From newspaper promotional for vaudeville character actor Charles E. Grapewin

Charles E. Grapewin (December 20, 1869, Xenia, Ohio – February 2, 1956, Corona, California) was an American vaudeville performer, and a stage and film actor. Image File history File links Character_comedian_charles_e. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Xenia is a city in Greene County, Ohio, near Dayton. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Corona is a city located in Riverside County, California. ... Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ...

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 him to star in. An acrobat below a balloon Trapeze artists, in lithograph by Calvert Litho. ... The Big Top of Billy Smarts Circus Cambridge 2004. ...

He married actress Anna Chance and they remained a devoted couple until her death some 47 years later. Grapewin began in silent films around the turn of the century and almost forty years later appeared as Uncle Henry in the movie The Wizard of Oz. During his long career, Grapewin appeared in more than one hundred films. A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Grapewin was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Gates of Forest Lawn Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. ... Nickname: The Jewel City Official website: http://www. ...