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David Prowse

1935 - 2020

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David Charles Prowse (1 July 1935 – 28 November 2020) was an English bodybuilder, weightlifter and character actor in British film and television. He physically portrayed Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy and a manservant in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Prowse has received more than 3,952,483 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). David Prowse is the 763rd most popular actor (down from 580th in 2019), the 957th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 796th in 2019) and the 120th most popular British Actor.

David Prowse is most famous for playing Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, David Prowse ranks 763 out of 10,030. Before him are Carlos Valdes, Adolfo Celi, Mark Ruffalo, Dirk Benedict, Val Kilmer, and Katharine Ross. After him are Linda Cristal, Kim Cattrall, Jane Wyman, Nǃxau ǂToma, Olivia Hussey, and John Gavin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, David Prowse ranks 57. Before him are Mylène Demongeot, Seiji Ozawa, Floyd Patterson, Robert Conrad, Udo Lattek, and Gnassingbé Eyadéma. After him are Sylvia Earle, Lorenzo Bandini, Ei-ichi Negishi, Forough Farrokhzad, Pepe, and Abdou Diouf. Among people deceased in 2020, David Prowse ranks 96. Before him are Betty Williams, Ilija Petković, Jair Marinho, Borys Paton, Roger Scruton, and Masatoshi Koshiba. After him are Linda Cristal, Jack Steinberger, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Lee Konitz, Shirley Knight, and Ben Cross.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Prowse ranks 957 out of 6,924. Before him are Shirley Bassey (1937), Hugh Lofting (1886), John Berger (1926), Naomi Campbell (1970), J. B. S. Haldane (1892), and Damon Hill (1960). After him are Amy Winehouse (1983), Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287), Kim Cattrall (1956), James Anderson (1680), Philip Sclater (1829), and Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, David Prowse ranks 120. Before him are Dominic Purcell (1970), Stephen Boyd (1931), Daniel Radcliffe (1989), Greer Garson (1904), Sebastian Shaw (1905), and James Mason (1909). After him are Kim Cattrall (1956), Dirk Bogarde (1921), Jeremy Brett (1933), Ben Cross (1947), Kenny Baker (1934), and Kristin Scott Thomas (1960).

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