Besides operating the first-*Star Wars*-trilogy astromech droid*, pint-size 
Kenny Baker**, a Birmingham (UK) native, had plenty of face-visible roles 
in such films as *Flash Gordon, Labyrinth, *and *Time Bandits*... his early 
years were mostly as half of a nightclub act before being apparently 
discovered by Lucas working with comedian Dave Allen... 

BBC <http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37072736> (link)

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*his role was reduced considerably in the prequels, and handed off for the 
sequels now being made
**an American character actor, a radio transplant with featured roles for 
several studios, passed in 1985

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