- "When you see him on screen there's a certain magic. He's a marvelous actor. Three feet tall, but filled with energy and charm and a sense of humor and a marvelous talent for pantomime."
- ―Tom Smith, producer of Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure
Warwick Ashley Davis (born February 3, 1970) is an English actor who has played various roles throughout the Star Wars films, most notably as the Ewok Wicket W. Warrick and Weazel.
Biography[]
While playing Wicket in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, Davis also made a mockumentary made with help from Return of the Jedi's first assistant director, David Tomblin. The unreleased film was a fictional look at his decision to become an actor and act in the film and his transformation into an Ewok. Davis continued the role as Wicket in the made-for-TV movies Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, and had four brief uncredited appearances in The Phantom Menace—one as Wald, the young Rodian friend of Anakin Skywalker; the other as Weazel, one of the gamblers at the podrace. Davis also had a cameo as a "Tatooine street trader," and doubled Yoda in some of his "walking" scenes in The Phantom Menace (although Yoda was still voiced by Frank Oz).
He is probably best known as the title character in Willow, Professor Flitwick and Griphook in the Harry Potter films, and a murderous leprechaun in the long-running series of horror films of the same name. Warwick Davis also played the body of Marvin the Paranoid Android in the 2005 film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
In addition to his acting career, Davis is the co-founder of the talent agency Willow Management, founded in 1995. It specializes in representing actors under five feet tall. In 2004, his agency also began representing actors over seven feet tall. Several of the actors in his agency had also performed in Star Wars films, such as Kenny Baker (R2-D2), Mike Edmonds (Logray and co-puppetteer for Jabba the Hutt), Michaela Cottrell (Even Piell), Sarah Bennett, Danny Blackner, Peter Burroughs (who is also Davis's father-in-law), Paul Grant, Andrew Herd, Trevor Jones, Nicholas Read, Kiran Shah, Brian Wheeler (Unidentified Ewoks) and, although uncredited in the movies, Rusty Goffe (Kabe, Gonk droid, and a Jawa in A New Hope) and Raymond Griffiths (Gonk droid in The Phantom Menace).[3]
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- ↑ This Week! in Star Wars Battlefront II Updates, A Look Into Poe Dameron's Past, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Connie's Warwick Davis Fanpage and Leprechaun Center Caravan of Courage Press Kit Feature on www.lepconnie.com (content now obsolete; archived from the original on June 16, 2002)
- ↑ Willow Management website on www.willowmanagement.co.uk (archived from the original on October 22, 2020)
- ↑ FAQ's - How many characters did you play in 'Episode 1'? on www.warwickdavis.co.uk (archived from the original on January 29, 2009)
- ↑ Will Warwick Davis Appear in Star Wars: Episode VII? on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Warwick Davis (@WarwickDavis) on Twitter: "Deleted scenes on @StarWars #TheLastJedi blu-ray and digital release include my 'one-eyed naked alien' cameo. I tried to maintain what 'little' dignity he had in this behind-the-scenes photo! #SmallPart" (screenshot)
- ↑ Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) on Twitter: "Glad you are asking for one! I directed @WarwickADavis for the 1st time in 30 years today. It made me happy" (backup link)
- ↑ Warwick Davis Interview: Solo: A Star Wars Story by Leadbeater, Alex on screenrant.com (September 25, 2018): "I was also another droid in that control room who gets released and goes a bit crazy, whacking his tray - he's like a Gonk droid so he's whacking a tray along the consoles." (archived from the original on October 6, 2018)
- ↑ Warwick Davis Actually Played A Lot More Roles In Solo Than We Realized by Libbey, Dirk on www.cinemablend.com (September 18, 2018) (archived from the original on May 28, 2020)
- ↑ Warwick Davis (@WarwickADavis) on Twitter: "That is indeed one of the characters I play in Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker" (screenshot)