Charles E. Grapewin (December 20, 1869 – February 2, 1956) was an American vaudeville performer and a stage and film character actor, perhaps best remembered for his portrayal of Uncle Henry in the 1939 film classic The Wizard of Oz.

Born in Xenia, Ohio, Grapewin first worked as an aerialist and trapeze artist in a traveling circus before turning to acting. He performed on stage with various stock companies and wrote stage plays as a vehicle for himself. His sole Broadway theatre credit was the short-lived play It's Up To You John Henry in 1905.

Grapewin began in silent films around the turn of the century. During his long career, Grapewin appeared in more than one hundred films, including The Grapes of Wrath and Tobacco Road. In the early 1940s, he had a recurring role as Inspector Queen in the Ellery Queen film series.

Grapewin married actress Anna Chance (1875-1943) in 1896 and they remained a devoted couple until her death some 47 years later .

Grapewin died in Corona, California at age 86 and was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

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). Acting having then sparked his interest, he worked in a series of stock companies while writing stage plays on the side that he himself could star in. He married actress Anna Chance around the turn of the century, and they remained a devoted couple until her death 47 years later. They had no children. Charley came into his own in films at the ripe old age of 60 as the ultimate humorous, toothless character in a range of films with rustic settings. Notable movies include Petrified Forest, The (1936) with Leslie Howard (I) and Humphrey Bogart, Good Earth, The (1937) with Paul Muni (I)and Luise Rainer, and _They Died with Their Boots On (1941)_ with Errol Flynn (I). However, his best-remembered parts were as huggable Uncle Henry in the classic Wizard of Oz, The (1939), ornery Grandpa Joad, who refused to leave the homestead, in Grapes of Wrath, The (1940), Inspector Queen in the Ellery Queen whodunits that ran from 1940 through 1942, and the amiable ne'er-do-well Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road (1941). A soft, humorous presence who seemed frail around the edges, he was a thorough delight, his folksy presence gracing over 100 films. He died in 1956.