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Peter Capell

Acting · Born September 3, 1912 · Berlin, Germany

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.

Movies with Peter Capell

• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) — The Tinker
• Paths of Glory (1957) — Narrator of Opening Sequence
• Sorcerer (1977) — Lartigue
• The Vikings (1958) — Minor Role (uncredited)
• One, Two, Three (1961) — Mishkin
• Fedora (1978) — Second Director
• I Aim at the Stars (1960) — Dr. Neumann
• The American Success Company (1980) — Lichtenstein
• The Little Drummer Girl (1984) — Schwindli
• The Counterfeit Traitor (1962) — Unger (uncredited)
• I Deal in Danger (1966) — Eckhardt
• The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried (1971) — Priest (uncredited)

TV shows with Peter Capell

• Smuggler (1981) — Captain König
• The Charterhouse of Parma (1982) — Abbé Blanes
• Hardness 10 (1974)