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Peter Capell

Cast & creator

Peter Capell

1912-09-03 (died at 73) Berlin, GermanyIMDb

Best known for The Old Fox, The Old Fox, The Old Fox

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.

Movies

69

film credits

Series

25

television credits

Career

94

1948–1985 · acting roles

Credit score

6.9

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Old Fox

The Old Fox

Acting · 1977

The Old Fox

The Old Fox

Heinecke · 1977

The Old Fox

The Old Fox

Georg Singer · 1977

Studio One

Studio One

Acting · 1948

Studio One

Studio One

Paul · 1948

Across film & television

Filmography (94)

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Showing 94 of 94 credits

The Old Fox

The Old Fox

The Old Fox

The Old Fox

Heinecke

The Old Fox

The Old Fox

Georg Singer

Studio One

Studio One

Studio One

Studio One

Paul

Derrick

Derrick

Häftling

Derrick

Derrick

Drogenboß

Derrick

Derrick

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

The Tinker

Suspense

Suspense

Suspense

Suspense

Gunner

Lights Out

Lights Out

Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90

Geuter

Tales of Tomorrow

Tales of Tomorrow

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

Major Gorski

Das Kriminalmuseum

Das Kriminalmuseum

Dr. Leppje

Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

Narrator of Opening Sequence

Holocaust

Holocaust

Holocaust

Holocaust

Seder Man

Okay S.I.R.

Professor

Pater Brown

Pater Brown

Sir Aren

Sorcerer

Sorcerer

Lartigue

Smuggler

Smuggler

Captain König

The Vikings

The Vikings

Minor Role (uncredited)

The Century of Surgeons

The Century of Surgeons

Sir Thomas Barlow

Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi

Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi

Hulam

The Charterhouse of Parma

The Charterhouse of Parma

Abbé Blanes

One, Two, Three

One, Two, Three

Mishkin

Krimi-Quiz - Amateure als Kriminalisten

Fedora

Fedora

Second Director

I Aim at the Stars

I Aim at the Stars

Dr. Neumann

The American Success Company

The American Success Company

Lichtenstein

The Little Drummer Girl

The Little Drummer Girl

Schwindli

Hardness 10

Hardness 10

The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor

Unger (uncredited)

Ein Sarg für Mr. Holloway

Spider

I Deal in Danger

I Deal in Danger

Eckhardt

The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried

The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried

Priest (uncredited)

For the First Time

For the First Time

Intendant Huebner

Walk East on Beacon

Walk East on Beacon

Chris Zalenko / Gino

Maria Stuart

Aubespine

Sex Clinic '74

Sex Clinic '74

Direktor

Die Mühle von Sanssouci

Voltaire

The Trapp Family

The Trapp Family

Das Missverständliche im Leben des Herrn Knöbel

Salmeier

Son of Hitler

Son of Hitler

Fritz Buchmann

Schwester Bonaventura

Schwester Bonaventura

Dr. Jeffreys

Der Spielverderber - Das kurze, verstörte Leben des Kaspar Hauser

Gelehrter

The Burglar

The Burglar

Baylock

Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter

Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter

A Gift for Heidi

A Gift for Heidi

Doc

Assignment K

Assignment K

Charlotte

Charlotte

Grandfather

Hauser's Memory

Hauser's Memory

Dr. Shepilov

Most Girls Will

Most Girls Will

Arzt

Der Prozeß Carl von O.

Dritter Mitarbeiter der 'Weltbühne'

Der Mann am Strick

Levi

Glorious Times in the Spessart

Glorious Times in the Spessart

Mayor

The Big Show

The Big Show

Pietro Vizzini

Escape to the Sun

Escape to the Sun

Prof. Abramowiz

So oder so ist das Leben

So oder so ist das Leben

Dial Love for Murder

Dial Love for Murder

Vanetti

The Smugglers

The Smugglers

Montserrat

Izquierdo

Der Auswanderer

Der Auswanderer

Ehrlich währt am längsten

Sir George Chudleigh

Wer ist der nächste?

Kettle

Der Fall Sacco und Vanzetti

Musmano

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

Geuter

Ein treuer Diener seines Herrn

Graf Simon

Bei Tag und Nacht

Marchese Ricardo

Der arme Bitos... oder Das Diner der Köpfe

Der arme Bitos... oder Das Diner der Köpfe

Philippe / Jesuitenpater

Wet Asphalt

Wet Asphalt

Jimmy Donnagan

The Spy Who Never Was

The Spy Who Never Was

Mahmoud

Auf einem Bahnhof bei Dijon

Eric Borunesco

Satan Tempts with Love

Satan Tempts with Love

Geck

So ist es - ist es so?

Lamberto Laudisi

Hausfrauen-Report 3

Hausfrauen-Report 3

Rechtsanwalt

Du gehörst mir

Immobilien

Dr. Ringer

Die Abiturientin

Professor Dr. Edmund Spindler

Die eiskalte Nacht

Kalany

The Night of the Storm

The Night of the Storm

Dr. Baumgarten

Das große Messer

Smiley Coy

Die Teilnahme

Ezra Shaber

Ich fahre Patschold

Doctor Trautbein

Napoleon greift ein

Landru

Der Vorgang

Der Vorgang

Mamas Geburtstag

Wachtmeister Rahn

Wachtmeister Rahn

Der öffentliche Ankläger

Montané

Egmont

Machiavelli

Zur letzten Instanz

Nectaire

Die goldene Pille

Priester