Darth Vader Actor David Prowse Dies at 85

Prowse was born in 1935. He won the British weightlifting championship in 1962 and represented England in the weightlifting category at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane the same year.

Prowse played Frankenstein’s monster in “Casino Royale” , and again in “The Horror of Frankenstein” and “Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell” . He played a bodyguard in Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange” , where George Lucas spotted him. He auditioned for both Darth Vader and Chewbacca and eventually landed the part of the Sith Lord. However, his accent was deemed unsuitable for the part and while he played the role physically, the voice performance was by James Earl Jones.

In 1975, he became an integral part of British culture when he played the “Green Cross Code Man,” a superhero invented to promote a British road safety campaign for children. His long association with the campaign earned him an The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire honor in 2000. Prowse will be best remembered for being the man behind Darth Vader’s mask in “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” , “Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back” and “Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi” . In his later years he was a familiar figure at “Star Wars” conventions.

His memoir “Straight from the Force’s Mouth” was published in 2011. The story of his life was told in a 2015 documentary titled “I Am Your Father.”

May soul of David Prowse rest in peace.

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Thank you,Friend.

RIP David Prowse MBE, we will always remember your Vader with much fondness in our hearts /3

Great actor. RIP

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Lovely man. Very kind and humble. I hope he is at peace.

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from one old man to another - thank you David

Rest In Peace the original Anakin Skywalker

Rest in Peace legend

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