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Is a former weightlifting champion. Was the Green Cross Code man, a character used to teach [UK] children how to cross the road safely. Because of his loftiness, George Lucas hired him to occupy the costume of Darth Vader in Star Wars (1977). But because of his British accent, Lucas chose James Earl Jones as the voice of Vader He commented in an interview that he was unaware that his voice been dubbed with that of James Earl Jones' until he saw the movie Star Wars (1977) on opening night. Attended the I Central American Star Wars (1977) Convention at Guatemala City, Guatemala, on 27-28 July 2002, to talk about his character ("Darth Vader") on the first Star Wars trilogy, along with Jeremy Bulloch ("Boba Fett"). When Sebastian Shaw was revealed in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) as the "man behind Darth Vader's mask", Darth Vader became the first recurring role in a movie series to be played by three actors at the same time: body by Prowse, voice by James Earl Jones and face by Sebastian Shaw. He was the special guest at the first Sci-Fi convention in the north west (UK) at Lancaster and Morecambe college on the 3rd October 2004. He was barred from doing the light-saber duels in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) because he kept breaking the poles that stood in for the laser blades during the first film. The light-saber duels in the sequels were instead done by Bob Anderson, the sword-master who handled the light-saber choreography; in order to make up for the height difference, Bob Anderson wore platform shoes and was often filmed from low angles. Three clips are available on the Star Wars making of documentary DVD of Prowse speaking Darth Vader's lines. Before he entered films, he was a hard working apprentice engineer at BOAC in Bristol. He stood over 6' 6". After surgeries and due to his age, he lost several inches. In Casino Royale (1966), he plays a character known only as "Sir". He looks like Frankenstein's Creature, but is never called or credited as such. "Sir" is only in the film a few seconds.