70s child star never acted again after iconic role he still gets paid for [Video]

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’s Charlie Bucket quit acting right after starring in the 70s classic. 

Peter Ostrum, who played the day-dreaming kid Charlie, starred alongside Gene Wilder as the titular chocolatier in the 1971 film based on Roald Dahl’s beloved novel.

It becomes a bit of pub quiz favourite to name the movie’s child actors appeared in after their young fame – think Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe and Drew Barrymore.

Depending on how dedicated you are to internet sleuthing you’ll know the ins and outs of every step the likes of Parent Trap’s Lindsay Lohan and Home Alone’s Macaulay Culkin took since they burst onto the scene as child actors.

But no one seems to know what Peter got up to after starring in one of the most iconic movie roles that he still receives payment for every three months.

That’s because he retired as soon as the movie was released in 1971 and went on to become a vet. Yes, really.

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