Peter Capell

Actor Sep 3 (died age 73) Berlin, Germany 1948–1985 (37 year career)

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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 Will…

Known For

Film

Paths of Glory

Narrator of Opening Sequence

Film

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

The Tinker

Film

Sorcerer

Lartigue

Film

One, Two, Three

Mishkin

Film

The Vikings

Minor Role (uncredited)

Film

Fedora

Second Director

Film

The Counterfeit Traitor

Unger (uncredited)

Film

The Little Drummer Girl

Schwindli

Filmography

Acting (87)

Movies (68)

Mamas Geburtstag

1985

The Little Drummer Girl

1984

as Schwindli

5.4

Charlotte

1981

as Grandfather

The American Success Company

as Lichtenstein

Son of Hitler

as Fritz Buchmann

Fedora

as Second Director

Ehrlich währt am längsten

1978

as Sir George Chudleigh

Sorcerer

1977

as Lartigue

7.4

The Spy Who Never Was

1976

as Mahmoud

6.0

So oder so ist das Leben

Wachtmeister Rahn

Sex Clinic '74

as Direktor

Immobilien

as Dr. Ringer

Der Vorgang

Escape to the Sun

as Prof. Abramowiz

Hausfrauen-Report 3

as Rechtsanwalt

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

as The Tinker

Most Girls Will

as Arzt

The Smugglers

The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried

1971

as Priest (uncredited)

3.1

Der Mann am Strick

1970

as Levi

Wer ist der nächste?

1970

as Kettle

Hauser's Memory

as Dr. Shepilov

Dial Love for Murder

as Vanetti

Das Missverständliche im Leben des Herrn Knöbel

1968

as Salmeier

Ein Sarg für Mr. Holloway

1968

as Spider

Assignment K

1968

5.9

Die Mühle von Sanssouci

1968

as Voltaire

Die goldene Pille

1968

as Priester

Der Auswanderer

1967

as Der Auswanderer

Glorious Times in the Spessart

1967

as Mayor

5.8

Ein treuer Diener seines Herrn

1967

as Graf Simon

I Deal In Danger

1966

as Eckhardt

5.8

Der Spielverderber - Das kurze, verstörte Leben des Kaspar Hauser

1965

as Gelehrter

Auf einem Bahnhof bei Dijon

1965

as Eric Borunesco

Die Teilnahme

1964

as Ezra Shaber

Der Prozeß Carl von O.

1964

as Dritter Mitarbeiter der 'Weltbühne'

Bei Tag und Nacht

1964

as Marchese Ricardo

Ich fahre Patschold

1964

as Doctor Trautbein

Napoleon greift ein

1964

as Landru

Der Fall Sacco und Vanzetti

1963

as Musmano

Maria Stuart

1963

as Aubespine

Der arme Bitos... oder Das Diner der Köpfe

1963

as Philippe / Jesuitenpater

Egmont

1962

as Machiavelli

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962

as Unger (uncredited)

One, Two, Three

as Mishkin

The Big Show

as Pietro Vizzini

Die eiskalte Nacht

as Kalany

Satan Tempts with Love

1960

as Geck

6.0

So ist es - ist es so?

1960

as Lamberto Laudisi

Zur letzten Instanz

1960

as Nectaire

Du gehörst mir

1959

For the First Time

1959

as Intendant Huebner

6.4

Judgment at Nuremberg

1959

as Geuter

Das große Messer

1959

as Smiley Coy

The Vikings

1958

as Minor Role (uncredited)

7.0

A Gift for Heidi

1958

as Doc

10.0

Schwester Bonaventura

1958

as Dr. Jeffreys

Die Abiturientin

1958

as Professor Dr. Edmund Spindler

Wet Asphalt

1958

as Jimmy Donnagan

5.8

Der öffentliche Ankläger

1958

as Montané

Paths of Glory

1957

as Narrator of Opening Sequence

8.3

Montserrat

1957

as Izquierdo

The Burglar

1957

as Baylock

5.6

The Night of the Storm

as Dr. Baumgarten

The Trapp Family

Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter

1956

5.3

Walk East on Beacon

1952

as Chris Zalenko / Gino

5.2

Television (19)

The Charterhouse of Parma

as Abbé Blanes

Doctor Snuggles

as Krick-Krack

Smuggler

as Captain König

Holocaust

as Seder Man

Der Alte

Derrick

as Häftling

Hardness 10

Okay S.I.R.

as Professor

Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi

1973

as Hulam

Das Jahrhundert der Chirurgen

1972

as Sir Thomas Barlow

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

1967

as Major Gorski

6.1

Pater Brown

1966

as Sir Aren

Krimi-Quiz - Amateure als Kriminalisten

Das Kriminalmuseum

as Dr. Leppje

Playhouse 90

as Geuter

Tales of Tomorrow

Suspense

Lights Out

Studio One