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