Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory star Peter Ostrum reportedly still receives royalty payments from his role as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 movie. The former actor, 67, was just 14 when he ...

Sturrock told Today that Dahl knew both the British and American sensibilities and had "a foot in both camps" - the reason, his widow said, behind Charlie Bucket's original ethnicity. "His first ...

It’s the perfect recipe for a delectable treat: songs from the original film ... That includes Charlie Bucket, whose bland life is about to sweeten with color and confection beyond his wildest ...

The film was renamed from the original book title ... Peter Ostrum, the actor who plays Charlie Bucket, became a veterinarian. 9His Wonka role made Gene Wilder want to keep his fatal health ...

Harrison’s image shows Charlie Bucket as a young black boy ... likes – Harrison reminded her followers that, in Dahl’s original version, the Buckets were written as a black family.