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He announced his retirement from acting and public appearances.

Originally planned to be effective in January , he already withdrew in November based on the recommendation of his doctors. [September ]

The book was published officially in hardback by Apex Publishing in , and David toured Europe to attend book signings and personal appearances.

Undergoing treatment with hip replacement operations, it was discovered that David had prostate cancer in After a series of radiotherapy treatments at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, David made a full recovery in a remarkably short period of time.

Attended Collectormania 7 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.

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From , David began writing his autobiography entitled "Straight from the Force&#;s Mouth," which covers his career in showbiz and documents an unedited diary account of the Star Wars production.

Attended the 1st Central American Star Wars Convention at Guatemala City, Guatemala on July , , to talk about his character (Darth Vader) on the first Star Wars trilogy, along with Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett).

David was awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen&#;s Millennium Honours List for his contributions to charity and spokesmanship for road safety, the disabled and other various charities.

Proving successful the Green Cross Code Man continued to be a side project throughout David&#;s busy career until the s.

He considers this role to be of great importance, and has stated many times that it is possibly the most rewarding job he has held.

When Sebastian Shaw was revealed in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi () 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 barred from doing the lightsaber duels in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back () and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi () because he kept breaking the poles that stood in for the laser blades during the first film.

The lightsaber duels in the sequels were instead done by Bob Anderson, the swordmaster who handled the lightsaber choreography; in order to make up for the height difference, Bob Anderson wore platform shoes and was often filmed from low angles.

Over the course of his career, between acting and touring the world both as the Green Cross Code Man and David Prowse, David trained actors for films including Christopher Reeve for Superman (), wrote fitness books "Fitness is Fun", supported charity and even became the head of fitness for superstore Harrods.

In , David&#;s popularity as a respected fitness guru landed him with the role and duty of the Green Cross Code Man, a superhero designed by the British road safety committee to teach road safety to children.

The persona saw David traveling the world to give talks, demonstrations and shoot short television spots based on the hero&#;s message.

Played part of the aide to Patrick Magee&#;s character in the movie A Clockwork Orange (). He was chosen due to the fact that he was able to lift and carry the wheelchair-bound Magee. He said that the director was not known as "one-take Kubrick" and he had to repeat the scene multiple times.

At one point, the shooting was halted because the recording technician said that there was a strange noise in the last take. This was discovered to be due to a microphone that was on David and picking up his accelerated heartbeat and heavier breathing.

He is the only actor to play Frankenstein&#;s Monster in more than one Hammer film: The Horror of Frankenstein () and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell ().

Appeared as a strongman in the famous "Wishing Well" sketch from the first season of The Benny Hill Show (), which was used by the show&#;s American syndicator to pitch the program to U.S.

television stations.

David "Dave" Prowse was born into a working class family on 1 July, in Bristol, England, UK.

He was raised by his mother and never knew his father.

As a child, David was disadvantaged and a poor student, he found a passion for bodybuilding and weight training in his early teens, as a young adult, David often entered weightlifting competitions and contested in the famous Mr. Universe contest. Eventually, David won the British heavyweight weightlifting title and gained status as a highly regarded and respected member of the fitness community.

Over this period of competitive weightlifting, David became lifelong friends with actors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno, who at the time were not professional actors but rival competitors.