1935 - 2020
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.
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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.
1989 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 757
1922 - 1986
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 758
1967 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 759
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 760
1959 - Present
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 761
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 762
1935 - 2020
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 763
1934 - 2020
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 764
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 765
1917 - 2007
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 766
1944 - 2003
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 767
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 768
1931 - 2018
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 769
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.
1935 - Present
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 51
1935 - Present
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 52
1935 - 2006
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 53
1935 - 2020
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 54
1935 - 2015
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 55
1935 - 2005
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 56
1935 - 2020
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 57
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 58
1935 - 1967
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 59
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 60
1935 - 1967
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 61
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 62
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 63
1943 - 2020
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 90
1945 - 2020
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 91
1936 - 2020
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 92
1918 - 2020
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 93
1944 - 2020
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 94
1926 - 2020
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 95
1935 - 2020
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 96
1934 - 2020
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 97
1921 - 2020
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 98
1936 - 2020
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 99
1927 - 2020
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 100
1936 - 2020
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 101
1947 - 2020
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 102
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).
1937 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 951
1886 - 1947
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 952
1926 - 2017
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 953
1970 - Present
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 954
1892 - 1964
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 955
1960 - Present
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 956
1935 - 2020
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 957
1983 - 2011
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 958
1287 - 1330
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 959
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 960
1680 - 1739
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 961
1829 - 1913
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 962
831 - 860
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 963
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).
1970 - Present
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 114
1931 - 1977
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 115
1989 - Present
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 116
1904 - 1996
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 117
1905 - 1994
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 118
1909 - 1984
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 119
1935 - 2020
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 120
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 121
1921 - 1999
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 122
1933 - 1995
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 123
1947 - 2020
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 124
1934 - 2016
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 125
1960 - Present
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 126