Biografie

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.

Apart from a lengthy film career, he appeared in many television series and mini-series.

He emigrated in 1933 to the USA and stayed there till 1955.

Capell died in Munich, West Germany on March 3, 1986, aged 73. No cause of death was announced.

Dubbed himself in German for the movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), in which he played the minor role of a "tinker" who spoke to Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) at the gates of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory during the first few minutes of the film.