Peter Capell

Acting · Born 1912-09-03 in Berlin, Germany

Biography

Peter Capell (3 September 1912 - 3 March 1985) was a German actor who was active on screen from 1945 until 1985. His first role was in Winterset, shortly after the end of the Second World War. His final role came a year before his death, when he appeared in Mamas Geburtstag. Both of these were television productions. He also appeared in many films, including Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), in which he played a "tinker" who spoke to Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) at the gates of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. Capell died, aged 72, in March 1985. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Capell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Filmography

• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as The Tinker
• One, Two, Three as Mishkin
• Paths of Glory as Narrator of Opening Sequence
• Dial Love for Murder as Vanetti
• The Big Show as Pietro Vizzini
• The Burglar as Baylock
• Sorcerer as Lartigue
• The Trapp Family
• The Vikings as Minor Role (uncredited)
• Walk East on Beacon as Chris Zalenko / Gino