Peter Ostrum Young Teeth: What was up with Charlie’s teeth?
Mia Horton
Published Feb 15, 2026
Peter Gardner Ostrum is an American veterinarian and former child actor, whose only film role was as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 motion picture Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Ostrum was 12 years old when selected by talent agents for Willy Wonka.
Peter Ostrum Young Teeth: What was up with Charlie’s teeth?
Most of his teeth have fallen out, he wouldn’t say why but we all know it’s because of drug use. ‘ Blonde Jordan said Sheen had ordered £13,000 of cocaine then smoked the drug from a pipe while watching sex movies for hours with her.
But at a reunion of the original cast members a few years ago, child star Denise Nickerson revealed that her role as gum-chewing Violet Beauregard caused a problem: she ended up with 13 cavities as a result of having to chew gum constantly during the filming!
The Two And Half Men star, who is in rehab after going on a 36-hour drink and drugs binge with porn stars, has had to have them replaced with porcelain veneers.