Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was released in 1971. It follows paper boy Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), whose family lives in poverty. As he passes the old Wonka factory, Charlie learns that ...

He starred in the 1971 movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" alongside Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie Bucket, and Jack Albertson, who portrayed Grandpa Joe.

In Willy Wonka, we see Charlie Bucket bring Willy back from the brink of hopelessness. In that final sequence of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, it's not just Charlie who wins.