He played Charlie Bucket, the lead role, in 1971's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. He hasn't acted since. Peter Gardner Ostrum was 12 years old when talent agents chose him for the lead ...

The world is astounded when Willy Wonka, for years a recluse in his factory ... a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate. Nobody wants the prize more than young Charlie, but as his family is so ...

Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a huge hit in 2005 and remains a popular family film to this day. Freddie ...

Roald Dahl's widow Liccy on the author's favourite character The hero of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was meant ... about a "little black boy". But Dahl's agent thought the ...

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).

Hold your breath. Make a wish. Count to three. Enter into a world of pure imagination. This is the world that the folks at Cape Fear Regional Theatre create — one that will bring imagination and magic ...

Willy Wonka is opening his marvelous and mysterious chocolate factory…to a lucky few. That includes Charlie Bucket, whose bland life is about to sweeten with color and confection beyond his ...

Things are looking extra sweet for Encore Theatre Group. This weekend, the 18-year-old Torrance theater company will take ...