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Peter Mayhew

Acting Born 19 May 1944 Died 30 Apr 2019 — at 74.947945205479 Barnes, London, England, UK

Peter Mayhew (May 19, 1944 – April 30, 2019) was a British-American actor, best known for playing Chewbacca in the Star Wars films. Mayhew was born on 19 May 1944 in Barnes, Surrey, where he was also raised. His height was a product not of gigantism — "I don't have the big head" — but of an overactive pituitary gland secondary to a genetic disease called Ma...

Latest credit Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey (2016)

As actor

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Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey poster

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Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey

2016 · 69 min

Star Wars: The Force Awakens poster

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015 · 136 min

Jedi Junkies poster

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Jedi Junkies

2010 · 75 min

Yesterday Was a Lie poster

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Yesterday Was a Lie

2009 · 89 min

The Characters of Star Wars poster

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The Characters of Star Wars

2004 · 19 min

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy poster

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Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

2004 · 151 min

When Star Wars Ruled the World poster

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When Star Wars Ruled the World

2004 · 60 min

The Story of Star Wars poster

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The Story of Star Wars

2004 · 60 min

Comic Book: The Movie poster

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Comic Book: The Movie

2004 · 106 min

Comic Book Villains poster

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Comic Book Villains

2002 · 92 min

The Unauthorized Star Wars Story poster

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The Unauthorized Star Wars Story

1999

The Very Best of the Muppet Show poster

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The Very Best of the Muppet Show

1999 · 45 min

Return of the Ewok poster

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Return of the Ewok

1994 · 24 min

Return of the Jedi poster

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Return of the Jedi

1983 · 132 min

The Making of The Empire Strikes Back poster

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The Making of The Empire Strikes Back

1980 · 59 min

The Empire Strikes Back poster

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The Empire Strikes Back

1980 · 124 min

The Star Wars Holiday Special poster

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The Star Wars Holiday Special

1978 · 97 min

Star Wars poster

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Star Wars

1977 · 121 min

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger poster

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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

1977 · 113 min

Dark Towers poster

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Dark Towers

1981 · 25 min