Prowse, MBEis an English bodybuilder, weightlifter and actor. He played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, though the character's voice was provided by James Earl Jones. He also played the Green Cross Code man, a character used in British road safety advertising...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionBodybuilder
Date of Birth1 July 1935
amount answered british-actor certain guilt letters sure
I, and I'm sure many celebrities, have a certain amount of guilt over letters that didn't get answered or got answered after long delays.
became british-actor campaign icon kids star successful turned vader
But it turned out that Vader was an icon who the kids thought was wonderful, so the campaign became much more successful because of Star Wars.
british-actor george
My agent set up a meeting with George Lucas. They were casting in England.
disturb leave
Leave them to me. Do not disturb my meditation.
british-actor
I suppose the most fun I had was on the second film.
orange casting film
George Lucas was casting about and had heard favourable things about my work in Clockwork Orange and asked me to come in, which of course I did even though no one knew what the film was about!
obi-wan-kenobi sith next
The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force.
careers training never-quit
Training has been such a huge part of my life and career I hope to keep going with it.
smile mad laughing
I do remember smiling quite a bit inside it though since I knew it wouldn't be seen on film - so of course while the poor planet is being blown up I'm smiling and laughing like mad!
opportunity government safety
So I went to George and told him I had the opportunity to become the figurehead of a government safety campaign, and he agreed to give me the week off and reschedule shooting!
fundraising rights campaigns
I'm also involved in the rights of the disabled and do some fundraising for that and I thought it would have been a big boost for the campaign but it couldn't be worked out.
revenge thinking sith
I've seen the teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith though and I think it will be excellent.
stars war technology
I can't get my head around the fact that the technology of the first two movies, which are forty years prior to Star Wars, is so much better than any technology they had in Star Wars!
stars war doors
I'd worked in Clockwork Orange with Stanley Kubrick and since Stanley was such a prestigious director this opened all sorts of doors for me - one of them being Star Wars.