the Chocolate Factory, where he played the shopkeeper in whose shop Charlie Bucket finds the final Golden Ticket. In 2004, James played Herbert in Oxford Road: the Story, a radio play in which he worked alongside Doña Croll, an actress with whom he had previously worked in Kwame Kwei-Armah's play Elmina's Kitchen at the National Theatre. Elmina's Kitchen was adapted into a BBC Four televised film in 2005, in which James also starred. Partial filmography A Matter of Choice (1963) - Dancing man at club (uncredited) Man in the Middle (1964) - Court Martial stenographer (uncredited) Never Mention Murder (1965) - Hospital Orderly (uncredited) Naked Evil (1966) - Dupree Carry on Up the Jungle (1970) - Nosha Warrior (uncredited) The Breaking of Bumbo (1970) - Second Student All the Right Noises (1971) - Guard Gumshoe (1971) - Azinge Pressure (1976) - Colin Black Joy (1977) - Jomo Jaguar Lives! (1979) - Collins Student Bodies (1981) - Football Coach Last Night at the Alamo (1983) - Dub Water (1985) - Miguel Three Kinds of Heat (1987) - Unle Joe Hardware (1990) - Chief My Kingdom (2001) - Desmond If Only (2004) - Superintendent Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - Shopkeeper Shoot the Messenger (2006) - Rodney Pascale Oh Happy Day (2007) - Storekeeper Deadmeat (2007) - Detective Peters References External links "Oscar James and Mustapha Matura in conversation", National Theatre, July 2013. 1942 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago male film actors Trinidad and Tobago male stage actors Trinidad and Tobago male television actors Trinidad and Tobago taxi drivers British male film actors British male stage actors British male soap opera actors British taxi drivers Royal Shakespeare Company members Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to the United Kingdom Black British male actors 20th-century Trinidad and Tobago male actors 21st-century Trinidad and Tobago male actors 20th-century British male actors 21st-century British male actors 21st-century Trinidad and Tobago actors 20th-century Trinidad and Tobago actors