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Charley Grapewin

Actor / Screenwriter | * 12/20/1869 († 86, 02/02/1956) | Xenia, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Charles Ellsworth Grapewin (December 20, 1869 – February 2, 1956) was an American vaudeville and circus performer, a writer, and a stage and film actor. He worked in over 100 motion pictures during the silent and sound eras, most notably portraying Uncle Henry in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Wizard of Oz (1939), "Grandpa" William James Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road (1941), Uncle Salters in Captains Courageous (1937), Gramp Maple in The Petrified Forest (1936), Wang's Father in The Good Earth (1937), and California Joe in They Died with Their Boots On (1941). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious ...

The Petrified Forest

NR

1936 | 3.6/5 | 1h 22min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
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In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. Whe ...

Alice Adams

Certification unknown

1935 | 3.4/5 | 1h 39min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the ...

The Wizard of Oz

G

1939 | 3.8/5 | 1h 42min
Adventure, Fantasy, Kids & Family
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Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they he ...

The Grapes of Wrath

NR

1940 | 3.9/5 | 2h 9min
Drama
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Movies with Charley Grapewin as Actor(99)

as (archive footage)1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)1976 That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)1964 The Big Parade of Comedy
as Grandpa Reed1951 When I Grow Up
as Doug1949 Sand
as Grandpa1948 The Enchanted Valley
as Rancher Inskip1947 Gunfighters
as Nick West1944 Follow the Boys
as Jake Taylor1944 Atlantic City
as Benjamin L. Pidgeon, Bellboy1944 The Impatient Years
as Pop1943 Crash Dive
as Insp. Queen1942 A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Insp. Queen1942 A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
as Inspector Richard Queen1942 Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
as California Joe1941 They Died with Their Boots On
as Insp. Queen1941 Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Insp. Queen1941 Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as Insp. Queen1941 Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as Jeeter Lester1941 Tobacco Road
as Uncle Caleb1940 Rhythm on the River
as Insp. Queen1940 Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Judge Emmett T. Brennan1940 Johnny Apollo
as Mr. Whimser1940 Earthbound
as Ben Caldwalder1940 The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Grandpa Joad1940 The Grapes of Wrath
as Pop1939 Dust Be My Destiny
as Uncle Henry1939 The Wizard of Oz
as Doc Heath1939 Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
as Ulysses Porterfield1939 The Man Who Dared
as Uncle Frank "Lucky" Higgins1939 Hero for a Day
as Major Matt Grayson1939 Sabotage
as Grandpa Casey Patterson1939 Sudden Money
as 'Old Puff'1939 Stand Up and Fight
as Grandpa Briggs1938 Three Loves Has Nancy
as Jim Meeker1938 Of Human Hearts
as Joe Higgins1938 Listen, Darling
as Uncle Davy1938 The Girl of the Golden West
as James Harper1938 Artists and Models Abroad
as Local Doctor1938 Three Comrades
as Robert, the Mayor1937 Big City
as Barney Lane1937 The Bad Man of Brimstone
as Old Father1937 The Good Earth
as James K. Blakeley1937 Broadway Melody of 1938
as Frank Redmond1937 A Family Affair
as Dr. Webster1937 Between Two Women
as Dan Gray1937 Bad Guy
as Uncle Salters1937 Captains Courageous
as himself1936 Breakdowns of 1936
as J.P. Kendrick1936 Without Orders
as Cal Royster1936 The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Dr. Ned Fabre1936 Small Town Girl
as Hollis Bane1936 Libeled Lady
as Aaron Lampier1936 Sinner Take All
as Gramp Maple1936 The Petrified Forest
as Truesdale1935 Shanghai
as Uncle Winchester1935 King Solomon of Broadway
as Grayson1935 Eight Bells
as Prof. Martin1935 Rendezvous
as Dave McComber1935 Ah, Wilderness!
as Pop Sullivan1935 In Spite of Danger
as J. A. Lamb1935 Alice Adams
as Jasper Whyte1935 One Frightened Night
as Will Oliver1935 Party Wire
as Jessup1934 Return of the Terror
as Notary1934 Caravan
as Ed Tilford1934 The Quitter
as Pop Calloway1934 The Loudspeaker
as Joe Olesen1934 She Made Her Bed
as Sandy Roberts1934 Two Alone
as Richard Norton1934 The President Vanishes
as Sergeant Jimmy Bagby1934 Judge Priest
as Dr. Tatum1934 Anne of Green Gables
as Mr. Cadman (uncredited)1933 Wild Boys of the Road
as Pa Dennis1933 Heroes for Sale
as Freddy Gordon1933 Beauty for Sale
as Drunk at Hamburger Stand (Uncredited)1933 Female
as Dr. Henderson (uncredited)1933 Turn Back the Clock
as Jed1933 Hello, Everybody!
as Andrew 'Juddy' Judson1933 Torch Singer
as Clerk1933 Midnight Mary
as Schultz (as Charles Grapewin)1933 The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Patrick McCaffrey1933 Don't Bet on Love
as Dad Saunders1933 Pilgrimage
as Sam Bass1932 Wild Horse Mesa
as Pierce1932 Are You Listening?
as Doctor (uncredited)1932 Huddle
as Pop Baldwin1932 The Big Timer
as Mr. Jones (uncredited)1932 American Madness
as Senator Simmons (uncredited)1932 The Washington Masquerade
as Henry Clark1932 Hell's House
as Andy1932 The Woman in Room 13
as George, a Concessions Clerk1932 No Man of Her Own
as "Grandpop" Jeptha Strawn1932 The Night of June 13
as Doc Boax1931 Heaven on Earth
as Ed Powers1931 The Millionaire
as Professor1931 For the Love of Fanny
as Nicholas Hautrey1931 Gold Dust Gertie
as Simeon Tanner1930 Only Saps Work
as Chimmie Hicks1900 Above the Limit

Full Name: Charley Grapewin
Born: Monday, 12/20 1869 (December) in Xenia, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 02/02 1956 (February) in Corona (aged: 86)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Charley Grapewin (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Charles Ellsworth Grapewin"
"Charles Grapewin"
Charley Grapewin frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (20x, Crew)
Douglas Shearer (18x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (10x, Crew)
William Axt (10x, Crew)
Margaret Lindsay (9x, Actress)
Dennis O'Keefe (9x, Actor)
Charles Lane (9x, Actor)
Spencer Charters (9x, Actor)
James Burke (9x, Actor)
Adrian (8x, Crew)
Wade Boteler (8x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:65595, Added: 05/23/2018, Last updated: 04/24/2024