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David Charles Prowse MBE (1 July 1935 – 28 November 2020) was an English actor, bodybuilder, strongman and weightlifter. [1] He portrayed Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy and a manservant in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange.
In 1977, Jones played Balthazar in the television series Jesus of Nazareth. That same year, he made his debut in his iconic voiceover role as Darth Vader in George Lucas's space opera blockbuster film Star Wars: A New Hope, which he would reprise for the sequels The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983).
The Star Wars Holiday Special, a television special broadcast by CBS in 1978, features a brief appearance of Darth Vader, who appears on-screen speaking with Imperial officer "Chief Bast" in footage cut from the original 1977 film. The sequence is dubbed with new dialogue, performed by James Earl Jones.
David Prowse, the celebrated bodybuilder and film star who provided the hulking, imposing frame of Darth Vader as the original actor to play the iconic "Star Wars" villain, has died. He was 85.
The actor who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy has died. In a statement to BBC, Prowse's agent, Thomas Bowington, said he died after a short illness. "Though famous for playing ...
Jones was paid just $7,000 to voice the iconic villain Sith Lord Darth Vader, ... lightsaber and Force choke abilities in the first Star Wars film in 1977. ... who played Vader’s son Luke ...
Star Wars is a media franchise and shared fictional universe that is the setting of science fiction films produced by Lucasfilm, based on characters created by George Lucas.The Skywalker Saga of the franchise includes nine films, featuring three trilogies; the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy, and the sequel trilogy.
The actor was best known for voicing Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy between 1977 and 1983 but had played the character more than a dozen times, most recently in the Disney + series ...