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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory star 'STILL receives pay cheques' for his one and only movie role as Charlie Bucket - a whopping 53-years after the iconic film's release
The former actor, 67, played the good-natured boy who won the lucky golden ticket, before turning his back on acting and becoming a vet.
The duo played Veruca Salt and Mike Teavee in the classic 1971 film, based on Roald Dahl’s 1964 book, tells the story of five schoolchildren who win the chance to tour the magical factory belonging to candy man Wonka after finding golden tickets hidden inside chocolate bars. (L-R) Augustus Gloop (Michael Bollner), Violet Beauregarde (Denise Nickerson), Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka), Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), Veruca Salt (Julie Dawn Cole), and Mike Teavee (Paris Themmen) Jeff Baker, Ronnee Sass, Paris Themmen, Denise Nickerson, Rusty Goffe, Mel Stuart, Julie Cole and Tom Lucas at the 40th Anniversary of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory in New York in 2011
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