Peter Capell
ActingPeter 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
Paths of Glory
Narrator of Opening Sequence
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
The Tinker
Sorcerer
Lartigue
The Vikings
Minor Role (uncredited)
One, Two, Three
Mishkin
Fedora
Second Director
The Little Drummer Girl
Schwindli
Assignment K
Son of Hitler
Fritz Buchmann
The Counterfeit Traitor
Unger (uncredited)
Filmography — Acting
Paths of Glory
Narrator of Opening Sequence
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
The Tinker
Sorcerer
Lartigue
The Vikings
Minor Role (uncredited)
One, Two, Three
Mishkin
Fedora
Second Director
The Little Drummer Girl
Schwindli
Assignment K
Son of Hitler
Fritz Buchmann
The Counterfeit Traitor
Unger (uncredited)
Sex Clinic '74
Direktor
The American Success Company
Lichtenstein
Most Girls Will
Arzt
For the First Time
Intendant Huebner
I Deal in Danger
Eckhardt
The Big Show
Pietro Vizzini
Wet Asphalt
Jimmy Donnagan
Judgment at Nuremberg
Geuter
Walk East on Beacon
Chris Zalenko / Gino
The Burglar
Baylock
The Spy Who Never Was
Mahmoud
Charlotte
Grandfather
Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter
Hauser's Memory
Dr. Shepilov
The Trapp Family
The Smugglers
Glorious Times in the Spessart
Mayor
Der Spielverderber - Das kurze, verstörte Leben des Kaspar Hauser
Gelehrter
The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried
Priest (uncredited)
Dial Love for Murder
Vanetti
Immobilien
Dr. Ringer
Escape to the Sun
Prof. Abramowiz
Wachtmeister Rahn
Schwester Bonaventura
Dr. Jeffreys
Wer ist der nächste?
Kettle
The Night of the Storm
Dr. Baumgarten
Die Mühle von Sanssouci
Voltaire
So oder so ist das Leben
Satan Tempts with Love
Geck
Ein Sarg für Mr. Holloway
Spider
Du gehörst mir
Hausfrauen-Report 3
Rechtsanwalt
A Gift for Heidi
Doc
Die Teilnahme
Ezra Shaber
Die Abiturientin
Professor Dr. Edmund Spindler
Der Mann am Strick
Levi
Der Auswanderer
Der Auswanderer
Ich fahre Patschold
Doctor Trautbein
Der Vorgang
Der Prozeß Carl von O.
Dritter Mitarbeiter der 'Weltbühne'
Maria Stuart
Aubespine
Ehrlich währt am längsten
Sir George Chudleigh
Napoleon greift ein
Landru
Bei Tag und Nacht
Marchese Ricardo
Ein treuer Diener seines Herrn
Graf Simon
Auf einem Bahnhof bei Dijon
Eric Borunesco
Das Missverständliche im Leben des Herrn Knöbel
Salmeier
Mamas Geburtstag
Die goldene Pille
Priester
So ist es - ist es so?
Lamberto Laudisi
Egmont
Machiavelli
Der arme Bitos... oder Das Diner der Köpfe
Philippe / Jesuitenpater
Der Fall Sacco und Vanzetti
Musmano
Montserrat
Izquierdo
Das große Messer
Smiley Coy
Die eiskalte Nacht
Kalany
Der öffentliche Ankläger
Montané
Zur letzten Instanz
Nectaire