Peter Capell
Date of birth: 1912-09-03
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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.
Movie Credits
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971-06-29
When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolat
One, Two, Three
1961-12-15
In Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked with playin
Paths of Glory
1957-10-25
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within t
Dial Love for Murder
1970-12-22
A man plans to kill his wealthy wife for her money and so he can be with his beautiful young mistres
The Big Show
1961-05-10
A European circus family is torn apart by greed and jealousy.
The Burglar
1957-06-01
Burglar Nat Harbin and his two associates set their sights on wealthy spiritualist Sister Sarah, who
Sorcerer
1977-06-24
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South Ame
Wer ist der nächste?
1970-07-22
The Trapp Family
1956-10-09
"The Trapp Family" is a true story based on the popular novel by the Baroness Von Trapp of Austria.
The Vikings
1958-06-11
Einar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric
Walk East on Beacon
1952-06-01
An FBI agent works with a refugee scientist and the Coast Guard to crack a Soviet spy ring in Boston
The American Success Company
1980-03-01
A husband is humiliated at home and at work. He decides he has had enough of it and hires a prostitu
For the First Time
1959-02-26
In this musical, a tempermental opera singer falls in love with a hearing-impaired young woman.
Ich fahre Patschold
1964-12-08
At the center of the story are building contractor Patschold, who juggles advances and loans, and hi
Wet Asphalt
1958-04-02
In Berlin, when the journalist Greg Bachmann is released from prison six months before the end of hi
Die eiskalte Nacht
1960-10-26
Egmont
1962-06-16
Bei Tag und Nacht
1964-09-05
Satan Tempts with Love
1960-03-31
Escaped convict Carlos wants to flee on a ship with his lover Evelyn. The crew demands a large sum o
Immobilien
1973-02-21
The supposedly naive owner of the castle, Louise Strothmann von Auerheim, advertises that the entire
Das Missverständliche im Leben des Herrn Knöbel
1968-06-08
Wachtmeister Rahn
1974-11-22
Tragic story of german police officer Ernst Rahn who gets enmeshed in criminal activities.
Assignment K
1968-02-16
Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. S
Ehrlich währt am längsten
1978-07-11
Glorious Times in the Spessart
1967-09-21
The countess is married, and the ghosts are still in the Spessart. Her husband becomes an astronaut
Son of Hitler
1979-01-01
The leader of a right-wing German political party discovers that an illiterate woodcarver is actuall
Die goldene Pille
1968-01-11
Sex Clinic '74
1973-04-25
A bunch of high school graduates practice love with their classmates who have a lot of experience, b
Du gehörst mir
1959-01-27
Die Abiturientin
1958-02-28
Mamas Geburtstag
1985-04-17
The Smugglers
1971-11-27
Most Girls Will
1971-11-25
Hausfrauen-Report 3
1972-06-02
On the street, students conduct surveys on the behavior of housewives.
Der Spielverderber - Das kurze, verstörte Leben des Kaspar Hauser
1965-08-23
In 1828 a man called Kaspar Hauser appears in Nuremberg, barely able to speak and walk. He is admitt
Maria Stuart
1963-06-01
The Night of the Storm
1957-03-07
Despised by her husband and son after an affair, Marianne moves in with her lover, an unsuccessful p
Das große Messer
1959-12-03
Schwester Bonaventura
1958-04-16
Inspector Welling, the warden Miss Pierce and the convicted murderess Sarat Carn are on their way ba
Der Prozeß Carl von O.
1964-02-12
Der Fall Sacco und Vanzetti
1963-08-21
Ein treuer Diener seines Herrn
1967-03-19
Der arme Bitos... oder Das Diner der Köpfe
1963-05-15
The Little Drummer Girl
1984-10-19
An American Actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mosad, the Israeli intellige
Zur letzten Instanz
1960-09-21
Fedora
1978-06-29
Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but re
Die Teilnahme
1964-05-07
Der Auswanderer
1967-07-05
Die Mühle von Sanssouci
1968-02-29
Ein Sarg für Mr. Holloway
1968-01-01
Der Mann am Strick
1970-03-27
Auf einem Bahnhof bei Dijon
1965-08-16
Hauser's Memory
1970-11-24
A scientist is persuaded by the government to inject himself with the brain fluid of a dying colleag
I Deal In Danger
1966-12-01
During World War II, an American who sympathizes with the Nazi cause defects to Germany, where he is
So ist es - ist es so?
1960-08-11
So oder so ist das Leben
1976-01-23
An entrepreneur of social prestige gets intimate with the housekeeper, while his wife has a lover wh
Montserrat
1957-04-26
Napoleon greift ein
1964-06-12
Der öffentliche Ankläger
1958-07-20
Der Vorgang
1973-03-07
Charlotte
1981-02-26
In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of F
The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried
1971-04-08
An "adults only" retelling of the legend of Siegfried.
Escape to the Sun
1972-10-31
Two young university students wish to escape the oppressive Soviet Union. But their plans are monito
The Spy Who Never Was
1976-06-01
A diabolical tale of romance, murder, and mistaken identity as a treacherous terrorist organization
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962-04-13
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infil
Judgment at Nuremberg
1959-04-16
Judgment at Nuremberg is an American television play broadcast live on April 16, 1959, as part of th
Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter
1956-09-26
In 1920, an unknown 24-year-old woman was fished out of Berlin's Landwehr kanal after a suicide atte
A Gift for Heidi
1958-01-01
This movie is about one summer holiday in the life of the famous children's book character Heidi, th