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Name
Peter Mayhew
Dob
1944-05-19
Bio
Peter Mayhew (19 May 1944-30 April 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)
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2015-08-12 17:20:11 UTC

Filmography

Title Year Director Character name
The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner Chewbacca Show details
Star Wars 1977 George Lucas Chewbacca Show details