1935 - 2020
David Charles Prowse (1 July 1935 – 28 November 2020) was an English actor, bodybuilder, strongman and weightlifter. He portrayed Darth Vader (voiced by American actor James Earl Jones) 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 4,824,704 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). David Prowse is the 1,161st most popular actor (down from 762nd in 2019), the 1,282nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 956th in 2019) and the 168th 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 1,161 out of 9,996. Before him are Brendan Fraser, Ricardo Montalbán, Armand Assante, Corinne Cléry, Conrad Veidt, and Madeleine Stowe. After him are Teri Hatcher, Candice Bergen, Tanya Roberts, Kate Beckinsale, Norma Shearer, and John Derek.
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 1,155
1920 - 2009
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 1,156
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 1,157
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 1,158
1893 - 1943
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 1,159
1958 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 1,160
1935 - 2020
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 1,161
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 1,162
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 1,163
1955 - 2021
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 1,164
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 1,165
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 1,166
1926 - 1998
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 1,167
Among people born in 1935, David Prowse ranks 85. Before him are Roger B. Chaffee, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Jack Welch, Jack Kemp, Serge Klarsfeld, and Brian Clough. After him are Azzedine Alaïa, Sergio Rossi, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Vladislav Volkov, Dharmendra, and Ron Paul. Among people deceased in 2020, David Prowse ranks 102. Before him are Stanley Ho, Florian Schneider, Vera Lynn, Jack Welch, Lorenzo Sanz, and Gérard Houllier. After him are Abdul Halim Khaddam, Amadou Toumani Touré, Sergio Rossi, Jānis Lūsis, Nikolai Kapustin, and Claude Brasseur.
1935 - 1967
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 79
1935 - 2011
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 80
1935 - 2020
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 81
1935 - 2009
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 82
1935 - Present
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 83
1935 - 2004
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 84
1935 - 2020
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 85
1935 - 2017
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 86
1935 - 2020
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 87
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 88
1935 - 1971
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 89
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 90
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 91
1921 - 2020
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 96
1947 - 2020
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 97
1917 - 2020
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 98
1935 - 2020
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 99
1943 - 2020
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 100
1947 - 2020
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 101
1935 - 2020
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 102
1932 - 2020
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 103
1948 - 2020
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 104
1935 - 2020
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 105
1939 - 2020
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 106
1937 - 2020
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 107
1936 - 2020
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 108
Among people born in United Kingdom, David Prowse ranks 1,282 out of 7,765. Before him are Alexander McQueen (1969), William Walton (1902), Wayne Rooney (1985), Chris Martin (1977), Brian Clough (1935), and Seal (1963). After him are Sam Mendes (1965), John Newton (1725), Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (1373), Kate Beckinsale (1973), Colin Wilson (1931), and William George Horner (1786).
1969 - 2010
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 1,276
1902 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 1,277
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 1,278
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 1,279
1935 - 2004
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 1,280
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 1,281
1935 - 2020
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 1,282
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 1,283
1725 - 1807
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 1,284
1373 - 1415
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 1,285
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 1,286
1931 - 2013
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 1,287
1786 - 1837
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 1,288
Among actors born in United Kingdom, David Prowse ranks 168. Before him are Hugh Griffith (1912), Joan Plowright (1929), John Nettles (1943), Andy Whitfield (1971), Scott Adkins (1976), and David Thewlis (1963). After him are Kate Beckinsale (1973), Tom Hiddleston (1981), Michael Redgrave (1908), Brenda Blethyn (1946), Ralph Richardson (1902), and Iain Glen (1961).
1912 - 1980
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 162
1929 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 163
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 164
1971 - 2011
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 165
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 166
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 167
1935 - 2020
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 168
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 169
1981 - Present
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 170
1908 - 1985
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 171
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 172
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 173
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 174