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
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.
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.
british-actor
The agency was desperate to get started with the commercials in 1976, but I was working on Star Wars.
british-actor except menace perfectly phantom
Not much to be perfectly honest! I thought The Phantom Menace was terrible, except for the Pod Race.
felt presence
I sense something. A presence I've not felt since...
of not being put off, not being deterred.
british-actor sack
Actually, the Department of Transport were at one stage going to sack me.
british-actor
As a director he was not that interested in Vader.
british-actor george
My agent set up a meeting with George Lucas. They were casting in England.
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.
disturb leave
Leave them to me. Do not disturb my meditation.
agreed enjoy fans lovely totally
It sounded like a lot of fun, so I agreed to come over and do it. I think it's lovely and the fans totally enjoy it.
appeals nice obviously primarily quirky quite sort sorts
It's obviously primarily for sci-fi fans, but it's a nice sort of quirky movie that appeals to all sorts of people. I think it's quite good.