Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the adorable star of one of the biggest and most-loved family movies of all time, it looked like Peter Ostrum, who played ...

Celebrating its 55th anniversary, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is making its return to the big screen next month.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Talent agents immediately knew Peter was the perfect pick to play Charlie after seeing him partake in theater productions in Ohio.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is one of the most popular children’s movies of all time. Starring Gene Wilder as the eccentric candy maker, the film was released in 1971. To this day, new ...

Peter Ostrum, best known for portraying Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, is remembering his late co-star and friend, Gene Wilder, who died on Monday at the age of 83. In an ...

The residuals from this film did not produce the golden ticket. Fifty-four years after “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” hit theaters in 1971, Peter Ostrum revealed how much he makes from the ...

Ostrum was born November 1, 1957, in Dallas, Texas but spent most of his childhood in Cleveland, Ohio, according to IMDb. While in Cleveland, he enjoyed acting for the local children’s theater. It is ...

Christina Radish is the Senior Entertainment Reporter at Collider. Having worked at Collider for over a decade (since 2009), her primary focus is on film and television interviews with talent both in ...

Peter Ostrum played Charlie in the 1971 film based on Roald Dahl's Chocolate Factory. Now he takes his family to see a new film version of the... Original Charlie Revisits 'The Chocolate Factory' ...

REDFORD (WWJ) - Did the snozberries really taste like snozberries? You'll have the opportunity to ask that question and many more as two stars from the classic film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate ...

Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, mourned his late co-star Gene Wilder in an interview with Variety. “It’s kind of like losing a parent,” he said. “You ...