Anthony Daniels
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| Anthony Daniels | |
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Actor |
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As Dannl Faytonni: |
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As C-3PO: |
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1978 film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings (voice) |
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Anthony Daniels (born February 21, 1946 in Salisbury, England) portrayed the droid C-3PO in all six Star Wars films, thus being the only person to appear in all six movies (the closest is Kenny Baker, playing his counterpart R2-D2 in five movies).
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Star Wars career
During the production of the original Star Wars, he helped George Lucas develop the character, voice, and mannerisms of C-3PO. Aside from playing the fussy droid in all six movies, Daniels has reprised the role frequently over the past three decades. He's donned the shiny suit for various promotional work, including hosting The Making of Star Wars; for appearances on The Muppet Show and Sesame Street; for The Star Wars Holiday Special; for commercials including Kenner toys, a no-smoking PSA, and even a breakfast cereal based on the character; and for prequel tie-ins such as Star Wars Connections and The Science of Star Wars. He also voiced C-3PO in a radio drama based on the original trilogy; for the Christmas-themed Christmas in the Stars album; for the Disneyland theme park attraction Star Tours; and also for three animated series: Droids, Star Wars: Clone Wars and The Clone Wars. He also provided the narration and all character voices for the Dark Force Rising and The Last Command audio books. Daniels also has a cameo in the Outlander nightclub scene early in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones as a character Dannl Faytonni, who can also be seen at the Galaxies Opera House in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
Aside from potraying C-3PO and Dannl Faytonni, Anthony Daniels also potrayed numerous minor characters such as CZ-3 in Episode 4. There is no exact record of how many minor background characters Daniels potrayed.
He was the only cast member of the Star Wars trilogy to voice his character in all three episodes of National Public Radio's dramatizations of the Star Wars trilogy (while Mark Hamill voiced Luke Skywalker for both A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, and Billy Dee Williams voiced Lando Calrissian for The Empire Strikes Back, when the Return of the Jedi adaptation was recorded many years later, Hamill and Williams were replaced by Joshua Fardon and Arye Gross, respectively).
Daniels also contributed the foreword to the collected scripts of the Return of the Jedi radio drama, as their author Brian Daley died just as the episodes were being recorded. Daniels' other Star Wars-related writings include the Wonder Column for Star Wars Insider magazine and a comic book adventure for C-3PO and R2-D2 entitled The Protocol Offensive, published by Dark Horse Comics.
In The Phantom Menace, Daniels did the voice work for C-3PO but did not physically appear in the movie, as the character was a puppet instead of a costume - a prototype C-3PO controlled by someone else. He actually controlled the puppet for 2002's Episode II: Attack of the Clones, but all prototype scenes were cut, with the droid's first appearance in the movie being Daniels in costume. In this movie and 2005's Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, he also dubbed the vocal tracks for some scenes that used CGI.
[edit] Other notable works
Daniels was the voice of Legolas in Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. He crops up intermittently on British TV in various dramas, notably in a recurring role in Prime Suspect. He also played the priest in the 1990 British spoof horror film I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Star Wars
- Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Clone Wars
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: Droids
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
- The Star Wars Holiday Special
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
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[edit] Gallery
 Daniels, with his costume during the Original Trilogy. |
 Daniels, with his costume during the Prequel Trilogy. |
