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Peter Gardner Ostrum (/ ˈ oʊ s t r ə m / OH-strəm; [1] born November 1, 1957) is an American retired veterinarian and former child actor, whose only film role was as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 motion picture Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Ostrum was 12 years old when selected by talent agents for Willy Wonka. Though he enjoyed the ...
Peter Ostrum is now a veterinarian with no ties to Hollywood. Despite his performance in the cult classic, Ostrum shockingly walked away from the film industry after this.
The child actors who were auditioned from hundreds, Julie Dawn Cole, Denise Nickerson, Peter Ostrum, and Paris Themmen, all had acting experience from stage, school, theatre, television or commercials. Michael Böllner had the primary attribute of being rotund and was discovered in Germany when Stuart was location scouting. Stuart asked him to ...
She and the film's other pre-adolescent "leading lady", American Denise Nickerson (Violet Beauregarde), both had crushes on Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket), also an American, and alternated days spending time with him while there were breaks in filming. [1]
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Peter Ostrum. Peter Ostrum played the lucky boy who found the last golden ticket in 1971's "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." Despite having the starring role of Charlie in the popular film ...
On May 4, 2011, Themmen appeared on the British television morning show Daybreak, alongside the other child actors from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory: Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket), Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca Salt), Denise Nickerson (Violet Beauregarde) and Michael Böllner (Augustus Gloop).
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