Charles Middleton
Acting
Charles Brown Middleton (October 3, 1874 – April 22, 1949) was an American stage and film actor. During a film career that began at age 46 and lasted almost 30 years, he appeared in nearly 200 films as well as numerous plays. Sometimes credited as Charles B. Middleton, he is perhaps best remembered for his role as the villainous emperor Ming the Merciless in the three Flash Gordon serials made between 1936 and 1940.
Born: October 2, 1874 · Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
Filmography (82)
Station West
1948
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
Here Comes Trouble
1948
The Pretender
1947
Gunfighters
1947
The Sea of Grass
1947
The Killers
1946
Strangler of the Swamp
1946
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945
Hollywood and Vine
1945
Batman
1943
The Black Raven
1943
Spook Louder
1943
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942
Sergeant York
1941
Jungle Man
1941
Belle Starr
1941
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
Western Union
1941
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Eyes of the Navy
1940
Brigham Young
1940
Island of Doomed Men
1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940
Virginia City
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Gone with the Wind
1939
Allegheny Uprising
1939
The Flying Deuces
1939
Blackmail
1939
Way Down South
1939
Wyoming Outlaw
1939
Captain Fury
1939
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
Jesse James
1939
Kentucky
1938
Flaming Frontiers
1938
Jezebel
1938
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
1938
The Man Without a Country
1937
Stand-In
1937
The Last Train from Madrid
1937
Slave Ship
1937
The Good Earth
1937
Wedding Present
1936
The Texas Rangers
1936
Show Boat
1936
Flash Gordon
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
Frisco Kid
1935
Special Agent
1935
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935
Reckless
1935
The Fixer Uppers
1935
Broadway Bill
1934
Murder at the Vanities
1934
Massacre
1934
The World Changes
1933
Duck Soup
1933
White Woman
1933
The Bowery
1933
Doctor Bull
1933
Tomorrow at Seven
1933
The Three Musketeers
1933
The Sign of the Cross
1932
Rockabye
1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
Hell's Highway
1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
The Hatchet Man
1932
High Pressure
1932
Safe in Hell
1931
Beau Hunks
1931
Palmy Days
1931
The Ruling Voice
1931
An American Tragedy
1931
The Miracle Woman
1931
Way Out West
1930
Welcome Danger
1929