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Caption: Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Charley Grapewin, Slim Thompson and Genevieve Tobin in The Petrified Forest (1936)
About Charles Ellsworth Grapewin
Actor, Soundtrack, Writer
Born: December 20, 1869
Star sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5' 7½" (1.71 m)
Known for: The Wizard of Oz (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Captains Courageous (1937), They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Source: IMDB
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 ...
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