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- Born
- 1910
- Works
- 4
Top works
- All Saints
- A theology of force and violence
- Unemployment under the judgement of God
- Unemployment Under the Judgement of God (Contemporary Christian Concerns Series, Vol 1)
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Peter Mayhew (born May 19, 1944) is an English actor known for playing Chewbacca the Wookiee in the Star Wars movies. His peak height was 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m) tall. He received his first acting job in 1977 when the producers of the movie Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger discovered Mayhew from a photograph in a newspaper article about men with large feet, and they cast him in the role of the minotaur. When casting roles for his first Star Wars film, producer George Lucas needed a tall actor
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- Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives
· 1999 · cited 84,909x
- A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation
· 1987 · cited 42,192x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,722x
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 23,723x
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,303x
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Quotes
- “I’ve always said, if I get tired of it, I won’t do it. And I still enjoy it, and what’s there to get tired of? I always think that if people don’t recognize me, that’s when the problem starts. Right? That’s my way of looking at it. It’s great fun. I enjoy it. As I say, I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t enjoy it.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Peter William Mayhew , ( 1944-05-19 ) 19 May 1944, Barnes , Surrey , England
- Died
- 30 April 2019 (2019-04-30) (aged 74), Boyd, Texas , US
- Resting place
- Azleland Memorial Park and, Mausoleum Reno, Texas , US
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1976–2016
- Known for
- Playing Chewbacca in the, Star Wars franchise
- Height
- 7 ft 3 in (221 cm)
- Spouse
- Mary Cigainero ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1999 )
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.chewbacca.com
- Image
- Peter Mayhew 2015.jpg
- Height
- 218
- Number of children
- 3
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- Peter Mayhew
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- 1944-05-19
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- Peter Mayhew
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- date of death
- 2019-04-30
- end of work period
- 2019-00-00
- birth name
- Peter William Mayhew
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Peter William Mayhew (19 May 1944 – 30 April 2019) was a British-American actor. He was best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series. He played the character in all of his live-action appearances from the 1977 original to 2015's The Force Awakens before his retirement from the role. He also voiced the character in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and portrayed him in some non-canon television shows, including The Muppet Show.
Early life