Charley Grapewin

Charley Grapewin

Active - 1900 - 2011  |   Birth - Dec 20, 1869  |   Death - Feb 2, 1956  |   Genres - Drama, Romance, Comedy, Crime, Action-Adventure | Subgenres - Musical, Romantic Comedy, Western Film, Comedy Drama, Film Noir

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Charles Ellsworth Grapewin was an American vaudeville and circus performer, a writer, and a stage and film actor. In motion pictures he worked in over 100 films during the silent and sound eras, most notably portraying Uncle Henry in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Wizard of Oz (1939), Grandpa Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road (1941), and California Joe in They Died With Their Boots On (1941).

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