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
David Prowse quotes 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.
talking answers able
The attraction, and my particular participation is in being able to communicate with my fans, answer their questions, get a feel for how they respond to Vader.
men green crosses
But I must say the work I'm proudest of is the Green Cross Code man.
british-actor
The agency was desperate to get started with the commercials in 1976, but I was working on Star Wars.
fans site involved
Actually I'm not that involved in the fan site.
legs operations better-now
I am doing better now though one of my legs is shorter than the other due to the operations.
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!