THE MEN BEHIND THE CHARACTER
DAVID PROWSE
Date of birth: July 1, 1935
Home: Bristol, England, UK
Facts: Owns a gym in London, trained Christopher Reeve for the first Superman film, chose the Vader role over Chewbacca because "everyone remembers the villain."

Filmography:
Casino Royale (1967)
Hammerhead (1968)
Crossplot (1969)
The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Up the Chastity Belt (1971)
Up Pompeii (1971)
Carry On Henry (1971)
Vampire Circus (1972)
Blacksnake! (1973)
White Cargo (1973)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Callan (1974)
The Best of Benny Hill (1974) (TV)
Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
The People That Time Forgot (1977)
Jabberwocky (1977)
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) (TV)
As You Like It (1978) (TV)
"A Horseman Riding By" (1978) (TV)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Monopoly Star Wars (1997) (Video Game)
Darth Vader battles the dark side of arthritis.
JAMES EARL JONES
Date of birth: January 17, 1931
Home: Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA
Facts: Had stuttering problems as a child, the man behind "This is CNN", once an army officer after college.

Filmography:
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
"The Guiding Light" (TV) (1966)
"As the World Turns (TV) (1966)
The Comedians (1967)
End of the Road (1970)
The Great White Hope (1970)
The Man (1972)
"Black Omnibus" (TV) (1973)
"King Lear" (TV) (1974)
Claudine (1974)
"The Cay" (TV) (1974)
"The UFO Incident" (TV) (1975)
Swashbuckler (1976)
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
"Vegetable Soup" (TV) (1976)
The River Niger (1976)
Deadly Hero (1976)
"Jesus of Nazareth" (TV) (1977)
The Greatest (1977)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (TV) (1977)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
The Star Wars Holiday Special (TV) (1978)
"Roots: The Next Generations" (TV) (1979)
Paul Robeson (TV) (1979)
The Bushido Blade (1979)
"Paris" (TV) (1979)
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (TV) (1980)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (TV) (1980)
Amy and the Angel (TV) (1981)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
"Faerie Tale Theatre" (TV) (1982)
"Freedom to Speak" (TV) (1982)
Blood Tide (1982)
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars (1983) (Video Game)
The Vegas Strip War (TV) (1984)
"The Atlanta Child Murders" (TV) (1985)
"Me and Mom" (TV) (1985)
City Limits (1985)
The Flight of Dragons (1986)
Soul Man (1986)
My Little Girl (1986)
"Square One TV" (TV) (1987)
Gardens of Stone (1987)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987)
Matewan (1987)
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987)
Soldier Boys (TV) (1987)
"Mathnet" (TV) (1987)
Coming to America (1988)
Terrorgram (1988)
Lone Star Kid (TV) (1988)
Three Fugitives (1989)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Best of the Best (1989)
The Hunting of the Snark (1989)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
By Dawn's Early Light (TV) (1990)
Last Flight Out (TV) (1990)
Heat Wave (TV) (1990)
Ivory Hunters (TV) (1990)
The Ambulance (1990)
"Gabriel's Fire" (TV) (1990)
Grim Prairie Tales (1990)
Teach 109 (TV) (1990)
Convicts (1990)
Scorchers (1991)
"Pros and Cons" (TV) (1991)
Patriot Games (1992)
Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992)
Sneakers (192)
The Second Coming (1992)
Sommersby (1993)
The Sandlot (1993)
Excessive Force (1993)
The Meteor Man (1993)
Percy & Thunder (TV) (1993)
Hallelujah (TV) (1993)
Dreamrider (1993)
The Vernon Johns Story (TV) (1994)
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994) (TV)
Clean Slate (1994)
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (TV) (1994)
The Lion King (1994)
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (TV) (1994)
Under a Killing Moon (1994) (Video Game)
"Under One Roof" (TV) (1995)
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Judge Dredd (1995)
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
Signs and Wonders (TV) (1995)
"Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV) (1995)
A Family Thing (1996)
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (TV) (1996)
Timepiece (TV) (1996)
"3rd Rock from the Sun (TV) (1996)
Good Luck (1997)
The Second Civl War (TV) (1997)
Gang Related (1997)
Casper: A Spirited Beginning (Video) (1997)
What the Deaf Man Heard (TV) (1997)
Alone (TV) (1997)
Primary Colors (1998)
Merlin (TV) (1998)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (Video) (1998)
Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (TV) (1998)
Summer's End (TV) (1998)
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (Video Game) (1999)
The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
Santa and Pete (TV) (1999)
Fantasia/2000 (1999)
Undercover Angel (1999)
Our Friend, Martin (Video) (1999)
On the Q.T. (1999)
The Washington Monument: It Stands for All (TV) (2000)
Twister: A Musical Catastrophe (Video) (2000)
Finder's Fee (2001)
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (Video) (2001)
"Feast of All Saints" (TV) (2001)
Disney's American Legends (Video) (2001)
2004: A Light Knight's Odyssey (TV) (2003)
The Magic 7 (TV) (2004)
SEBASTIAN SHAW
Date of birth: May 29, 1905
Date of death: December 23, 1994
Home: Holt' Norfolk, England, UK
Facts: Approached by Lucas to play Anakin, author of 'The Cliff Walk' and 'The Christening', son of a doctor

Filmography:
Caste (1930)
Taxi to Paradise (1933)
Little Miss Nobody (1933)
House of Dreams (1933)
The Way of the Youth (1934)
Get Your Man (1934)
The Four Masked Men (1934)
Adventure Limited (1934)
Brewster's Millions (1935)
Three Witnesses (1935)
The Lad (1935)
Jubilee Window (1935)
Department Store (1935)
The Ace of Spades (1935)
Men Are Not Gods (1936)
Tomorrow We Live (1936)
Jury's Evidence (1936)
Birds of a Feather (1936)
The Squeaker (1937)
Farewell Again (1937)
Prison Without Bars (1939)
Too Dangerous to Live (1939)
Three Silent Men (1940)
Bulldog Sees It Through (1940)
The Flying Squad (1940)
East of Piccadilly (1940)
Journey Together (1946)
Landfall (1949)
The Glass Mountain (1949)
Laxdale Hall (1953)
"The Great War" (TV) (1964)
It Happened Here (1966)
Walk's End (TV) (1966)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
All's Well That Ends Well (1968) (TV)
The Judge's Wife (TV) (1972)
"The Old Curiousity Shop," (TV) (1979)
Timon of Athens (TV) (1981)
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Weather in the Streets (TV) (1983)
"Reilly: The Ace of Spies" (TV) (1983)
High Season (1987)
Chernobyl: The Final Warning (TV) (1991)
Chimera (TV) (1991)
BOB ANDERSON
Date of birth: Unknown
Home: Unknown
Facts: Choreographer and sword master in the Lord of the Rings films.

Filmography (Stunts):
From Russia with Love (1963)
Kidnapped (1971)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
Candleshoe (1977)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Superman II (1980)
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
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