Anthony (I) Daniels filmography and biography
Date of birth: 21 February 1946, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Anthony (I) Daniels trivia
- As C-3PO he has planted his 'metal' footprints in the courtyard pavement
of Mann's (formerly Graumans's) Chinese Theatre.
- He was the guest of honour at the Sci-Fi Congress "Shadowcon 4" in Oslo,
Norway, August 1999.
- He and Kenny Baker (I) are the only actors to have a role in all
six Star Wars movies.
- Ironically enough, Anthony Daniels was never a science fiction fan. The
only science fiction movie he ever saw in a theatre was
2001: A Space Odyssey. He was so disatisfied with the
movie that he walked out after only ten minutes and demanded his money
back!
- Is the only cast member of the Star Wars trilogy to voice
his character in National Public Radio's dramatizations of the trilogy
(while Mark Hamill (I) and Billy Dee Williams voiced
their characters for the Empire Strikes Back, they were replaced by
Joshua Fardon and Arye Gross, respectively).
- As C-3PO, he has the first line in the first Star Wars
(Star Wars) and the last line in the last Star Wars
(Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith).
- Is the first actor to appear in both a Star Wars film and a Lord of the
Rings adaptation, by having played C-3PO in Star Wars, and voicing
Legolas in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings. Other crossover actors
include Paul Brooke (the Rancor keeper, who also voiced Grima
Wormtongue in the BBC radio adaptation), Christopher Lee (who played
Count Dooku and Saruman), Marton Csokas (who played Celeborn and was
the original voice of Poggle the Lesser), Kiran Shah (who played an
Ewok, and was the scale double for Elijah Wood and Ian Holm), and Bruce
Spence (who played Tion Medon and the Mouth of Sauron).
- Mel Blanc was the one who ultimately suggested Daniels for the
voice of C3-PO.
Anthony (I) Daniels quotes
- The first film spoke to everyone on the planet. It still works as a
funny, bright movie. It still has legs. [on 'Star Wars']
- When I saw the painting by the design artist, the eyes of the character
looked deep into my soul. He was a very forlorn figure with an
abandoned air. He really did look into my soul. We made this tremendous
contact. [on the first time he saw the sketch of C-3PO]
- George's devotion to digital effects over-balanced the films. Too many
digital funky characters become a little bit wearing. The storytelling
always gets subsumed. [on Star Wars]