Charles Middleton
Born: 1874-10-02
Place of Birth: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
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
Gone with the Wind
1939★ 7.9
The Bowery
1933★ 5.0
Western Union
1941★ 6.0
Belle Starr
1941★ 5.6
Wyoming Outlaw
1939★ 5.6
Silver Dollar
1932★ 5.7
Joaquin Murrieta
1938★ 6.0
Allegheny Uprising
1939★ 5.6
Sergeant York
1941★ 7.2
Wedding Present
1936★ 6.5
Palmy Days
1931★ 7.0
Special Agent
1935★ 6.2
Duck Soup
1933★ 7.3
Big Executive
1933★ 0.0
Pick-up
1933★ 4.0
Jesse James
1939★ 6.5
Oklahoma Outlaws
1943★ 5.0
Mr. Skitch
1933★ 6.0
White Woman
1933★ 5.7
Sob Sister
1931★ 0.0
Brigham Young
1940★ 4.4
Road Gang
1936★ 6.5
Destination Unknown
1933★ 0.0
High Pressure
1932★ 5.4
Virginia City
1940★ 6.1
Frisco Kid
1935★ 6.8
Beau Bandit
1930★ 3.3
Kentucky
1938★ 5.8
Reckless
1935★ 5.0
Red Morning
1934★ 5.0
Lone Cowboy
1933★ 2.7
Ramona
1936★ 5.1
Welcome Stranger
1947★ 6.6
The Pretender
1947★ 5.5
Gunfighters
1947★ 5.6
Rockabye
1932★ 6.2
Caught Plastered
1931★ 5.8
A Son Comes Home
1936★ 1.0
One Against the World
1939★ 0.0
Show Boat
1936★ 6.8
Women in Hiding
1940★ 7.0
Spook Busters
1946★ 4.8
Sunset Pass
1933★ 6.0
Sunset of Power
1936★ 0.0
The Grapes of Wrath
1940★ 7.8
The Killers
1946★ 7.4
Behold My Wife!
1934★ 7.0
Doctor Bull
1933★ 6.5
Square Shooter
1935★ 5.2
My Girl Tisa
1948★ 0.0
Massacre
1934★ 5.4
Jungle Man
1941★ 2.8
Batman
1943★ 6.4
Flash Gordon
1936★ 6.4
Mars Attacks the World
1938★ 6.0
Spook Louder
1943★ 6.9
Jezebel
1938★ 7.0
Way Down South
1939★ 5.8
Beau Hunks
1931★ 6.8
Boobs in the Night
1943★ 0.0
Empty Saddles
1936★ 0.0
The Black Raven
1943★ 5.2
Too Busy to Work
1932★ 4.0
The Sea of Grass
1947★ 6.1
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948★ 7.0
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941★ 6.5
Way Out West
1930★ 5.9
The Last Bandit
1949★ 6.0
The Texas Rangers
1936★ 6.3
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945★ 7.0
The Miracle Woman
1931★ 6.7
Santa Fe Trail
1940★ 5.7
Two Gun Law
1937★ 0.0
X Marks the Spot
1931★ 6.0
The Good Earth
1937★ 6.2
The Miracle Rider
1935★ 4.3
The Flying Deuces
1939★ 6.4
The Hatchet Man
1932★ 4.7
The Ruling Voice
1931★ 6.0
Perils of Nyoka
1942★ 0.0
Station West
1948★ 6.2
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932★ 7.8
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940★ 5.8
The Sign of the Cross
1932★ 6.1
Wagon Wheels West
1943★ 4.0
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939★ 2.0
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935★ 7.5
A Dangerous Affair
1931★ 0.0
Safe in Hell
1931★ 6.6
Here Comes Trouble
1948★ 4.6
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934★ 5.5
The World Changes
1933★ 4.3
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936★ 6.5
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984★ 10.0
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
1937★ 5.5
In Spite of Danger
1935★ 1.0
Wild Geese Calling
1941★ 5.8
Cowboys from Texas
1939★ 2.0
The Desert Hawk
1944★ 6.0
Island of Doomed Men
1940★ 5.4
The Oklahoma Kid
1939★ 6.0
The Fixer Uppers
1935★ 6.8
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942★ 4.7
Broadway Bill
1934★ 6.0
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948★ 2.7
Blackmail
1939★ 6.4
Spaceship to the Unknown
1966★ 6.0
Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935★ 5.3
A House Divided
1931★ 4.8
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
1938★ 6.2
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
1948★ 0.0
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932★ 6.7
Hell's Highway
1932★ 5.9
We're on the Jury
1937★ 5.8
Dick Tracy Returns
1938★ 5.8
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948★ 6.5
Captain Fury
1939★ 4.9
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940★ 6.8
Stand-In
1937★ 6.3
Slave Ship
1937★ 4.5
An American Tragedy
1931★ 6.1
Gold Rush Maisie
1940★ 6.5
This Day and Age
1933★ 3.0
The Devil's Cabaret
1930★ 5.2
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939★ 4.0
The Last Train from Madrid
1937★ 4.3
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932★ 5.9
The Town Went Wild
1944★ 5.0
East Is West
1930★ 4.0
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938★ 5.0
Flaming Frontiers
1938★ 4.8
The Three Musketeers
1933★ 5.3
Crazy House
1943★ 5.0
Rangers of Fortune
1940★ 5.0
Tomorrow at Seven
1933★ 6.0
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940★ 6.9
At Twelve Midnight
1933★ 4.5
Jailbreak
1936★ 6.4
Hollywood Cowboy
1937★ 5.0
Eyes of the Navy
1940★ 7.2
Hollywood and Vine
1945★ 4.0
Rocket Ship
1938★ 4.8
Murder at the Vanities
1934★ 5.5
Mystery Ranch
1932★ 6.0
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942★ 5.5
Song of the Saddle
1936★ 7.0
Strangler of the Swamp
1946★ 5.7
Black Arrow
1944★ 0.0
Career Woman
1936★ 6.0
David Harum
1934★ 7.0
Men of San Quentin
1942★ 0.0
Rose of the Rancho
1936★ 0.0
Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars
1938★ 10.0
Peril from the Planet Mongo
1966★ 6.0
Disgraced!
1933★ 6.0
The Phantom President
1932★ 5.5
The Boy from Mercury
1996★ 6.0
Welcome Danger
1929★ 4.9
The Far Call
1929★ 0.0
The Man Without a Country
1937★ 5.7
The Last Round-up
1934★ 0.0
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934★ 6.0
How DOooo You Do
1945★ 0.0
Shooting High
1940★ 8.0
Stick to Your Guns
1941★ 4.0
Manhattan Parade
1931★ 1.8
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973★ 0.0
The Road Is Open Again
1933★ 0.0
Northwest Trail
1945★ 5.0
Ships of Hate
1931★ 0.0
Purple Death from Outer Space
1966★ 5.2
When Strangers Meet
1934★ 0.0
Dance of the Cookoos
1982★ 0.0