
Charles Middleton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 2, 1874
- Died
- April 22, 1949 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography

The Boy from Mercury
Movie · as Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie · as (archive footage)

Dance of the Cookoos
Movie · as Commandant

A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Purple Death from Outer Space
Movie · as Ming the Merciless

Spaceship to the Unknown
Movie · as Ming the Merciless (archive footage)

Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars
Movie · as Ming the Merciless

Peril from the Planet Mongo
Movie · as Ming the Merciless

The Last Bandit
Movie · as Blindfolded Circuit Rider

My Girl Tisa
Movie

Station West
Movie · as Sheriff

Here Comes Trouble
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Movie · as Wrecker (uncredited)

The Decision of Christopher Blake
Movie · as President in Dream (uncredited)

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)

Jiggs and Maggie in Court
Movie · as Mr. Burton, an Attorney

The Pretender
Movie · as William the butler

Welcome Stranger
Movie · as Farmer Pinkett (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass
Movie · as Charley - Saloon Owner (uncredited)

Gunfighters
Movie · as Sheriff #1 (uncredited)

Strangler of the Swamp
Movie · as Ferryman Douglas

Spook Busters
Movie · as Mr. Stiles

The Killers
Movie · as Farmer (uncredited)

Northwest Trail
Movie · as Pierre

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Movie · as Mr. Jensen

How DOooo You Do
Movie · as Sheriff Hayworth

Hollywood and Vine
Movie · as Attorney

The Town Went Wild
Movie · as Sam, Midvale District Attorney

Black Arrow
Movie · as Tom Whitney

The Desert Hawk
Movie · as Koda Bey

Boobs in the Night
Movie

The Black Raven
Movie · as Sheriff

Spook Louder
Movie · as Graves' Valet

Wagon Wheels West
Movie · as Phineas Hook

Oklahoma Outlaws
Movie · as Judge Ringle

Batman
Movie · as Ken Colton

Crazy House
Movie · as Sheriff

Perils of Nyoka
Movie · as Cassib

Men of San Quentin
Movie · as Saunderson

The Mystery of Marie Roget
Movie · as Curator

Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie · as Claim Jumping Leader

Belle Starr
Movie · as Carpetbagger

Wild Geese Calling
Movie · as Doctor Jed Sloan

The Shepherd of the Hills
Movie · as Blacksmith (uncredited)

Jungle Man
Movie · as Rev. James 'Jim' Graham

Stick to Your Guns
Movie · as Long Ben, gambler-saloon owner

Sergeant York
Movie · as Mountaineer (uncredited)

Western Union
Movie · as Stagecoach Rider

The Grapes of Wrath
Movie · as Leader

Santa Fe Trail
Movie · as Gentry

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie · as Tom Lincoln

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Movie · as Jeremiah Walters

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Movie · as Emperor Ming

Shooting High
Movie · as Hod Carson

Virginia City
Movie · as Jefferson Davis

Women in Hiding
Movie · as Alice's Father (uncredited)

Rangers of Fortune
Movie · as Water Thug

Eyes of the Navy
Movie · as Farmer (uncredited)

Brigham Young
Movie · as Mob Member

Island of Doomed Men
Movie · as Captain Cort

Gold Rush Maisie
Movie · as Camp Owner with a Pig (Uncredited)

The Flying Deuces
Movie · as Commandant

Cowboys from Texas
Movie · as Kansas Jones

Daredevils of the Red Circle
Movie · as 39013

Jesse James
Movie · as Doctor

The Oklahoma Kid
Movie · as Alec Martin

Allegheny Uprising
Movie · as Dr. Stoke

Way Down South
Movie · as Cass

Wyoming Outlaw
Movie · as Luke Parker

Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Man with Stove Pipe Hat in Charge of Convict Workers (uncredited)

Blackmail
Movie · as Southern Deputy (uncredited)

Thou Shalt Not Kill
Movie · as Lars Olsen

Captain Fury
Movie · as Mergon

$1,000 a Touchdown
Movie · as Stage Manager (uncredited)

One Against the World
Movie · as Mr. Crumley (uncredited)

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
Movie · as Lacey

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
Movie · as Emperor Ming

Dick Tracy Returns
Movie · as Pa Stark

Flaming Frontiers
Movie · as Ace Daggett

Kentucky
Movie · as Southerner

Rocket Ship
Movie · as Emperor Ming

Jezebel
Movie · as Officer (uncredited)

Mars Attacks the World
Movie · as Ming the Merciless

Joaquin Murrieta
Movie · as Politician (uncredited)

The Good Earth
Movie · as Banker (uncredited)

Stand-In
Movie · as Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln

Hollywood Cowboy
Movie · as 'Doc' Kramer

We're on the Jury
Movie · as Mr. Martin

Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
Movie · as Gene Autry Sr.

Slave Ship
Movie · as Slave Dealer

Two Gun Law
Movie · as Wolf Larson

The Man Without a Country
Movie · as President Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)

The Last Train from Madrid
Movie · as Warden (uncredited)

Flash Gordon
Movie · as Ming the Merciless

Show Boat
Movie · as Sheriff Ike Vallon

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Movie · as Blacksmith

Ramona
Movie · as American Settler (uncredited)

Song of the Saddle
Movie · as Phineas P. Hook

Road Gang
Movie · as Grayson

The Texas Rangers
Movie · as Lawyer (uncredited)

Empty Saddles
Movie · as Cim White

Sunset of Power
Movie · as Neil Brannum

A Son Comes Home
Movie · as Prosecutor

Rose of the Rancho
Movie · as Horse Doctor (uncredited)

Jailbreak
Movie · as Dan Stone

Wedding Present
Movie · as Turnbull

Career Woman
Movie · as Matt Clay

The Fixer Uppers
Movie · as Pierre Gustave

Frisco Kid
Movie · as Speaker (uncredited)

The Miracle Rider
Movie · as Zaroff

Reckless
Movie · as District Attorney (uncredited)

Hop-a-long Cassidy
Movie · as Buck Peters

Square Shooter
Movie · as Miller

Special Agent
Movie · as State Police Commander (uncredited)

Steamboat Round the Bend
Movie · as Fleety Belle's Father

In Spite of Danger
Movie · as Mr. Merritt

The Virginia Judge
Movie · as Cyrus Higgins

Murder at the Vanities
Movie · as Homer Boothby

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Movie · as Mr. Bagby

Broadway Bill
Movie · as Veterinarian (uncredited)

Massacre
Movie · as Sheriff Scatters

The Last Round-up
Movie · as Sheriff

David Harum
Movie · as Deacon

Red Morning
Movie · as Stanchon

Whom the Gods Destroy
Movie · as Constable Malcolm (uncredited)

Behold My Wife!
Movie · as Juan Storm Cloud

When Strangers Meet
Movie · as John Tarman

The St. Louis Kid
Movie · as Sheriff (uncredited)

Duck Soup
Movie · as Prosecutor

Lone Cowboy
Movie · as U.S. Marshal

This Day and Age
Movie · as District Attorney

Destination Unknown
Movie · as Turk

Tomorrow at Seven
Movie · as Jerry Simons

Pick-up
Movie · as Mr. Brewster

The Road Is Open Again
Movie · as Abraham Lincoln

White Woman
Movie · as Fenton

The Three Musketeers
Movie · as El Shaitan (voice)

Mr. Skitch
Movie · as Joe

Sunset Pass
Movie · as Williams

Disgraced!
Movie · as District Attorney

At Twelve Midnight
Movie · as Roger Thurston

The Bowery
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

Doctor Bull
Movie · as Mr. Upjohn

Big Executive
Movie · as Sheriff

The World Changes
Movie · as Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok (uncredited)

High Pressure
Movie · as Mr. Banks

The Sign of the Cross
Movie · as Tyros

Hell's Highway
Movie · as Matthew the Hermit
Breach of Promise
Movie · as Joe Pugmire

The Hatchet Man
Movie · as Lip Hop Fat

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Movie · as Police Capt. Slade

Mystery Ranch
Movie · as Henry Steele

Too Busy to Work
Movie · as Chief of Police

Rockabye
Movie · as District Attorney (uncredited)

Pack Up Your Troubles
Movie · as Welfare Association Officer

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Movie · as Train Conductor (uncredited)

The Phantom President
Movie · as Abe Lincoln (uncredited)

Silver Dollar
Movie · as Jenkins

The Miracle Woman
Movie · as Simpson

Beau Hunks
Movie · as Commandant

Safe in Hell
Movie · as Lawyer Jones

Caught Plastered
Movie · as Sheriff Flint

A House Divided
Movie · as Minister

Palmy Days
Movie · as Yolando

X Marks the Spot
Movie · as Kirby

Manhattan Parade
Movie · as Sheriff Casey

A Dangerous Affair
Movie · as Tupper

Ships of Hate
Movie · as Captain Lash

An American Tragedy
Movie · as Attorney Reuben Jephson

The Ruling Voice
Movie · as Board Member (uncredited)

Sob Sister
Movie · as City Editor Baker

The Devil's Cabaret
Movie · as Mr. Satan (uncredited)

East Is West
Movie · as Dr. Fredericks

Way Out West
Movie · as Buck Rankin

Beau Bandit
Movie · as Lucius J. Perkins

Welcome Danger
Movie · as John Thorne / The Dragon

The Far Call
Movie · as Kris Larsen
The Bellamy Trial
Movie · as District Attorney

The Farmer's Daughter
Movie · as Hiram Flint


