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.
Born: October 2, 1874
Place of Birth: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
Known For
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars
Shooting High
A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.
Gone with the Wind
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
The Grapes of Wrath
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
Steamboat Round the Bend
A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
The Killers
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
Duck Soup
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
Sergeant York
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
Filmography
as Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)
as (archive footage)
as Commandant
as Self (archive footage)
as Ming the Merciless
as Ming the Merciless (archive footage)
as Ming the Merciless
as Blindfolded Circuit Rider
as President in Dream (uncredited)
as Mr. Burton, an Attorney
as Sheriff
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Wrecker (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as William the butler
as Sheriff #1 (uncredited)
as Farmer Pinkett (uncredited)
as Charley - Saloon Owner (uncredited)
as Farmer (uncredited)
as Mr. Stiles
as Ferryman Douglas
as Sheriff Hayworth
as Pierre
as Mr. Jensen
as Attorney
as Sam, Midvale District Attorney
as Koda Bey
as Tom Whitney
as Phineas Hook
as Sheriff
as Judge Ringle
as Ken Colton
as Sheriff
as Graves' Valet
as Cassib
as Saunderson
as Curator
as Claim Jumping Leader
as Mountaineer (uncredited)
as Rev. James 'Jim' Graham
as Long Ben, gambler-saloon owner
as Carpetbagger
as Doctor Jed Sloan
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
as Stagecoach Rider
as Gentry
as Farmer (uncredited)
as Water Thug
as Mob Member
as Camp Owner with a Pig (Uncredited)
as Alice's Father (uncredited)
as Captain Cort
as Jeremiah Walters
as Hod Carson
as Jefferson Davis
as Leader
as Emperor Ming
as Tom Lincoln
as Man with Stove Pipe Hat in Charge of Convict Workers (uncredited)
as Kansas Jones
as Dr. Stoke
as Commandant
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
as Southern Deputy (uncredited)
as Mr. Crumley (uncredited)
as Cass
as Luke Parker
as 39013
as Mergon
as Alec Martin
as Doctor
as Southerner
as Lacey
as Ming the Merciless
as Pa Stark
as Ace Daggett
as Politician (uncredited)
as Officer (uncredited)
as Ming the Merciless
as Emperor Ming
as Emperor Ming
as President Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
as Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln
as Warden (uncredited)
as Slave Dealer
as Gene Autry Sr.
as Banker (uncredited)
as 'Doc' Kramer
as Wolf Larson
as Mr. Martin
as Cim White
as Matt Clay
as Turnbull
as American Settler (uncredited)
as Lawyer (uncredited)
as Dan Stone
as Prosecutor
as Sheriff Ike Vallon
as Ming the Merciless
as Grayson
as Blacksmith
as Phineas P. Hook
as Neil Brannum
as Horse Doctor (uncredited)
as Speaker (uncredited)
as State Police Commander (uncredited)
as Fleety Belle's Father
as Buck Peters
as District Attorney (uncredited)
as Zaroff
as Mr. Merritt
as Pierre Gustave
as Miller
as Stanchon
as Juan Storm Cloud
as Veterinarian (uncredited)
as Mr. Bagby
as John Tarman
as Constable Malcolm (uncredited)
as Homer Boothby
as Sheriff
as Deacon
as Sheriff Scatters
as Joe
as U.S. Marshal
as Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok (uncredited)
as Prosecutor
as Fenton
as Sheriff
as Detective (uncredited)
as Mr. Upjohn
as District Attorney
as District Attorney
as Jerry Simons
as Roger Thurston
as Williams
as El Shaitan (voice)
as Turk
as Mr. Brewster
as Abraham Lincoln
as Tyros
as Jenkins
as Chief of Police
as District Attorney (uncredited)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as Matthew the Hermit
as Abe Lincoln (uncredited)
as Welfare Association Officer
as Henry Steele
as Police Capt. Slade
as Lip Hop Fat
as Mr. Banks
as Sheriff Casey
as Kirby
as Lawyer Jones
as Minister
as Commandant
as City Editor Baker
as Tupper
as Yolando
as Board Member (uncredited)
as Attorney Reuben Jephson
as Sheriff Flint
as Simpson
as Captain Lash
as Mr. Satan (uncredited)
as Dr. Fredericks
as Buck Rankin
as Lucius J. Perkins
as John Thorne / The Dragon
as Kris Larsen