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Peter Mayhew

1944–2019 · Acting

82.5avg grm
3titles
#24best rank
Sbest title · #24 on siteStar Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back1980 · as Chewbacca84.9

Bio

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 Marfan Syndrome. The overactive pituitary gland was treated successfully in his mid-teens. His peak height was 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m)

Biography

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 Marfan Syndrome. The overactive pituitary gland was treated successfully in his mid-teens. His peak height was 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m)

Filmography

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1980s2 titlesSStar Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi1983 · as Chewbacca77.8SStar Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back1980 · as Chewbacca84.9
1970s1 titleSStar Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope1977 · as Chewbacca84.7

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Peter Mayhew

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born1944
died2019
known forActing
titles on site3
best title rank#24 · Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
avg GRM82.5
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 Marfan Syndrome. The overactive pituitary gland was treated successfully in his mid-teens. His peak height was 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m)

Filmography

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1980s

2 titles
S77.8Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi1983 · as ChewbaccaS84.9Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back1980 · as Chewbacca

1970s

1 title
S84.7Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope1977 · as Chewbacca

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