Peter Capell
Actor
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.
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Filmography
Paths of Glory
as Narrator of Opening Sequence 1957
Sorcerer
as Lartigue 1977
One, Two, Three
as Mishkin 1961
The Vikings
as Minor Role (uncredited) 1958
Fedora
as Second Director 1978
The Counterfeit Traitor
as Unger (uncredited) 1962
The Little Drummer Girl
as Schwindli 1984
The Burglar
as Baylock 1957
Walk East on Beacon
as Chris Zalenko / Gino 1952
Glorious Times in the Spessart
as Mayor 1967
The American Success Company
as Lichtenstein 1980
Assignment K
1968
For the First Time
as Intendant Huebner 1959
The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried
as Priest (uncredited) 1971
Dial Love for Murder
as Vanetti 1970
The Trapp Family
1956