david kelly played grandpa joe in the original west end cast of charlie and the chocolate factory.
david kelly played grandpa joe in the original west end cast of charlie and the chocolate factory.
who played grandpa joe in the original west end cast of charlie and the chocolate factory?
david kelly
in 2010, planer returned to the role of the narrator in the uk tour of "the rocky horror show", playing in cambridge and northampton, before also reprising the role of wilbur in manchester and leeds. he also featured in "doctor who: live" touring the uk, as vorgenson the inter-galactic showman, before appearing in pantomime as captain hook at the lyceum theatre in sheffield.









































planer went on to star as grandpa joe in the original production of "charlie and the chocolate factory", which opened in london's west end in 2013.
nigel planer
grandpa joe is the second main character in "charlie and the chocolate factory". he is one of charlie's four bed-ridden grandparents. he is usually stubborn, senile, and paranoid. he tells charlie (and the reader) the story of willy wonka's chocolate factory and the mystery of the secret workers. when charlie finds the golden ticket, grandpa joe leaps out of bed in joy, even though he was too lazy to jump out of bed when the family was impoverished. he unfortunately accompanied charlie on the factory tour. in the sequel book, grandpa joe accompanies charlie, willy wonka, and all of the members of charlie's family in the great glass elevator and assists in the rescue of the space hotel usa's commuter capsule from the vermicious knids. grandpa joe's age is given as "ninety-six and a half" in "charlie and the chocolate factory", making him the eldest of charlie's grandparents, but in the musical, it is stated he is almost 90 and a half.
list of charlie and the chocolate factory characters