Charles Atlas
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Charles Atlas was an Italian-born American bodybuilder best remembered as the developer of a bodybuilding method and its associated exercise program which spawned a landmark advertising campaign featu
Atlas c. 1920
Comic book ad from 1949 featuring Atlas
The Dawn of Glory (1924) by Pietro Montana, Highland Park, Brooklyn
David Prowse
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David Charles Prowse was an English actor, bodybuilder, strongman and weightlifter. He portrayed Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy and a manservant in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwo
Charles Atlas
…champion from 1952 to 1956; Joe Louis, heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949; British heavyweight weightlifting champion and Darth Vader actor David Prowse; and Allan Wells, the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games 100 meter champion. Besides photographs, Atlas posed for many statues throughout his life. These included…
Prowse in 2013
Prowse in 2007
Prowse and Jayce Lewis, photographed in 2015
David Prowse and Jayce Lewis with Darth Vader helmet