Charley Grapewin
ActorWriterSoundtrack
- Born
- December 20, 1869
- Died
- February 2, 1956
This old codger film favorite, born in 1869 (some reports say 1875), got into the entertainment field at an early age, first as a circus performer (aerialist and trapeze artist). When acting sparked his interest, he worked in a series of stock companies while writing stage plays that he himself…
Writer
| That Red-Headed Hussy(1929) |
| Jed's Vacation(1929) |
Actor
| When I Grow Up(1951)as Grandpa Reed |
| Sand(1949)as Doug |
| The Enchanted Valley(1948)as Grandpa |
| Gunfighters(1947)as Inskip |
| The Impatient Years(1944)as Benjamin L. Pidgeon |
Soundtrack
| Tobacco Road(1941) |
| The Man Who Dared(1939) |
| Party Wire(1935) |
Self
| Houston Post Contest Winners Arrive in Los Angeles(1939)as Self |
| The World Is Ours(1938)as Grandfather |
| The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention(1937)as Self |
Archive Footage
| The Wizard of Oz at Sphere(2025)as Uncle Henry |
| The Pink Popcast(2020)as Uncle Henry |
| Compression(1995)as Self |
| These Amazing Shadows(2011)as Uncle Henry (clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939)) |
| We Haven't Really Met Properly...: Charley Grapewin as Uncle Henry(2005)as Self |
Credit Score: Charley Grapewin
| # | Name | Score | Year | Win | Nom | Known | ★ | Wins | Noms | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Grapes of Wrath | 26.00 | 1940 | • | 8.1 | 2 | 7 | 108295 | ||
| 2 | The Wizard of Oz | 24.00 | 1939 | • | 8.1 | 2 | 5 | 467267 | ||
| 3 | Captains Courageous | 10.00 | 1937 | • | 7.9 | 1 | 4 | 11959 | ||
| 4 | The Good Earth | 7.50 | 1937 | • | 7.4 | 2 | 5 | 5762 | ||
| 5 | They Died with Their Boots On | 4.88 | 1942 | • | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 7510 | ||
| 6 | The Petrified Forest | 3.75 | 1936 | • | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 15969 | ||
| 7 | Tobacco Road | 3.25 | 1941 | • | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 2743 | ||
| 8 | One Frightened Night | 3.25 | 1935 | • | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 524 | ||
| 9 | Alice Adams | 2.50 | 1935 | • | 6.8 | 0 | 2 | 4903 | ||
| 10 | Wild Horse Mesa | 2.50 | 1932 | • | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 70 |