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Oompa Loompa X-Factor

What do you get when you guzzle down treats? We found the man who can answer that question. Meet Rusty Goffe, 62, an accomplished stage and screen actor who played one of the Oompa-Loompas in the 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, starring Gene Wilder.

Updated Apr. 24, 2017 2:28PM ET / Published Oct. 19, 2011 1:00PM ET 

What do you get when you guzzle down treats? We found the man who can answer that question. Meet Rusty Goffe, 62, an accomplished stage and screen actor who played one of the Oompa-Loompas in the 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, starring Gene Wilder. Goffe was in New York to promote the film's 40th-anniversary DVD, and he stopped by The Daily Beast to serenade us with the classic Oompa-Loompa song. Check out his pipes.

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