Actor
Charles Middleton
152 years · Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA · 177 films
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.
Best known for
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Man with Stove Pipe Hat in Charge of Convict Workers (uncredited)
On HBO Max
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Leader
On Hoopla
Duck Soup
1933 · Prosecutor
On YouTube TV
The Killers
1946 · Farmer (uncredited)
Sergeant York
1941 · Mountaineer (uncredited)
On Kanopy
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932 · Train Conductor (uncredited)
On Kanopy
Filmography 177
The Boy from Mercury
1996 · Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
Dance of the Cookoos
1982 · Commandant
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973 · Self (archive footage)
Peril from the Planet Mongo
1966 · Ming the Merciless
On Hoopla
Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars
1966 · Ming the Merciless
On Tubi TV
Purple Death from Outer Space
1966 · Ming the Merciless
On Tubi TV
Spaceship to the Unknown
1966 · Ming the Merciless (archive footage)
On Tubi TV
The Last Bandit
1949 · Blindfolded Circuit Rider
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948 · President in Dream (uncredited)
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
1948 · Mr. Burton, an Attorney
Station West
1948 · Sheriff
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948 · Townsman (uncredited)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 · Wrecker (uncredited)
On YouTube TV
Here Comes Trouble
1948 · Reporter (uncredited)
On Mometu
My Girl Tisa
1948 · Actor
The Pretender
1947 · William the butler
Gunfighters
1947 · Sheriff #1 (uncredited)
On Fawesome
Welcome Stranger
1947 · Farmer Pinkett (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
1947 · Charley - Saloon Owner (uncredited)
The Killers
1946 · Farmer (uncredited)
Spook Busters
1946 · Mr. Stiles
Strangler of the Swamp
1946 · Ferryman Douglas
How DOooo You Do
1945 · Sheriff Hayworth