1971Nominee
Best Performance
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Peter Capell
Actor
Berlin, Germany
September 3, 1912
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1957Winner
Best Performance
Paths of Glory
1977Nominee
Best Performance
Sorcerer
Career Highlights
1958Highlight
Best Performance
The Vikings
1961Highlight
Best Performance
One, Two, Three
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Paths of Glory
Sorcerer