The theater veteran landed his signature role in 'Willy Wonka' and was asked to reprise his sweetshop owner’s song, 'The Candyman,' by fans through his final days.
Woods delivers his big musical number in 1971’s “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory.” Adoring fans requested that he sing “The Candyman” through his final days.
Aubrey Woods, the British actor who made the sun shine for generations of fans of the film, “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” died last week at the age of 85.
The classically trained theater veteran died in a Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, hospital of an undisclosed illness, his wife, Gaynor, told the BBC.