Peter Mayhew
Peter Mayhew
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)
Place of birth
Barnes, London, England, UK 
Date of birth
19th May 1944
Date of death
30th April 2019
Movies that starred Peter Mayhew (3 in total)
Return of the Jedi [1983]
Chewbacca
The Empire Strikes Back [1980]
Chewbacca
Star Wars [1977]
Chewbacca
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