Peter Gardner Ostrum 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 in November 2017
Ostrum (second from left) in 2011 with the Willy Wonka child cast
Ostrum was retired from the Countryside Veterinary Clinic in Lowville by September 2023.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart from a screenplay by Roald Dahl, based on his 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It stars Gene Wilder as chocolatier Willy Wonka. The film tells the story of a poor child named Charlie Bucket who, upon finding a Golden Ticket in a chocolate bar, wins the chance to visit Willy Wonka's chocolate factory along with four other children from around the world.
Theatrical release poster
The main cast during filming in 1970. Back row (left to right): Michael Böllner (Augustus Gloop), Ursula Reit (Mrs. Gloop), Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka) Second row (left to right): Leonard Stone (Mr. Beauregarde), Roy Kinnear (Mr. Salt), Nora Denney (Mrs. Teevee), Jack Albertson (Grandpa Joe) Front row (left to right): Denise Nickerson (Violet Beauregarde), Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca Salt), Paris Themmen (Mike Teevee), Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket)
Munich Gasworks as it appeared in 2011 (building on the left)
Munich Gasworks as it appeared in 2011 (building on the right)
