His uncle, Martin Shaw, was a composer of church music, and his family's love of music heavily influenced Shaw's career path. Geoffrey Shaw, the music master at Gresham's School, a Norfolk independent boarding school, where Shaw began his education. Shaw was one of three children born to Dr. Original Star Wars Trilogy, Return of the Jedi, as the redeemed Anakin Skywalker, as well as Skywalker's ghost in the original 1983 theatrical release of the film. In 1983, he appeared in the third installment of the He also wrote several poems and a novel, The Christening, in 1975. In 1966, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he remained for a decade and delivered some of his most acclaimed performances. Shaw was particularly known for his performances in productions of Shakespeare plays which were considered daring and ahead of their time. He claimed to mature as a performer only after returning from service in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He described himself as a "rotten actor" as a youth and said his success was primarily due to his good looks. He appeared in his first film, Caste, in 1930 and quickly began to create a name for himself in films. Although he worked primarily on the London stage, he made his Broadway debut in 1929, when he played one of the two murderers in Rope's End.
He studied acting at Gresham's School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Shaw was born and brought up in Holt, Norfolk, and made his acting debut at age eight at a London theatre. During his 65-year career, he appeared in dozens of stage performances and more than 40 film and television productions. Prowse is survived by his wife Norma and their three children.Sebastian Lewis Shaw ( – 23 December 1994) was an English actor, theatre director, novelist, playwright and poet.
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"As a kid Dave Prowse couldn't be more famous to me stalking along corridors as evil incarnate in the part of Darth Vader & stopping a whole generation of kiddies from being mown down in street as the Green Cross Code man," he wrote. "Ant-Man" director Edgar Wright also paid tribute to Prowse on Twitter. Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the "Star Wars" films, tweeted that Prowse was "a kind man & much more than Darth Vader." Hamill said the actor "loved his fans as much as they loved him. He was a regular at "Star Wars" fan events, but was banned from official conventions by Lucas in 2010 after the pair fell out.
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Prowse was also known to a generation of British children as the Green Cross Code Man, a superhero in a series of road safety advertisements during the 1970s and '80s. Prowse also worked as a trainer for other actors, helping Christopher Reeve prepare to be the Man of Steel in hit 1978 film "Superman." "All actors crave recognition and I'd like to have some like Luke Skywalker and Han Solo," he told The Associated Press in 1980. He expressed some regret that, thanks to Vader's mask, "I can walk around with complete anonymity." Prowse donned Darth Vader's black armor and helmet for "Star Wars" (1977), "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) and "Return of the Jedi" (1983). His lilting English West Country accent was considered less ideal, and his lines were dubbed by James Earl Jones. Physically, Prowse was perfect for the part. Prowse later told the BBC he chose Darth Vader because "you always remember the bad guys." Prowse died Saturday after a short illness, his agent Thomas Bowington said Sunday.īorn in Bristol, southwest England, in 1935, Prowse was a three-time British weightlifting champion and represented England in weightlifting at the 1962 Commonwealth Games before breaking into movies with roles that emphasized his commanding size, including Frankenstein's monster in a pair of Hammer Studios horror films.ĭirector George Lucas saw Prowse in a small part in "A Clockwork Orange" and asked the 6-foot-6-inch (almost 2-meter) actor to audition for the villainous Vader or the Wookie Chewbacca in "Star Wars." Dave Prowse, the British weightlifter-turned-actor who was the body, though not the voice, of arch-villain Darth Vader in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, has died.
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