Charles Middleton
Acting
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.
As actor 177
Gone with the Wind
1939
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Sergeant York
1941
The Flying Deuces
1939
Jesse James
1939
The Killers
1946
Duck Soup
1933
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Belle Starr
1941
Jezebel
1938
Mr. Skitch
1933
Brigham Young
1940
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
Gunfighters
1947
Flash Gordon
1936
Beau Hunks
1931
Western Union
1941
Special Agent
1935
Sob Sister
1931
Welcome Stranger
1947
Batman
1943
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
Broadway Bill
1934
The Pretender
1947
Pick-up
1933
The Sign of the Cross
1932
The Good Earth
1937
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
Station West
1948
Virginia City
1940
The Sea of Grass
1947
Show Boat
1936
The Last Round-up
1934
Safe in Hell
1931
Empty Saddles
1936
Road Gang
1936
Palmy Days
1931
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
Reckless
1935
Jungle Man
1941
The Texas Rangers
1936
Caught Plastered
1931
Allegheny Uprising
1939
The Bowery
1933
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
Murder at the Vanities
1934
My Girl Tisa
1948
Slave Ship
1937
The Miracle Woman
1931
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940
Frisco Kid
1935
Behold My Wife!
1934
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
1938
Rockabye
1932
The Fixer Uppers
1935
Perils of Nyoka
1942
In Spite of Danger
1935
When Strangers Meet
1934
Stand-In
1937
Blackmail
1939
Here Comes Trouble
1948
An American Tragedy
1931
Jailbreak
1936
Kentucky
1938
Captain Fury
1939
Rose of the Rancho
1936
Wedding Present
1936
Welcome Danger
1929
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Way Down South
1939
Eyes of the Navy
1940
Rocket Ship
1938
Crazy House
1943
Wyoming Outlaw
1939
Wagon Wheels West
1943
Doctor Bull
1933
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940
Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935
The Last Train from Madrid
1937
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939
Island of Doomed Men
1940
The Miracle Rider
1935
The Boy from Mercury
1996
Silver Dollar
1932
The Last Bandit
1949
Oklahoma Outlaws
1943
The Man Without a Country
1937
A House Divided
1931
Northwest Trail
1945
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935
The Devil's Cabaret
1930
Big Executive
1933
This Day and Age
1933
Career Woman
1936
Lone Cowboy
1933
Strangler of the Swamp
1946
Peril from the Planet Mongo
1966
White Woman
1933
Ramona
1936
The Farmer's Daughter
1928
The Town Went Wild
1944
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942
The Three Musketeers
1933
Women in Hiding
1940
Song of the Saddle
1936
Flaming Frontiers
1938
Beau Bandit
1930
The World Changes
1933
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
1937
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973
Cowboys from Texas
1939
The Hatchet Man
1932
A Dangerous Affair
1931
Hell's Highway
1932
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
The Road Is Open Again
1933
The Desert Hawk
1944
Sunset Pass
1933
Destination Unknown
1933
Rangers of Fortune
1940
Mystery Ranch
1932
Hollywood Cowboy
1937
Spook Busters
1946
Stick to Your Guns
1941
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934
Spaceship to the Unknown
1966
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938
Hollywood and Vine
1945
Purple Death from Outer Space
1966
Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars
1966
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948
Black Arrow
1944
High Pressure
1932
David Harum
1934
A Son Comes Home
1936
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
We're on the Jury
1937
At Twelve Midnight
1933
Way Out West
1930
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945
Spook Louder
1943
Disgraced!
1933
Too Busy to Work
1932
Gold Rush Maisie
1940
Mars Attacks the World
1938
Breach of Promise
1932
East Is West
1930
Men of San Quentin
1942
Dick Tracy Returns
1938
Manhattan Parade
1931
Square Shooter
1935
Shooting High
1940
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
The Ruling Voice
1931
Wild Geese Calling
1941
Tomorrow at Seven
1933
Massacre
1934
How DOooo You Do
1945
The Phantom President
1932
One Against the World
1939
Boobs in the Night
1943
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
1948
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
X Marks the Spot
1931
The Black Raven
1943
The Far Call
1929
The Bellamy Trial
1929
Dance of the Cookoos
1982
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1939
Joaquin Murrieta
1938
Ships of Hate
1931
Red Morning
1934
Two Gun Law
1937
Sunset of Power
1936