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Peter Mayhew

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)

Known For: Acting

Born: Barnes, London, England, UK, 1944-05-19

Died: 2019-04-30

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1977	Star Wars	Chewbacca	82
2	1977	Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger	Minoton	66
3	1977	The Making of Star Wars	Self (uncredited)	70
4	1978	Terror	The Mechanic	53
5	1978	The Star Wars Holiday Special	Chewbacca	34
6	1980	The Empire Strikes Back	Chewbacca	84
7	1980	SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back	Chewbacca	86
8	1980	The Making of The Empire Strikes Back	Self	80
9	1982	Return of the Ewok	Chewbacca	63
10	1983	Return of the Jedi	Chewbacca	79
11	1983	Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi	Self	85
12	1999	The Very Best of the Muppet Show	Special Guest Star / Chewbacca	70
13	2002	Comic Book Villains	Peter Mayhew	53
14	2004	Comic Book: The Movie	Peter Mayhew	58
15	2004	The Story of Star Wars	Chewbacca (archive footage)	71
16	2004	When Star Wars Ruled the World	Self	88
17	2004	Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy	Self	77
18	2004	The Characters of Star Wars	Self	68
19	2005	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Chewbacca	74
20	2009	Fanboys	Self (uncredited)	61
21	2009	Yesterday Was a Lie	Dead Man	56
22	2010	Jedi Junkies	Himself	59
23	2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Chewbacca	73
24	2016	Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey	Self	71
25	2023	A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened	Self (archive footage)	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	The Muppet Show	Chewbacca	80
2	1978	Hazell		53
3	1981	Dark Towers		0
4	1982	The Kenny Everett Television Show	Various	70
5	2009	Glee	Chewbacca	68
6	2012	Comic Book Men	Self	68
7	2012	Honest Trailers	Chewbacca (archive footage)	65