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Charles Middleton

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: Acting

Born: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA, 1874-10-02

Died: 1949-04-22

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1929	The Bellamy Trial	District Attorney	10
2	1929	The Far Call	Kris Larsen	0
3	1929	Welcome Danger	John Thorne / The Dragon	51
4	1930	Beau Bandit	Lucius J. Perkins	33
5	1930	Way Out West	Buck Rankin	59
6	1930	East Is West	Dr. Fredericks	40
7	1930	The Devil's Cabaret	Mr. Satan (uncredited)	52
8	1931	Ships of Hate	Captain Lash	0
9	1931	The Miracle Woman	Simpson	66
10	1931	Caught Plastered	Sheriff Flint	58
11	1931	An American Tragedy	Attorney Reuben Jephson	61
12	1931	The Ruling Voice	Board Member (uncredited)	60
13	1931	Palmy Days	Yolando	70
14	1931	A Dangerous Affair	Tupper	0
15	1931	Sob Sister	City Editor Baker	0
16	1931	Beau Hunks	Commandant	68
17	1931	A House Divided	Minister	62
18	1931	Safe in Hell	Lawyer Jones	68
19	1931	X Marks the Spot	Kirby	60
20	1931	Manhattan Parade	Sheriff Casey	20
21	1932	High Pressure	Mr. Banks	60
22	1932	The Hatchet Man	Lip Hop Fat	49
23	1932	The Strange Love of Molly Louvain	Police Capt. Slade	59
24	1932	Mystery Ranch	Henry Steele	60
25	1932	Pack Up Your Troubles	Welfare Association Officer	67
26	1932	Hell's Highway	Matthew the Hermit	62
27	1932	The Phantom President	Abe Lincoln (uncredited)	55
28	1932	Breach of Promise	Joe Pugmire	0
29	1932	I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang	Train Conductor (uncredited)	78
30	1932	Rockabye	District Attorney (uncredited)	62
31	1932	The Sign of the Cross	Tyros	62
32	1932	Too Busy to Work	Chief of Police	40
33	1932	Silver Dollar	Jenkins	57
34	1933	The Road Is Open Again	Abraham Lincoln	0
35	1933	Pick-up	Mr. Brewster	48
36	1933	Destination Unknown	Turk	0
37	1933	The Three Musketeers	El Shaitan (voice)	56
38	1933	Sunset Pass	Williams	60
39	1933	At Twelve Midnight	Roger Thurston	45
40	1933	Tomorrow at Seven	Jerry Simons	60
41	1933	Disgraced!	District Attorney	60
42	1933	This Day and Age	District Attorney	10
43	1933	Doctor Bull	Mr. Upjohn	65
44	1933	The Bowery	Detective (uncredited)	51
45	1933	Big Executive	Sheriff	0
46	1933	White Woman	Fenton	57
47	1933	Duck Soup	Prosecutor	73
48	1933	Lone Cowboy	U.S. Marshal	35
49	1933	Mr. Skitch	Joe	60
50	1934	Massacre	Sheriff Scatters	58
51	1934	David Harum	Deacon	70
52	1934	The Last Round-up	Sheriff	0
53	1934	Murder at the Vanities	Homer Boothby	55
54	1934	Whom the Gods Destroy	Constable Malcolm (uncredited)	55
55	1934	Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch	Mr. Bagby	60
56	1934	Broadway Bill	Veterinarian (uncredited)	60
57	1934	Behold My Wife!	Juan Storm Cloud	70
58	1934	Red Morning	Stanchon	50
59	1935	Square Shooter	Miller	60
60	1935	The Fixer Uppers	Pierre Gustave	68
61	1935	In Spite of Danger	Mr. Merritt	10
62	1935	The Miracle Rider	Zaroff	43
63	1935	Reckless	District Attorney (uncredited)	53
64	1935	Hop-a-long Cassidy	Buck Peters	60
65	1935	Steamboat Round the Bend	Fleety Belle's Father	75
66	1935	Special Agent	State Police Commander (uncredited)	62
67	1935	Frisco Kid	Speaker (uncredited)	68
68	1936	Rose of the Rancho	Horse Doctor (uncredited)	0
69	1936	Sunset of Power	Neil Brannum	0
70	1936	Song of the Saddle	Phineas P. Hook	70
71	1936	The Trail of the Lonesome Pine	Blacksmith	64
72	1936	Road Gang	Grayson	65
73	1936	Flash Gordon	Ming the Merciless	64
74	1936	Show Boat	Sheriff Ike Vallon	68
75	1936	A Son Comes Home	Prosecutor	10
76	1936	Jailbreak	Dan Stone	64
77	1936	The Texas Rangers	Lawyer (uncredited)	64
78	1936	Ramona	American Settler (uncredited)	51
79	1936	Wedding Present	Turnbull	65
80	1936	Career Woman	Matt Clay	60
81	1936	Empty Saddles	Cim White	0
82	1937	We're on the Jury	Mr. Martin	58
83	1937	Two Gun Law	Wolf Larson	0
84	1937	Hollywood Cowboy	'Doc' Kramer	50
85	1937	The Good Earth	Banker (uncredited)	63
86	1937	Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge	Gene Autry Sr.	55
87	1937	Slave Ship	Slave Dealer	48
88	1937	The Last Train from Madrid	Warden (uncredited)	47
89	1937	Stand-In	Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln	63
90	1937	The Man Without a Country	President Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)	57
91	1938	Rocket Ship	Emperor Ming	48
92	1938	Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars	Emperor Ming	62
93	1938	Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars	Ming the Merciless	100
94	1938	Jezebel	Officer (uncredited)	70
95	1938	Joaquin Murrieta	Politician (uncredited)	0
96	1938	Flaming Frontiers	Ace Daggett	52
97	1938	Dick Tracy Returns	Pa Stark	58
98	1938	Mars Attacks the World	Ming the Merciless	60
99	1938	The Strange Case of Dr. Meade	Lacey	50
100	1938	Kentucky	Southerner	58
101	1939	Jesse James	Doctor	64
102	1939	The Oklahoma Kid	Alec Martin	60
103	1939	Captain Fury	Mergon	49
104	1939	Daredevils of the Red Circle	39013	40
105	1939	Wyoming Outlaw	Luke Parker	56
106	1939	Way Down South	Cass	58
107	1939	One Against the World	Mr. Crumley (uncredited)	0
108	1939	Blackmail	Southern Deputy (uncredited)	64
109	1939	$1,000 a Touchdown	Stage Manager (uncredited)	20
110	1939	The Flying Deuces	Commandant	64
111	1939	Allegheny Uprising	Dr. Stoke	56
112	1939	Cowboys from Texas	Kansas Jones	20
113	1939	Gone with the Wind	Man with Stove Pipe Hat in Charge of Convict Workers (uncredited)	79
114	1939	Thou Shalt Not Kill	Lars Olsen	0
115	1940	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Tom Lincoln	70
116	1940	Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe	Emperor Ming	58
117	1940	The Grapes of Wrath	Leader	78
118	1940	Virginia City	Jefferson Davis	61
119	1940	Shooting High	Hod Carson	80
120	1940	Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise	Jeremiah Walters	67
121	1940	Island of Doomed Men	Captain Cort	53
122	1940	Women in Hiding	Alice's Father (uncredited)	70
123	1940	Gold Rush Maisie	Camp Owner with a Pig (Uncredited)	65
124	1940	Rangers of Fortune	Water Thug	50
125	1940	Brigham Young	Mob Member	44
126	1940	Eyes of the Navy	Farmer (uncredited)	74
127	1940	Santa Fe Trail	Gentry	57
128	1941	Western Union	Stagecoach Rider	60
129	1941	The Shepherd of the Hills	Blacksmith (uncredited)	66
130	1941	Wild Geese Calling	Doctor Jed Sloan	58
131	1941	Belle Starr	Carpetbagger	56
132	1941	Stick to Your Guns	Long Ben, gambler-saloon owner	50
133	1941	Jungle Man	Rev. James 'Jim' Graham	28
134	1941	Sergeant York	Mountaineer (uncredited)	72
135	1942	Wild Bill Hickok Rides	Claim Jumping Leader	47
136	1942	The Mystery of Marie Roget	Curator	55
137	1942	Men of San Quentin	Saunderson	0
138	1942	Perils of Nyoka	Cassib	0
139	1943	Spook Louder	Graves' Valet	69
140	1943	The Black Raven	Sheriff	54
141	1943	Boobs in the Night		0
142	1943	Batman	Ken Colton	64
143	1943	Oklahoma Outlaws	Judge Ringle	50
144	1943	Crazy House	Sheriff	50
145	1943	Wagon Wheels West	Phineas Hook	40
146	1944	Black Arrow	Tom Whitney	0
147	1944	The Desert Hawk	Koda Bey	60
148	1944	The Town Went Wild	Sam, Midvale District Attorney	50
149	1945	Hollywood and Vine	Attorney	40
150	1945	Our Vines Have Tender Grapes	Mr. Jensen	69
151	1945	Northwest Trail	Pierre	50
152	1945	How DOooo You Do	Sheriff Hayworth	0
153	1946	Strangler of the Swamp	Ferryman Douglas	57
154	1946	Spook Busters	Mr. Stiles	48
155	1946	The Killers	Farmer (uncredited)	74
156	1947	The Sea of Grass	Charley - Saloon Owner (uncredited)	63
157	1947	Welcome Stranger	Farmer Pinkett (uncredited)	66
158	1947	Gunfighters	Sheriff #1 (uncredited)	55
159	1947	The Pretender	William the butler	55
160	1948	My Girl Tisa		0
161	1948	Here Comes Trouble	Reporter (uncredited)	46
162	1948	Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House	Wrecker (uncredited)	70
163	1948	Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'	Townsman (uncredited)	65
164	1948	Station West	Sheriff	61
165	1948	Jiggs and Maggie in Court	Mr. Burton, an Attorney	0
166	1948	The Decision of Christopher Blake	President in Dream (uncredited)	35
167	1949	The Last Bandit	Blindfolded Circuit Rider	60
168	1966	Purple Death from Outer Space	Ming the Merciless	52
169	1966	Spaceship to the Unknown	Ming the Merciless (archive footage)	60
170	1973	A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'	Self (archive footage)	0
171	1982	Dance of the Cookoos	Commandant	0
172	1984	Going Hollywood: The '30s	(archive footage)	100

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
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