Peter Capell

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Peter Capell

Acting 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 Seco…

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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

7.5 1971 Movie
Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

8.3 1957 Movie
The Old Fox

The Old Fox

6.3 1977 TV Show
Sorcerer

Sorcerer

7.5 1977 Movie
Derrick

Derrick

6.0 1974 TV Show
One, Two, Three

One, Two, Three

7.5 1961 Movie
The Vikings

The Vikings

7.0 1958 Movie
Studio One

Studio One

5.4 1948 TV Show
Fedora

Fedora

6.7 1978 Movie
Suspense

Suspense

5.1 1949 TV Show
Lights Out

Lights Out

6.0 1949 TV Show
Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90

7.5 1956 TV Show

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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.​

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1985
    Mamas Geburtstag

    Movie

  2. 1984
    The Little Drummer Girl

    Movie Schwindli

  3. 1982
    The Charterhouse of Parma

    TV show Abbé Blanes

  4. 1981
    Smuggler

    TV show Captain König

  5. 1981
    Charlotte

    Movie Grandfather

  6. 1980
    The American Success Company

    Movie Lichtenstein

  7. 1979
    Son of Hitler

    Movie Fritz Buchmann

  8. 1978
    Ehrlich währt am längsten

    Movie Sir George Chudleigh

  9. 1978
    Fedora

    Movie Second Director

  10. 1978
    Holocaust

    TV show

  11. 1977
    Sorcerer

    Movie Lartigue

  12. 1977
    The Old Fox

    TV show

  13. 1976
    The Spy Who Never Was

    Movie Mahmoud

  14. 1976
    So oder so ist das Leben

    Movie

  15. 1974
    Hardness 10

    TV show

  16. 1974
    Wachtmeister Rahn

    Movie

More credits
  1. 1974
    Derrick

    TV show Häftling

  2. 1973
    Okay S.I.R.

    TV show Professor

  3. 1973
    Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi

    TV show Hulam

  4. 1973
    Sex Clinic '74

    Movie Direktor

  5. 1973
    Der Vorgang

    Movie

  6. 1973
    Immobilien

    Movie Dr. Ringer

  7. 1972
    Escape to the Sun

    Movie Prof. Abramowiz

  8. 1972
    Hausfrauen-Report 3

    Movie Rechtsanwalt

  9. 1972
    The Century of Surgeons

    TV show Sir Thomas Barlow

  10. 1971
    The Smugglers

    Movie

  11. 1971
    Most Girls Will

    Movie Arzt

  12. 1971
    Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

    Movie The Tinker

  13. 1971
    The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried

    Movie Priest (uncredited)

  14. 1970
    Dial Love for Murder

    Movie Vanetti

  15. 1970
    Hauser's Memory

    Movie Dr. Shepilov

  16. 1970
    Wer ist der nächste?

    Movie Kettle

  17. 1970
    Der Mann am Strick

    Movie Levi

  18. 1968
    Das Missverständliche im Leben des Herrn Knöbel

    Movie Salmeier

  19. 1968
    Die Mühle von Sanssouci

    Movie Voltaire

  20. 1968
    Assignment K

    Movie

  21. 1968
    Die goldene Pille

    Movie Priester

  22. 1968
    Ein Sarg für Mr. Holloway

    Movie Spider

  23. 1967
    Glorious Times in the Spessart

    Movie Mayor

  24. 1967
    Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

    TV show Major Gorski