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Peter Mayhew

Born 1944-05-19, Barnes, London, England, UK, Died 2019-04-30

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)

Star Wars

• Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) as Chewbacca
• Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Chewbacca
• Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) as Chewbacca

John Williams

• Star Wars (1977) as Chewbacca
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Chewbacca
• Return of the Jedi (1983) as Chewbacca