Charley Grapewin
Charley Grapewin
20.12.1869 - 02.02.1956 (86 years) (Xenia, Ohio, USA)
Charles Ellsworth Grapewin (December 20, 1869 – February 2, 1956) was an American vaudeville performer, circus performer, writer and a stage and silent and sound actor, and comedian who was best known for portraying Uncle Henry in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Wizard of Oz (1939) as well as 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). He usually portrayed elderly folksy-type characters in a rustic setting, in all appearing in over 100 films.