How tall was David Prowse

Publish date: 2024-06-04
English actor, best remembered for his role as Darth Vader in Star Wars. He said "When I played him I was 6ft 7 and 20 stone" although he also said "I'm 6-6" and in 1997 "I'm about 6ft 5 now" citing hip operations as result of losing 2 inches. His own explanation is that "I had a right hip replacement. The head of the femur, the main leg bone, and the acetabulum, the socket, were replaced with artificial parts. But because they are smaller than the natural ones. I lost about one and a half inches of bone in my (left) ankle and had to wear a built up shoe. After another dislocation....has meant my right leg is a couple of inches longer than the left, so I need a greater build-up on the left shoe."

I saw him in August 2008 (age 73) at the Collectormania Glasgow (pic by Malcolm), he does have to wear a built up sneaker on his left foot to compensate. I think he has lost a lot of height in his upper body too.

How tall is David Prowse5ft 8 Rob and Dave (1935 - 2020) @ 2008 Glasgow Collectormania I'm 6'7" but since the hip operations I've gone down to about 6'5" if I keep going on like this by the time the surgeons are finished, I shall be about the same size as Kenny Baker When you're 6 feet 6 inches tall and big like me, you're always going to get parts as baddies or heavies. [Prowse] was considered a cripple himself in his early teens and was hospitalized for a solid year age 13.

I grew from 5-9 to 6-3 in that year. The next year I was 6-5. My leg joints just weren't catching up with the rest of me. I couldn't walk for a time and then they put me in leg irons. Finally, they took them off and told me I'd have to build myself up. That's when I took the Charles Atlas course.

I learned early my size was limiting. Directors have preconceived notions. I simply would never be cast as a happy father because they don't come in 6-foot-6 packages.

When I did Vader I was 6ft 7in (2m) tall and weighed in at about 270- 280lb (around 125kg). Wearing the boots, helmet and mask took my height to about 7ft.

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