A persistent story about Capes is that in 1979, he stood in for friend and fellow strongman David Prowse to play the part of Darth Vader in several scenes during filming of The Empire Strikes Back while Prowse recovered from an elbow injury. During an interview on BBC Radio Cleveland on 31 January 2007, Capes was asked about this and he stated that it never happened. Another story, told on YouTube by former wrestler Mark Rocco, is that Big Daddy picked him up and threw him to the ground after Capes challenged him to 'wrestle' on a training ground. Later, he appeared on the fourth series of Shooting Stars, alongside Patsy Kensit, where he threw a bomb at Johnny Vegas and in 2007 he became the face of Cadbury's Wispa relaunch, appearing on billboards and magazine advertisements. As of Spring 2010, he was in the advert for the Great British Food Fight, which appeared on Channel 4 as well as being in an advert for Churchill insurance. Aside from sport and television appearances, Capes is famed for breeding budgerigars and has had quite a lot of success (a former world champion) on the show bench with his Recessive Pieds. In 2008 he assumed the role of president of the Budgerigar Society, along with Mick Widdowson who is also a keen budgie breeder and friend. He frequently appears in the pages of Cage & Aviary Birds. Personal life Capes lives in Stoke Rochford, near Grantham. His daughter Emma was English Schools' shot put champion and Youth Olympics bronze medallist. His son Lewis played American football for the London Monarchs. He has four grandchildren. Competition record International competitions National championships British National Championships (AAA) 1st: 1972, 1973. 1975-1979 2nd: 1971, 1974, 1980 3rd: 1970, UK Championships 1st in shot put: 1977-1979 3rd in discus: 1978 Highland Games World Highland Games Championships Winner 1981 to 1987 Strongman contests World's Strongest Man 1st: 1983, 1985 2nd: 1981, 1986 3rd: 1980, 1984 4th: 1982 World's Strongest Team Winner: 1987 World Strongman Challenge Winner: 1987 Europe's Strongest Man 1st: 1980, 1982, 1984 2nd: 1983 World Muscle Power 1st: 1985 2nd: 1987, 1988 Battle of the Giants 1st: 1987-1989 Commonwealth Games Strongman 2nd: 1986 Britain's Strongest Man 1st 1979, 1981, 1983 British Muscle Power Championship 1st: 1986, 1987 UK Truck Pulling Championships - (Mercedes Benz) 1st: 1986 References External links The Geoff Capes Foundation BBC article in