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Peter Capell(1912-1986)

  • Actor
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing
  • Writer
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Peter Capell in The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
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Peter Capell was born on 3 September 1912 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), Paths of Glory (1957) and One, Two, Three (1961). He died on 3 March 1986 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
BornSeptember 3, 1912
DiedMarch 3, 1986(73)
BornSeptember 3, 1912
DiedMarch 3, 1986(73)
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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 & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
7.8
  • The Tinker
  • 1971
Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory (1957)
Paths of Glory
8.4
  • Narrator of Opening Sequence
  • Chief Judge of Court-Martial
  • 1957
James Cagney, Billy Wilder, Horst Buchholz, Liselotte Pulver, Arlene Francis, Howard St. John, and Pamela Tiffin in One, Two, Three (1961)
One, Two, Three
7.8
  • Mishkin
  • 1961
Toshirō Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo (1961)
Yojimbo
8.2
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German, 1980 Beta-Technik Gesellschaft für Filmbearbeitung mbH Synchro)
  • 1961

Credits

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Actor

  • The Secret Lives of Love Starved Housewives
  • Mamas Geburtstag
    TV Movie
    • Richard
    • 1985
  • Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)
    Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Kalman Lauer
    • 1985
  • The Little Drummer Girl (1984)
    The Little Drummer Girl
    6.1
    • Schwili - Munich Apartment
    • 1984
  • Derrick (1974)
    Derrick
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Drogenboß mit Schäferhund
    • Häftling
    • Gast des Hauskonzerts ...
    • 1975–1984
  • Die ewigen Gefühle
    TV Movie
    • 1984
  • The Charterhouse of Parma (1982)
    The Charterhouse of Parma
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Abbé Blanes
    • 1982
  • Dana Vávrová in Ein Stück Himmel (1982)
    Ein Stück Himmel
    8.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Augenarzt
    • 1982
  • Das Käthchen von Heilbronn oder: Die Feuerprobe
    TV Movie
    • Ritter der Feme
    • 1981
  • Smuggler (1981)
    Smuggler
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Captain König
    • 1981
  • The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1980)
    The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
    7.5
    TV Series
    • (voice: German version)
    • 1980
  • Birgit Doll in Charlotte (1980)
    Charlotte
    6.5
    • Grandfather
    • 1980
  • The Old Fox (1977)
    The Old Fox
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Heinecke
    • Schwuchtel
    • Georg Singer
    • 1978–1980
  • Doctor Snuggles (1979)
    Doctor Snuggles
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Krick-Krack (voice: German version)
    • 1979
  • The American Success Company (1979)
    The American Success Company
    5.5
    • Lichtenstein
    • 1979
  • Achtung Kunstdiebe
    TV Series
    • Herr Asendorf
    • 1979

Voice Actor - Dubbing

  • Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, George Takei, John Colicos, Maurishka, Nichelle Nichols, Ned Romero, Charles Stewart, Vic Tayback, and George Allen in Star Trek (1966)
    Star Trek
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Tamar
    • Second Talosian (German, German)
    • 1966–1967
  • Toshirō Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo (1961)
    Yojimbo
    8.2
    • Tokuemon / Sake Brewer (German, 1980 Beta-Technik Gesellschaft für Filmbearbeitung mbH Synchro)
    • 1961
  • Robert Lowery, Sidney Toler, and Marjorie Weaver in Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
    Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
    7.1
    • Inspector Duff (German, 1978 dub)
    • 1940

Writer

  • Der Kreidegarten
    TV Movie
    • translation
    • 1973
  • Der Kreidegarten
    8.7
    TV Movie
    • translation
    • 1967
  • Mrs. Dally (1966)
    Mrs. Dally
    9.1
    TV Movie
    • translation
    • 1966

Videos3

Sorcerer
Clip 2:50
Sorcerer
The Burglar
Trailer 1:59
The Burglar
The Burglar
Trailer 1:59
The Burglar
Paths of Glory
Trailer 3:04
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).

Did you know

  • 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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