Peter Capell(1912-1986)

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Writer
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Peter Capell in The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)

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Paths of Glory (1957)

Peter Capell was born on 3 September 1912 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Willy Wonka (1971), One, Two, Three (1961) and Paths of Glory (1957). He died on 3 March 1986 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.

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Known for

Gene Wilder, Paris Themmen, Jack Albertson, Rudy Borgstaller, George Claydon, Julie Dawn Cole, Malcolm Dixon, Walker Edmiston, Günter Meisner, Denise Nickerson, and Peter Ostrum in Willy Wonka (1971)

7.8

The Tinker

1971

One, Two, Three (1961)

One, Two, Three

7.9

Mishkin

1961

Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory (1957)

8.4

Narrator of Opening Sequence
Chief Judge of Court-Martial

1957

Sorcerer (1977)

7.7

Lartigue

1977

Credits

Actor

Die Wächter
7.4
TV Mini Series
- Harcourt (voice, uncredited)
- 1986
Mamas Geburtstag
TV Movie
- 1985
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
7.3
TV Movie
- Kalman Lauer
- 1985
Die ewigen Gefühle
TV Movie
- 1984
The Little Drummer Girl
6.1
- Schwili
- 1984
Derrick
6.7
TV Series
- Gast des Hauskonzerts
- Drogenboß mit Schäferhund
- Häftling ...
- 1975–1984
La certosa di Parma
7.5
TV Mini Series
- Abbé Blanes
- 1982
Ein Stück Himmel
8.1
TV Mini Series
- Augenarzt
- 1982
Das Käthchen von Heilbronn oder: Die Feuerprobe
TV Movie
- Ritter der Feme
- 1981
Smuggler
8.0
TV Mini Series
- Captain König
- 1981
Doctor Snuggles
7.3
TV Series
- Krick-Krack (German version, voice)
- 1979–1981
Nirusu no fushigi na tabi
7.5
TV Series
- (German version, voice)
- 1980
Charlotte
6.6
- Grandfather
- 1980
Der Alte
6.3
TV Series
- Heinecke
- Georg Singer
- Schwuchtel
- 1978–1980
The American Success Company
5.4
- Lichtenstein
- 1979

Writer

Additional Crew

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Sorcerer

The Burglar

The Burglar

Paths of Glory

Personal details

Alternative name
- Capell
Born
- September 3, 1912
- Berlin, Germany
Died
- March 3, 1986
- Munich, Bavaria, West Germany(undisclosed)
Other works
1977: Dubbing voice of Melvyn Douglas in the German post-synchronized version of Robert Aldrich's 'Twilight's Last Gleaming' (Das Ultimatum).

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Trivia
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.

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