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Mark Richard Hamill (born September 25, 1951)is an American actor. He is best known for starring asLuke Skywalkerin theStar Wars franchise and theJokerin various animatedDC Comicsprojects, starting withBatman: The Animated Seriesin 1992.Through the 1980s, Hamill distinguished himself from his Star Wars role by pursuing a Broadway theatre career, st ... ... ( read more! ) Legendary Hollywood Icon Harrison Ford was born on July 13,1942 in Chicago, Illinois. His familyhistory includes a strong lineage of actors, radio personalities, and models.Ford attended public high school in ParkRidge, Illinois where he was a member of the school Radio Station WMTH.Ford worked as the lead voice for sports reporting at WMTH for sev ... ... ( read more! ) Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 - December 27, 2016) was an American actress, novelist, screenwriter, and lecturer. Daughter of the famous actors Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, she gained fame for her portrayal of Princess Leia Organa in the original Star Wars trilogy. Her novel Postcards from the Edge was also a bestseller, for which sh ... ... ( read more! ) Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913 11 August 1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally Vincent Price. A familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, his most famous ro ... ... ( read more! ) Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 August 5, 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. He is most well known f ... ... ( read more! ) Anthony Daniels (born February 21, 1946) is an English actor and mime artist, best known for playing C-3PO in 10 Star Wars films. He is the only actor to have either appeared in or been involved with all theatrical films in the series, and has been involved in many of their spin-offs, including television series, video games, and radio serials.Desc ... ... ( read more! ) Kenneth George "Kenny" Baker (24 August 1934 13 August 2016) was a British actor and musician, best known as the man inside R2-D2 in the popular Star Wars film series.Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenny Baker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ... ... ( read more! ) Peter Mayhew(May 19, 1944 April 30, 2019) was a British-American actor, best known for playingChewbaccain theStar Warsfilms.Mayhew was born on 19 May 1944 inBarnes,Surrey, where he was also raised.His height was a product not ofgigantism "I dont have the big head" but of an overactive pituitary gland secondary to a genetic disease calledMarfan Sy ... ... ( read more! ) David Prowse, MBE (July 1, 1935 November 29, 2020) was an English former bodybuilder, weightlifter and actor, most widely known for playing the role of Darth Vader in physical form. In Britain, he is also remembered as having played the Green Cross Code man. Prowse is a native of Bristol, where he attended Bristol Grammar School.Description above ... ... ( read more! ) Philip Brown was an American actor. Brown was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After majoring in dramatics at Stanford University where he was a Brother of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Brown played some of his earliest stage roles as part of New Yorks Group Theater. When it folded, he and other Group Theatre veterans headed to Hollywood, where Brown ... ... ( read more! ) Shelagh Fraser (25 November 1920 29 August 2000) was a British actress. She was best-known for her role as Luke Skywalkers ill-fated aunt, Beru Lars in Star Wars (though Frasers voice was dubbed in some prints of the film). She appeared in more than 50 films and TV shows during her career, including Z-Cars and Softly, Softly, A Family at War and H ... ... ( read more! ) Jack Purvis was a British film actor. Purvis was a dwarf, and thus was mainly cast in roles requiring actors of short stature. Purvis appeared as a different alien creature in each of the three films of the original Star Wars trilogy, and also appeared in three of director Terry Gilliams early fantasy films: Time Bandits, Brazil, and The Adventures ... ... ( read more! ) McCrindle began his acting career in 1937 starring in minor roles in UK Television. From 1946 to 1951 he played the role of Jock Anderson in Dick Barton Special Agent. In 1951 he starred in his first film in the USA, The House in the Square. From there his acting career took off. He then did five more films: I Believe in You (1952), The Kidnappers ... ... ( read more! ) Eddie Byrne (31 January 1911 21 August 1981) was an Irish actor. ... ... ( read more! ) Drewe Henley (born Gordon Henley 1940 14 February 2016) was an English actor. He retired from acting due to bipolar disorder. He was married to Felicity Kendal, with whom he had a son. On Valentines Day, 2016, he choked to death on a fish pie at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital at 75 years old. ... ... ( read more! )