Prowse was an English body builder and character actor in British TV and film. He was best known for physically portraying Darth Vader in the original Star Wars Trilogy and also as a manservant in Kubrick’s, A Clockwork Orange. It was not until he starred in a 2015 documentary entitled, I Am Your Father, would his identity/face be widely shared.

Peter Cushing, George Lucas, Carrie Fisher and David Prowse (during filming in 1976)