Peter Ostrum starred as Charlie in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and played the role of a poor blonde boy that dreamed of a golden ticket. He eventually wins one of the five ...

Peter Ostrum played Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory when he was 12 years old. Here's what he's gotten ...

"His first Charlie that he wrote about, you know, was a little black boy ... the original with Gene Wilder," she said of the film, released in 1971 as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Here Borle encourages us to loathe Wonka at our earliest convenience; and we know he's going to favor plucky poor-kid Charlie (Ryan Foust, alternating with two other boys).

It’s the perfect recipe for a delectable treat: songs from the original film ... his marvelous and mysterious chocolate factory…to a lucky few. That includes Charlie Bucket, whose bland ...

Things are looking extra sweet for Encore Theatre Group. This weekend, the 18-year-old Torrance theater company will take audiences into the infamous “world of pure imagination” with its production of ...