CHARLEY GRAPEWIN
ACTING
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Charles Ellsworth Grapewin (December 20, 1869 – February 2, 1956) was an American vaudeville performer, writer and a stage and silent and sound actor, and comedian who was best known for portraying Aunt Em's husband, Uncle Henry in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Wizard of Oz (1939) as well as Grandpa Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road (1941).
He usually portrayed elderly folksy-type characters in a rustic setting, in all appearing in over 100 films.
- The Grapes of Wrath1940
- The Wizard of Oz1939
- Judge Priest1934
- Libeled Lady1936
- Dust Be My Destiny1939
- Follow the Boys1944
- One Frightened Night1935
- The Girl of the Golden West1938
- Broadway Melody of 19381937
- Alice Adams1935
- Anne of Green Gables1934
- Captains Courageous1937
- The Petrified Forest1936
- They Died with Their Boots On1941
- Heroes for Sale1933
- Johnny Apollo1940
- Tobacco Road1941
- A Close Call for Ellery Queen1942
- A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen1942
- Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring1941
- Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime1941
- Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen1942
- Ellery Queen, Master Detective1940
- Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery1941
- Midnight Mary1933
- Big City1937
- Torch Singer1933
- Rendezvous1935
- Listen, Darling1938
- Ah, Wilderness!1935
- Of Human Hearts1938
- Turn Back the Clock1933
- Small Town Girl1936
- Party Wire1935
- Rhythm on the River1940
- A Family Affair1937
- Stand Up and Fight1939
- Shanghai1935
- Hell's House1932
- Are You Listening?1932
- The Impatient Years1944
- The Voice of Bugle Ann1936
- Don't Bet on Love1933
- Hello, Everybody!1933
- Atlantic City1944
- The Millionaire1931
- Between Two Women1937
- Burn 'Em Up O'Connor1939
- Gold Dust Gertie1931
- Bad Guy1937
- Artists and Models Abroad1938
- The Big Timer1932
- Sudden Money1939
- Two Alone1934
- The Loudspeaker1934
- Three Loves Has Nancy1938
- The Bad Man of Brimstone1937
- The Washington Masquerade1932
- The Night of June 131932
- Earthbound1940
- Sand1949
- American Madness1932
- The President Vanishes1934
- Heaven on Earth1931
- Without Orders1936
- Only Saps Work1930
- Eight Bells1935
- Caravan1934
- The Kiss Before the Mirror1933
- Sabotage1939
- The Quitter1934
- The Woman in Room 131932
- Gunfighters1947
- Huddle1932
- The Good Earth1937
- King Solomon of Broadway1935
- Sinner Take All1936
- Wild Horse Mesa1932
- No Man of Her Own1932
- Wild Boys of the Road1933
- Three Comrades1938
- When I Grow Up1951
- Female1933
- That's Entertainment, Part II1976
- Crash Dive1943
- The Big Parade of Comedy1964
- The Enchanted Valley1948
- Hero for a Day1939
- She Made Her Bed1934
- Pilgrimage1933
- Return of the Terror1934
- The Dark Side of the Rainbow2000