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== Career == | == Career == | ||
Outside of ''Doctor Who'', the actor has a long resume of film and TV appearances, including playing no less than three different versions of [[Frankenstein's monster]] — two for Hammer films of the early 1970s, and once as a Boris Karloff-style monster in the 1967 spoof ''Casino Royale''. His best-known roles, however, were as the body (but not the voice) of [[Darth Vader]] in the first three ''[[Star Wars]]'' films, and as the Green Cross Code Man in a number of British safety PSAs. | Outside of ''Doctor Who'', the actor has a long resume of film and TV appearances, including playing no less than three different versions of [[Frankenstein's monster]] — two for Hammer films of the early 1970s, and once as a Boris Karloff-style monster in the 1967 spoof ''Casino Royale''. His best-known roles, however, were as the body (but not the voice) of [[Darth Vader]] in the first three ''[[Star Wars]]'' films, and as the Green Cross Code Man in a number of British safety PSAs. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.darthvader-starwars.com/ Official site] | * [http://www.darthvader-starwars.com/ Official site] | ||
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Revision as of 16:46, 1 July 2023
Dave Prowse MBE (born David Charles Prowse[1] on 1 July 1935[2], died 28 November 2020[3]) played the Minotaur in the Doctor Who television story The Time Monster.
Career
Outside of Doctor Who, the actor has a long resume of film and TV appearances, including playing no less than three different versions of Frankenstein's monster — two for Hammer films of the early 1970s, and once as a Boris Karloff-style monster in the 1967 spoof Casino Royale. His best-known roles, however, were as the body (but not the voice) of Darth Vader in the first three Star Wars films, and as the Green Cross Code Man in a number of British safety PSAs.
