Warwick Davis Net Worth

Warwick Davis's Quotes

• I love the slapstick element. I don't think we see enough of that in comedy, so it was fun to have that opportunity. My life is quite physical anyway. When you are three-foot-six you kind of have to climb stuff now and again, and you find yourself in quite precarious situations just to manage in what is quite a big world.

Interesting Facts about Warwick Davis

1. Was 2' 11" tall when Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) was filmed.
2. Warwick's grandmother heard a radio announcement calling for people under 4 feet in height to try out for Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983). She took him, then 2-foot-11, to the audition. He was originally cast as a background Ewok, but his role was expanded during filming as he impressed the filmmakers, and when Kenny Baker fell ill, Warwick was chosen to take his place in the key role of the first Ewok met by Princess Leia.
3. Portrayed Wicket Wysrti Warrick the Ewok in three films: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983); The Ewok Adventure (1984) and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985).
4. Daughter, Annabelle, was born in 1997.
5. Met his wife Samantha Davis when she was an extra on the set of Willow (1988).
6. Son, Harrison, was born in 2003.
7. Runs Willow Personal Management, "The biggest agency for short actors in the world".
8. Cast as the body of Marvin the Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), while Marvin's voice was provided by Alan Rickman. Coincidentally, both actors play characters in the Harry Potter film series.
9. Davis said in his audio commentary for Willow (1988) that the question he gets asked most frequently by fans is "What was it like to work with Val Kilmer?". Davis said he has very fond memories of working with Val, describing him as having a great, "wacky" sense of humor and being very passionate and dedicated to the job.
10. First name is pronounced "Warrick".
11. First son, Lloyd, died shortly after birth in September 1991.
12. Brother-in-law of actress Hayley Burroughs.
13. Son-in-law of actor Peter Burroughs.
14. With his leading roles in Willow and the Leprechaun series, at 3'6 he is one of Hollywood's shortest leading actors, if not the world's shortest leading actor.
15. He has appeared in two different adaptations of C.S. Lewis's 1951 fantasy novel "Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia": Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008). He played Reepicheep in the former and Nikabrik in the latter.
16. Shooting for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) continues through August. [May 2006]
17. Attended The Scandinavian Sci-Fi, Game & Film Convention in Helsingborg, Sweden [October 2009]
18. Filming ends for Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood (2003) and work begins on trying to get a limited theatrical release. [October 2003]
19. Currently appearing on Celebrity Scissorhands - A charity hairdressing show - on BBC3 in the UK [November 2007]
20. Father of Harrison Davis and Annabelle Davis.