Peter Capell
Known for Acting · 86 credits
- Born
- 1912-09-03
- Died
- 1986-03-03
- Place of birth
- 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (18)
The Old Fox
1977
as Heinecke / Georg Singer
Derrick
1974
as Häftling / Drogenboß
Studio One
1948
as Paul
Lights Out
1949
Playhouse 90
1956
as Geuter
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Das Kriminalmuseum
1963
as Dr. Leppje
Suspense
1949
as Gunner
Holocaust
1978
as Seder Man
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
1967
as Major Gorski
Okay S.I.R.
1973
as Professor
The Century of Surgeons
1972
as Sir Thomas Barlow
Smuggler
1981
as Captain König
Pater Brown
1966
as Sir Aren
Krimi-Quiz - Amateure als Kriminalisten
1964
Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi
1973
as Hulam
The Charterhouse of Parma
1982
as Abbé Blanes
Hardness 10
1974
Movies (68)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971
as The Tinker
Schwester Bonaventura
1958
as Dr. Jeffreys
Paths of Glory
1957
as Narrator of Opening Sequence
Sorcerer
1977
as Lartigue
Fedora
1978
as Second Director
The Vikings
1958
as Minor Role (uncredited)
One, Two, Three
1961
as Mishkin
The Little Drummer Girl
1984
as Schwindli
Du gehörst mir
1959
Ein Sarg für Mr. Holloway
1968
as Spider
Most Girls Will
1971
as Arzt
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962
as Unger (uncredited)
Maria Stuart
1963
as Aubespine
Charlotte
1981
as Grandfather
The Trapp Family
1956
Montserrat
1957
as Izquierdo
Der Mann am Strick
1970
as Levi
Der Auswanderer
1967
as Der Auswanderer
Sex Clinic '74
1973
as Direktor
Hauser's Memory
1970
as Dr. Shepilov
Judgment at Nuremberg
1959
as Geuter
Assignment K
1968
The Big Show
1961
as Pietro Vizzini
A Gift for Heidi
1958
as Doc
The American Success Company
1980
as Lichtenstein
The Spy Who Never Was
1976
as Mahmoud
The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried
1971
as Priest (uncredited)
Bei Tag und Nacht
1964
as Marchese Ricardo
Walk East on Beacon
1952
as Chris Zalenko / Gino
Son of Hitler
1979
as Fritz Buchmann
I Deal in Danger
1966
as Eckhardt
Die eiskalte Nacht
1960
as Kalany
Wet Asphalt
1958
as Jimmy Donnagan
The Night of the Storm
1957
as Dr. Baumgarten
For the First Time
1959
as Intendant Huebner
Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter
1956
Glorious Times in the Spessart
1967
as Mayor
The Burglar
1957
as Baylock
Immobilien
1973
as Dr. Ringer
Die Abiturientin
1958
as Professor Dr. Edmund Spindler
The Smugglers
1971
Die Teilnahme
1964
as Ezra Shaber
Hausfrauen-Report 3
1972
as Rechtsanwalt
Escape to the Sun
1972
as Prof. Abramowiz
Satan Tempts with Love
1960
as Geck
Wer ist der nächste?
1970
as Kettle
Das große Messer
1959
as Smiley Coy
Ehrlich währt am längsten
1978
as Sir George Chudleigh
Dial Love for Murder
1970
as Vanetti
Ein treuer Diener seines Herrn
1967
as Graf Simon
Der öffentliche Ankläger
1958
as Montané
Der Fall Sacco und Vanzetti
1963
as Musmano
Der Spielverderber - Das kurze, verstörte Leben des Kaspar Hauser
1965
as Gelehrter
So ist es - ist es so?
1960
as Lamberto Laudisi
Zur letzten Instanz
1960
as Nectaire
Der Vorgang
1973
Ich fahre Patschold
1964
as Doctor Trautbein
Egmont
1962
as Machiavelli
Der Prozeß Carl von O.
1964
as Dritter Mitarbeiter der 'Weltbühne'
Die Mühle von Sanssouci
1968
as Voltaire
Das Missverständliche im Leben des Herrn Knöbel
1968
as Salmeier
So oder so ist das Leben
1976
Die goldene Pille
1968
as Priester
Auf einem Bahnhof bei Dijon
1965
as Eric Borunesco
Napoleon greift ein
1964
as Landru
Der arme Bitos... oder Das Diner der Köpfe
1963
as Philippe / Jesuitenpater
Wachtmeister Rahn
1974
Mamas Geburtstag
1985
About Peter Capell
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… With 86 credits spanning from 1948 to 1985, Peter Capell has appeared in 68 films and 18 TV shows.
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- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) — as The Tinker
- Schwester Bonaventura (1958) — as Dr. Jeffreys
- Paths of Glory (1957) — as Narrator of Opening Sequence
- Sorcerer (1977) — as Lartigue
- Fedora (1978) — as Second Director
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