He went on to play Darth Vader in all three of the original “Star Wars” films, in 1977, 19. That same year he made an appearance as a bodyguard in Stanley Kubrick’s dystopian film “A Clockwork Orange” in 1971. He played the monster in “The Horror of Frankenstein” in 1970 and a bearded torturer in “Carry on Henry” in 1971. His broad physique and towering figure helped land him roles as monsters and villains in TV shows and films. He became lifelong friends with actors Arnold Schwarzenegger in his weightlifting years, according to website IMDb. He had a passion for bodybuilding and was crowned British Weightlifting Champion several times in the 1960s. He gained a scholarship to attend Bristol Grammar School. Prowse was born into a working class family and grew up in a council estate in Southmead, in southwestern England. He loved his fans as much as they loved him. “Actor-Husband-Father-Member of the Order of the British Empire-3 time British Weightlifting Champion & Safety Icon the Green Cross Code Man. He was a kind man & much more than Darth Vader,” he wrote. He was awarded an MBE – a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire – in 2000 for that role.Īmerican actor Mark Hamill – who played Darth Vader’s son, Luke Skywalker, alongside Prowse – sent his condolences in a tweet on Sunday. PA Images/PA Images/PA Images via Getty Imagesīut it was his role as the “Green Cross Code Man” from a British road safety campaign that Prowse said he was most proud of. Dave Prowse in his role as the Green Cross Code Man, with students from Lambeth Johanna Primary School in London.
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