RIP: David Prowse
Nov. 29th, 2020 12:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayneHe passed away after a short illness, at his age I would guess pneumonia. He made it to 85.
Famous for embodying Darth Vader, he was significant for many things in his life, including working with public safety programs in the UK. He also set three weight-lifting records.
He did not voice Darth because of his thick accent. He was also quite POd at Lucas when his helmet was taken off in Episode 6: The Return of the Jedi, and he was replaced with Mister Potato Head.
He auditioned for both Darth Vader and Chewbacca and was given the choice. He said 'Give me the baddie. People remember the baddie.' Well, in this case, both roles will not be forgotten.
Wikipedia lists some of his other acting roles as the Black Night in Jabberwocky, a minotaur in Doctor Who (I believe Tom Baker era), and Hotblack Desiato's bodyguard in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I assume the original TV series.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-prowse-idUSKBN2890DY
Famous for embodying Darth Vader, he was significant for many things in his life, including working with public safety programs in the UK. He also set three weight-lifting records.
He did not voice Darth because of his thick accent. He was also quite POd at Lucas when his helmet was taken off in Episode 6: The Return of the Jedi, and he was replaced with Mister Potato Head.
He auditioned for both Darth Vader and Chewbacca and was given the choice. He said 'Give me the baddie. People remember the baddie.' Well, in this case, both roles will not be forgotten.
Wikipedia lists some of his other acting roles as the Black Night in Jabberwocky, a minotaur in Doctor Who (I believe Tom Baker era), and Hotblack Desiato's bodyguard in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I assume the original TV series.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-prowse-idUSKBN2890DY
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Date: 2020-11-30 01:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-11-30 01:56 am (UTC)Oh, definitely! Count us among them! Dubbing his voice was one thing, James Earl Jones did a masterful job. But he was a pretty handsome guy! Much better than Mister Potato Head! That was one of the big mistakes of the first trilogy, that and Ewoks. ;-)