Grandpa Joad — The Grapes of Wrath Character Profile

About Grandpa Joad

The elderly patriarch of the Joad family who dies along the way during their arduous migration journey to California.

Character Facts

Played by

Charley Grapewin

Appears in

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Grapes of Wrath

• Tom Joad (Henry Fonda)
• Ma Joad (Jane Darwell)
• Casy (John Carradine)
• Noah (Frank Sully)
• Rosasharn (Dorris Bowdon)
• Caretaker (Grant Mitchell)
• Muley Graves (John Qualen)
• Policeman (Ward Bond)
• Pa Joad (Russell Simpson)
• Al Joad (O.Z. Whitehead)
• Winfield (Darryl Hickman)
• Wilkie (Charles D. Brown)