Peter Mayhew

E207458

English American actor film actor human television actor voice actor

Peter Mayhew was an English-American actor best known for portraying the Wookiee Chewbacca in the original Star Wars film series.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Peter Mayhew canonical	8
Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca	2
Peter William Mayhew	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English American ⓘ actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ
birthName	Peter Mayhew self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Peter William Mayhew
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
citizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1944-05-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2019-04-30 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
familyName	Mayhew ⓘ
givenName	Peter ⓘ
hasCharitableFoundation	Peter Mayhew Foundation ⓘ
hasFandom	Star Wars fandom ⓘ
height	2.18 m ⓘ
knownFor	portraying Chewbacca in Star Wars films ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
medicalCondition	gigantism ⓘ
name	Peter Mayhew self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Dark Towers ⓘ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⓘ surface form: Return of the Jedi Star Wars ⓘ The Star Wars Holiday Special ⓘ surface form: Star Wars Holiday Special Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith ⓘ Star Wars: The Force Awakens ⓘ The Empire Strikes Back ⓘ The Muppet Show ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ hospital orderly ⓘ
participatedIn	fan conventions ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Barnes, London ⓘ surface form: Barnes, London, England
placeOfDeath	Boyd, Texas ⓘ surface form: Boyd, Texas, United States
portrayed	Chewbacca ⓘ
residence	Boyd, Texas ⓘ surface form: Boyd, Texas, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Angie Mayhew ⓘ
subjectOf	obituaries in major international media ⓘ
workedOn	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith ⓘ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⓘ The Empire Strikes Back ⓘ surface form: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⓘ Star Wars: The Force Awakens ⓘ
yearsActive	1970s–2010s ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → stars → Peter Mayhew ⓘ

Star Wars: The Force Awakens → castMember → Peter Mayhew ⓘ

Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca → precededByPortrayal → Peter Mayhew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca

Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca → roleTakenOverFrom → Peter Mayhew ⓘ

Chewbacca → portrayedBy → Peter Mayhew ⓘ

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → starred → Peter Mayhew ⓘ

The Empire Strikes Back → castMember → Peter Mayhew ⓘ

Peter Mayhew → name → Peter Mayhew self-link ⓘ

Peter Mayhew → birthName → Peter Mayhew self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter William Mayhew

Joonas Suotamo → replaced → Peter Mayhew ⓘ

Wookiee → portrayedBySpeciesActor → Peter Mayhew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca