Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory star Peter Ostrum reportedly still receives royalty payments from his role as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 movie. The former actor, 67, was just 14 when he played the good-natured boy who won the lucky golden ticket, before turning his back on acting and becoming a vet.
![[The former actor, 67, was just 14 when he played the good-natured boy who won the lucky golden ticket, before turning his back on acting and becoming a vet (pictured in the film with Gene Wilder)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/13/93868813-14262899-The_former_actor_67_was_just_14_when_he_played_the_good_natured_-m-18_1736344500695.jpg)
According to Unilad Peter earns between $10–11 every three months a whopping 53-years after the film's release which starred comedy icon Gene Wilder as the famous chocolate factory boss. Following the film, young Peter turned down a potentially lucrative three-film deal following his success in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory to concentrate on his studies before specialising in treating cattle and horses.
![[Peter earns between $10–11 every three months a whopping 53-years after the film's release which starred comedy icon Gene Wilder as the famous chocolate factory boss]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/13/87398277-14262899-The_good_natured_blonde_haired_Charlie_is_the_last_of_the_five_c-a-19_1736344532387.jpg)
Discussing his brief acting career with the Daily Express in 2014, the Ohio born father-of-two recalled: Looking back, my pay cheque was paltry, but it was during filming that I really became interested in medicine. 'So I bought my first horse with my earnings and that started my current career path as a vet'.
![[Following the film, young Peter turned down a potentially lucrative three-film deal following his success in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory to concentrate on his studies before specialising in treating cattle and horses (pictured 2023)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/14/93870229-14262899-image-a-22_1736345301254.jpg)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory star Peter Ostrum (pictured 2022) reportedly still receives royalty payments from his role as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 movie. The former actor, 67, was just 14 when he played the good-natured boy who won the lucky golden ticket, before turning his back on acting and becoming a vet (pictured in the film with Gene Wilder).
![[Discussing his brief acting career he said: ' Looking back, my pay cheque was paltry, but it was during filming that I really became interested in medicine'.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/14/93869013-14262899-Discussing_his_brief_acting_career_he_said_Looking_back_my_pay_c-m-24_1736345371374.jpg)
