David Prowse

David Charles Prowse 1 July 1935 28 November 2020 was an English actor bodybuilder strongman and weightlifter He portrayed Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy and a manservant in Stanley Kubricks 1971 film A Clockwork Orange In 2015 he starred in two documentaries concerning his Darth Vader role one titled The Forces Mouth which included Prowse voicing Darth Vaders lines with studio effects applied for the first time and the other titled I Am Your Father covering the subject of the fallout between Prowse and Lucasfilm Prior to his role as Vader Prowse had established himself as a superhero figure in the United Kingdom as the Green Cross Man in Green Cross Code media aimed at teaching children and young people road safety Description above from the Wikipedia article David Prowse licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia