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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. He was the oldest cast member of The Wizard of Oz. Born in Xenia, Ohio, Charles Ellsworth Grapewin ran away from home to be a circus acrobat which led him to work as an aerialist and trapeze artist in a traveling circus before turning to acting. He traveled all over the world with the famous P. T. Barnum circus. Grapewin also appeared in the original 1903 Broadway...
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The Wizard of OzMovie • 1939
The Grapes of WrathMovie • 1940
They Died with Their Boots OnMovie • 1941
The Petrified ForestMovie • 1936
Captains CourageousMovie • 1937
That's Entertainment, Part IIMovie • 1976
No Man of Her OwnMovie • 1932
American MadnessMovie • 1932
Libeled LadyMovie • 1936
Judge PriestMovie • 1934
Of Human HeartsMovie • 1938
Wild Boys of the RoadMovie • 1933
GunfightersMovie • 1947
Crash DiveMovie • 1943
Alice AdamsMovie • 1935
Tobacco RoadMovie • 1941
The Good EarthMovie • 1937
Johnny ApolloMovie • 1940
Three ComradesMovie • 1938
Heroes for SaleMovie • 1933
Midnight MaryMovie • 1933
Dust Be My DestinyMovie • 1939
Anne of Green GablesMovie • 1934
Hell's HouseMovie • 1932