Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) was his only film appearance. He later went on to become a veterinarian.Has two children, Helenka and Leif.Was offered a three picture contract after Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), but turned it down.Is a vet to large farm animals (cows and horses) in rural New York state.Both Denise Nickerson and Julie Dawn Cole admit that they had crushes on him during the time they made Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) together.Came in first place among males age 40-49 at the Lake Placid Half Marathon in 2001.He is the youngest of four children by over a decade.Although born in Dallas, he was raised largely in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, where he first acted in local children's theatre productions.Attended North Hunterdon Regional High School in Annandale, New Jersey.Lived in three different cities as a kid: Dallas, Texas; Cleveland, Ohio; and Newark, New Jersey.Lived in Munich, Germany for more than six months while filming Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).Was number 78 on vh1's "100 Greatest Kid Stars" (2005).In 1984 he earned a doctorate from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.