Charles Middleton
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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.
Known for
Credits
Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Man with Stove Pipe Hat in Charge of Convict Workers (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Leader
Peril from the Planet Mongo (1966)
as Ming the Merciless
Belle Starr (1941)
as Carpetbagger
Brigham Young (1940)
as Mob Member
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
as Alec Martin
Sergeant York (1941)
as Mountaineer (uncredited)
Jezebel (1938)
as Officer (uncredited)
Gunfighters (1947)
as Sheriff #1 (uncredited)
The Killers (1946)
as Farmer (uncredited)
Western Union (1941)
as Stagecoach Rider
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
as Tyros
Road Gang (1936)
as Grayson
Mr. Skitch (1933)
as Joe
Jesse James (1939)
as Doctor
Duck Soup (1933)
as Prosecutor
Hop-a-long Cassidy (1935)
as Buck Peters
Batman (1943)
as Ken Colton
The Flying Deuces (1939)
as Commandant
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Gentry
Special Agent (1935)
as State Police Commander (uncredited)
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Welcome Stranger (1947)
as Farmer Pinkett (uncredited)
Rose of the Rancho (1936)
as Horse Doctor (uncredited)
Beau Hunks (1931)
as Commandant
The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
as Curator
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
as Welfare Association Officer
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
as Wrecker (uncredited)
Palmy Days (1931)
as Yolando
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
as Blacksmith
The Sea of Grass (1947)
as Charley - Saloon Owner (uncredited)
My Girl Tisa (1948)
Actor
The World Changes (1933)
as Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok (uncredited)
The Pretender (1947)
as William the butler
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
as Mr. Jensen
Sob Sister (1931)
as City Editor Baker
Flash Gordon (1936)
as Ming the Merciless
Broadway Bill (1934)
as Veterinarian (uncredited)
The Miracle Woman (1931)
as Simpson
Pick-up (1933)
as Mr. Brewster
Virginia City (1940)
as Jefferson Davis
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
as Dr. Stoke
The Good Earth (1937)
as Banker (uncredited)
Here Comes Trouble (1948)
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
as Warden (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
The Texas Rangers (1936)
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Behold My Wife! (1934)
as Juan Storm Cloud
Show Boat (1936)
as Sheriff Ike Vallon
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
as Jeremiah Walters
Jungle Man (1941)
as Rev. James 'Jim' Graham
Empty Saddles (1936)
as Cim White
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
as Emperor Ming
Wagon Wheels West (1943)
as Phineas Hook
Murder at the Vanities (1934)
as Homer Boothby
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
as Tom Lincoln
Captain Fury (1939)
as Mergon
Caught Plastered (1931)
as Sheriff Flint
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937)
as Gene Autry Sr.
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
as Emperor Ming
Safe in Hell (1931)
as Lawyer Jones
David Harum (1934)
as Deacon
The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948)
as President in Dream (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
as Claim Jumping Leader
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
as Fleety Belle's Father
The Boy from Mercury (1996)
as Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)
Island of Doomed Men (1940)
as Captain Cort
Slave Ship (1937)
as Slave Dealer
Northwest Trail (1945)
as Pierre
Way Down South (1939)
as Cass
Spaceship to the Unknown (1966)
as Ming the Merciless (archive footage)
Dick Tracy Returns (1938)
as Pa Stark
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Stick to Your Guns (1941)
as Long Ben, gambler-saloon owner
$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Strangler of the Swamp (1946)
as Ferryman Douglas
Station West (1948)
as Sheriff
The Fixer Uppers (1935)
as Pierre Gustave
The Road Is Open Again (1933)
as Abraham Lincoln
In Spite of Danger (1935)
as Mr. Merritt
When Strangers Meet (1934)
as John Tarman
Wild Geese Calling (1941)
as Doctor Jed Sloan
Welcome Danger (1929)
as John Thorne / The Dragon
Mars Attacks the World (1938)
as Ming the Merciless
An American Tragedy (1931)
as Attorney Reuben Jephson
Jailbreak (1936)
as Dan Stone
The Town Went Wild (1944)
as Sam, Midvale District Attorney
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade (1938)
as Lacey
Reckless (1935)
as District Attorney (uncredited)
The Last Round-up (1934)
as Sheriff
We're on the Jury (1937)
as Mr. Martin
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
as Police Capt. Slade
Wedding Present (1936)
as Turnbull
A Son Comes Home (1936)
as Prosecutor
Stand-In (1937)
as Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln
Rangers of Fortune (1940)
as Water Thug
Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)
as 39013
The Three Musketeers (1933)
as El Shaitan (voice)
Doctor Bull (1933)
as Mr. Upjohn
Purple Death from Outer Space (1966)
as Ming the Merciless
The St. Louis Kid (1934)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Song of the Saddle (1936)
as Phineas P. Hook
Boobs in the Night (1943)
Actor
The Devil's Cabaret (1930)
as Mr. Satan (uncredited)
The Farmer's Daughter (1928)
as Hiram Flint
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green' (1973)
as Self (archive footage)
The Bowery (1933)
as Detective (uncredited)
Eyes of the Navy (1940)
as Farmer (uncredited)
X Marks the Spot (1931)
as Kirby
Cowboys from Texas (1939)
as Kansas Jones
Rockabye (1932)
as District Attorney (uncredited)
The Black Raven (1943)
as Sheriff
This Day and Age (1933)
as District Attorney
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
as Mr. Bagby
Blackmail (1939)
as Southern Deputy (uncredited)
Spook Louder (1943)
as Graves' Valet
Crazy House (1943)
as Sheriff
Whom the Gods Destroy (1934)
as Constable Malcolm (uncredited)
Ships of Hate (1931)
as Captain Lash
Spook Busters (1946)
as Mr. Stiles
Frisco Kid (1935)
as Speaker (uncredited)
Wyoming Outlaw (1939)
as Luke Parker
East Is West (1930)
as Dr. Fredericks
Flaming Frontiers (1938)
as Ace Daggett
Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)
as Mr. Burton, an Attorney
How DOooo You Do (1945)
as Sheriff Hayworth
The Hatchet Man (1932)
as Lip Hop Fat
Shooting High (1940)
as Hod Carson
A House Divided (1931)
as Minister
Women in Hiding (1940)
as Alice's Father (uncredited)
A Dangerous Affair (1931)
as Tupper
Silver Dollar (1932)
as Jenkins
Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
as Jerry Simons
High Pressure (1932)
as Mr. Banks
The Man Without a Country (1937)
as President Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
Hell's Highway (1932)
as Matthew the Hermit
Hollywood and Vine (1945)
as Attorney
Dance of the Cookoos (1982)
as Commandant
The Last Bandit (1949)
as Blindfolded Circuit Rider
The Virginia Judge (1935)
as Cyrus Higgins
Rocket Ship (1938)
as Emperor Ming
Career Woman (1936)
as Matt Clay
Hollywood Cowboy (1937)
as 'Doc' Kramer
The Miracle Rider (1935)
as Zaroff
Ramona (1936)
as American Settler (uncredited)
Sunset Pass (1933)
as Williams
Lone Cowboy (1933)
as U.S. Marshal
Too Busy to Work (1932)
as Chief of Police
Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars (1966)
as Ming the Merciless
The Bellamy Trial (1929)
as District Attorney
At Twelve Midnight (1933)
as Roger Thurston
Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
as Camp Owner with a Pig (Uncredited)
Kentucky (1938)
as Southerner
The Desert Hawk (1944)
as Koda Bey
The Far Call (1929)
as Kris Larsen
The Phantom President (1932)
as Abe Lincoln (uncredited)
The Ruling Voice (1931)
as Board Member (uncredited)
Perils of Nyoka (1942)
as Cassib
Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939)
as Lars Olsen
Massacre (1934)
as Sheriff Scatters
Way Out West (1930)
as Buck Rankin
Red Morning (1934)
as Stanchon
Two Gun Law (1937)
as Wolf Larson
Black Arrow (1944)
as Tom Whitney
Destination Unknown (1933)
as Turk
Sunset of Power (1936)
as Neil Brannum
One Against the World (1939)
as Mr. Crumley (uncredited)
Men of San Quentin (1942)
as Saunderson
Breach of Promise (1932)
as Joe Pugmire
Big Executive (1933)
as Sheriff
Mystery Ranch (1932)
as Henry Steele
Oklahoma Outlaws (1943)
as Judge Ringle
White Woman (1933)
as Fenton
Beau Bandit (1930)
as Lucius J. Perkins
Disgraced! (1933)
as District Attorney
Square Shooter (1935)
as Miller
Manhattan Parade (1931)
as Sheriff Casey
Joaquin Murrieta (1938)
as Politician (uncredited)