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.
Known For
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
The Tinker
Paths of Glory
Narrator of Opening Sequence
Sorcerer
Lartigue
One, Two, Three
Mishkin
The Vikings
Minor Role (uncredited)
Fedora
Second Director
Holocaust
Holocaust
Seder Man
The Counterfeit Traitor
Unger (uncredited)
Derrick
Häftling
Derrick
Drogenboß
Derrick
The Little Drummer Girl
Schwindli
The Burglar
Baylock
Walk East on Beacon
Chris Zalenko / Gino
The Old Fox
The Old Fox
Heinecke
The Old Fox
Georg Singer
Glorious Times in the Spessart
Mayor
Studio One
Studio One
Paul
The American Success Company
Lichtenstein
Suspense
Suspense
Gunner
Playhouse 90
Geuter
Assignment K
The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried
Priest (uncredited)
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
Major Gorski
For the First Time
Intendant Huebner
Hausfrauen-Report 3
Rechtsanwalt
Dial Love for Murder
Vanetti
Most Girls Will
Arzt
Tales of Tomorrow
The Trapp Family
Son of Hitler
Fritz Buchmann
The Big Show
Pietro Vizzini
Wet Asphalt
Jimmy Donnagan
Sex Clinic '74
Direktor
Hauser's Memory
Dr. Shepilov
I Deal in Danger
Eckhardt