David Prowse Filmography

Born:: July 1, 1935 in Bristol, Somerset, England
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: British actor David Prowse began weightlifting at the age of 16 and became his country's champion in that field five years later, holding on to the title for two years. Theatrical producers and filmakers found the imposed Prowse to be an excellent type for supernatural roles; he was cast as Death...Read More

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Return of the Jedi

Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels

Synopsis: In the final episode of the Star Wars saga, Han Solo (Harrison Ford) emerges intact from the carbonite casing in which he'd been sealed in The Empire Strikes Back. The bad news is that Solo, together with Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), is prisoner to the grotesque Read More

1983
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

1983
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Actors: Simon Jones, David Dixon, Peter Jones, Joe Melia, Steve Conway, Martin Benson, Sandra Dickinson

Synopsis: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy began as a 1978 BBC radio series by Douglas Adams, who adapted the material into a bestselling novel in 1979. This six-part BBC television miniseries - a witty and farcical science-fiction send-up -- stars Simon Jones as gormless Arthur Dent, who wakes up one Read More

1981
The Empire Strikes Back

Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz, Alec Guinness, Kenny Baker

Synopsis: The second entry in George Lucas' Star Wars trilogy finds Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the green-as-grass hero from the first film, now a seasoned space warrior. Luke's Star Wars cohorts Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) are likewise more experienced in the ways and means Read More

1980
A Horseman Riding By

Synopsis: As adapted from R.F. Delderfield's bestselling novel of the same title, the thirteen-part, 11-hour BBC miniseries A Horseman Riding By details the evolution of life in a Devon, England valley, from 1900-1920. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide Read More

1979
As You Like It

Actors: Helen Mirren, Richard Pasco

Synopsis: The second presentation of the BBC/PBS 37-installment project The Shakespeare Plays was the Bard's As You Like It. The plot, borrowed from Thomas Lodge's romance tale "Rosalynde", takes place in the forest of Arden. Rosalind (Helen Mirren) is forced by various political intrigues to disguise Read More

1979
The People That Time Forgot

Actors: Patrick Wayne, Doug McClure, Sarah Douglas, Dana Gillespie, Thorley Walters

Synopsis: In this fantasy adventure tale based on a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ben McBride (Patrick Wayne) sets out to find Bowen Tyler (Doug McClure), a fellow explorer who was lost during an expedition to the island of Caprone, a tropical oasis in the midst of the arctic. McBride arrives at Caprone to Read More

1977
Star Wars

Actors: Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing

Synopsis: George Lucas' mythological popcorn movie is a two-hour roller-coaster ride that has passed into movie legend. The story, for the tiny number of people not familiar with it, concerns a farm boy named Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) who discovers that the used robot recently purchased by his family Read More

1977
The Making of Star Wars

Synopsis: Discover the technical magic that makes the technology of Star Wars and the workings of the Force seem real. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1977
Jabberwocky

Actors: Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Max Wall, Deborah Fallender, John Le Mesurier, Annette Badland, Warren Mitchell

Synopsis: An innocent country farmer experiences a number of improbable misadventures that culminate in a battle against the titular beast in this broadly comic fantasy. The first solo outing of director Terry Gilliam, who served as animator and co-director on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, returns to the Read More

1977
Confessions of a Pop Performer

Actors: Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Bill Maynard, Doris Hare, Sheila White

Synopsis: In this ribald erotic comedy, brothers team up to promote a rock band. Even though the musicians are remarkably untalented and one of the brothers is an incredible klutz, somehow they manage to succeed. Unfortunately, the band's fall to the bottom is nearly as quick as its rise to the top, for the Read More

1975
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Actors: Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith

Synopsis: The sixth entry in Hammer Films' Frankenstein series, this film finds Baron Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) in charge of a lunatic asylum. When young doctor Simon Helder (Shane Bryant) is institutionalized for attempting to create synthetic life, Frankenstein is delighted: now he'll have an assistant Read More

1974
Doctor Who: The Time Monster, Episode 6

Actors: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Richard Franklin, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the six-part story "The Time Monster," those eternal enemies the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and The Master (Roger Delgado) are forced to rely upon each other to survive the rampaging "time-eater" Kronos the Kronavore. In a final showdown, the two TARDISes owned by the rival Time Read More

1972
A Clockwork Orange

Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Adrienne Corri, Warren Clarke, Aubrey Morris

Synopsis: Stanley Kubrick dissects the nature of violence in this darkly ironic, near-future satire, adapted from Anthony Burgess' novel, complete with "Nadsat" slang. Classical music-loving proto-punk Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his "Droogs" spend their nights getting high at the Korova Milkbar before Read More

1971
Vampire Circus

Synopsis: Though not as widely known as Hammer's popular Dracula and Frankenstein series, this is one of the studio's more stylish and intelligent projects. The tale is set in 17th century Serbia in the tiny burg of Stettel, whose residents live in fear of an encroaching plague. The frightened villagers Read More

1971
Carry on Henry

Synopsis: This bawdy entry in the long-running series of British "Carry On" comedies is set in the court of King Henry the VIII and centers on the gang's attempt to freshen up the odiferous Queen Marie and thereby save her head. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1970
The Horror of Frankenstein

Actors: Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Graham James, Veronica Carlson, Bernard Archard

Synopsis: Victor Frankenstein (Ralph Bates) is the son of the Count who plans his father's demise. He inherits the castle and the comely housekeeper (Kate O'Mara) who doubles as his mistress. Soon Victor is busy murdering people to build his monster (David Prowse). His victims include his neighbor, his Read More

1970
Hammerhead

Actors: Vince Edwards, Judy Geeson, Beverly Adams, Peter Vaughan, Diana Dors

Synopsis: This uneven spy saga finds secret agent Charles Hood (Vince Edwards) on the trail of the criminal master spy Hammerhead (Peter Vaughan). He tries to discover some NATO secrets in between his hobby of collecting antique erotica from around the world. Hood must stop the evil Hammerhead before he Read More

1968
The Beverly Hillbillies: Coming Through the Rye

Synopsis: In the fourth episode of a five-part story arc, the Clampett family is still at large in merrie olde England (where this episode was filmed). Jethro has fallen in love with Sandy McGregor (Ilona Rodgers), a beautiful Scottish lassie. Unfortunately, the rest of the family has become convinced that Read More

1968