Peter Ostrum Net Worth is$500 Thousand
Profession: Veterinarian
Date of Birth: Nov 1, 1957
Nicknames: Peter Gardner Ostrum
Country: United States of America
Date of Birth: Nov 1, 1957
Nicknames: Peter Gardner Ostrum
Country: United States of America
Peter Ostrum is an American large animal veterinarian and former child actor, he has a net worth of $500 thousand. Peter Ostrum has earned his net worth in the role of Charlie Bucket in the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He was born on November 1957 in Dallas, Texas, he is married to Loretta, and they have two children. The family currently lives in Lowville, New York. In the sixth grade Ostrum began performing at the Cleveland Play House Children's Theatre and that is where he was discovered by talent agents. As a senior in high school Ostrum was involved in theatre and acting, while he was attending acting classes, he auditioned for several roles such as; Equus on Broadway. Peter Ostrum received his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Cornell University College of Veterinary Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1984. When Peter was teenager his family bought a horse and it was the animal's veterinarian that sparked his interest in medicine. After high school he took a short break before starting college and groomed horses and worked at the Delaware Equine Center in Pennsylvania. Dr. Ostrum currently works at the Countryside Veterinary Clinic in Lowville, New York, and he has been filmed while working on two separate occasions by Pfizer's video series Veterinarians on Call. This video series highlights the work veterinarians whose patients are large animals.
Peter Gardner Ostrum ( /'pi:t?r 'o?str?m/; born November 1957) is an American large animal veterinarian and former child actor whose only film role was Charlie Bucket in the 1971 motion picture Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. A native of Cleveland, Ostrum practices and lives in Lowville, New York with his wife Loretta (nee Lepkowski), and two children: his son Leif and daughter Helenka. Ostrum has been called "the most famous man in Lowville", where the local video store has twice worn out its VHS copy of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
Ostrum was in the sixth grade and performing at the Cleveland Play House children's theatre, when he was noticed by talent agents who were searching nationwide for the actor to portray Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The agents took Polaroid photos of Ostrum and recorded him reading from the original novel before they returned to New York. Two months later Ostrum was called to New York for a screen test where he sang "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", and a month after that he was contacted and given ten days to prepare to leave for filming.
In 2000, Ostrum recalled that shooting Willy Wonka in Munich was "sort of like being an exchange student for five months". Fond memories of his five months in West Germany included watching the construction of Olympiapark, Munich for the 1972 Summer Olympics, and working with Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson. Though in his audition he had been assured that his singing would probably be cut and dubbed, it was Ostrum's own singing voice that made it to the screen--albeit significantly cut. In a 2011 interview, Ostrum told the story of how director Mel Stuart gave him a clapperboard from the film, and then forgot he had done so; it is Ostrum's only souvenir from the set. After he finished shooting Willy Wonka, the then-13 year old Ostrum declined the offer of a three-film contract, later recalling that "[e]verybody thinks that acting is such a glamorous profession, but
Ostrum was in the sixth grade and performing at the Cleveland Play House children's theatre, when he was noticed by talent agents who were searching nationwide for the actor to portray Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The agents took Polaroid photos of Ostrum and recorded him reading from the original novel before they returned to New York. Two months later Ostrum was called to New York for a screen test where he sang "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", and a month after that he was contacted and given ten days to prepare to leave for filming.
In 2000, Ostrum recalled that shooting Willy Wonka in Munich was "sort of like being an exchange student for five months". Fond memories of his five months in West Germany included watching the construction of Olympiapark, Munich for the 1972 Summer Olympics, and working with Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson. Though in his audition he had been assured that his singing would probably be cut and dubbed, it was Ostrum's own singing voice that made it to the screen--albeit significantly cut. In a 2011 interview, Ostrum told the story of how director Mel Stuart gave him a clapperboard from the film, and then forgot he had done so; it is Ostrum's only souvenir from the set. After he finished shooting Willy Wonka, the then-13 year old Ostrum declined the offer of a three-film contract, later recalling that "[e]verybody thinks that acting is such a glamorous profession, but
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