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