Charles Middleton

Known for ActingBorn 1874-10-02Died 1949-04-22Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Dance of the Cookoos

Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars

Boobs in the Night

One Against the World

Two Gun Law

Empty Saddles

When Strangers Meet

Breach of Promise

The Farmer's Daughter

Going Hollywood: The '30s

My Girl Tisa

Men of San Quentin

The Boy from Mercury

Jiggs and Maggie in Court

Perils of Nyoka

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Joaquin Murrieta

Sunset of Power

The Last Round-up

Behold My Wife!

Sunset Pass

Gone with the Wind

The Far Call

The Grapes of Wrath

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Spaceship to the Unknown

Eyes of the Navy

How DOooo You Do

The Killers

David Harum

Steamboat Round the Bend

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

Ships of Hate

Women in Hiding

A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'

Wagon Wheels West

Mr. Skitch

Song of the Saddle

Peril from the Planet Mongo

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

Duck Soup

Spook Louder

Sergeant York

Palmy Days

The Last Bandit

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Frisco Kid

The Town Went Wild