Charles Middleton
Born: 1874-10-02 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
Died: 1949-04-22
Known For: 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.
Filmography
1996
- The Boy from Mercury as Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)
1984
- Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
1982
- Dance of the Cookoos as Commandant
1973
- A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green' as Self (archive footage)
1966
- Spaceship to the Unknown as Ming the Merciless (archive footage)
- Purple Death from Outer Space as Ming the Merciless
- Peril from the Planet Mongo as Ming the Merciless
- Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars as Ming the Merciless
1949
- The Last Bandit as Blindfolded Circuit Rider
1948
- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as Wrecker (uncredited)
- Station West as Sheriff
- Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' as Townsman (uncredited)
- The Decision of Christopher Blake as President in Dream (uncredited)
- My Girl Tisa
- Here Comes Trouble as Reporter (uncredited)
- Jiggs and Maggie in Court as Mr. Burton, an Attorney
1947
- Gunfighters as Sheriff #1 (uncredited)
- The Sea of Grass as Charley - Saloon Owner (uncredited)
- Welcome Stranger as Farmer Pinkett (uncredited)
- The Pretender as William the butler
1946
- The Killers as Farmer (uncredited)
- Spook Busters as Mr. Stiles
- Strangler of the Swamp as Ferryman Douglas
1945
- Northwest Trail as Pierre
- Our Vines Have Tender Grapes as Mr. Jensen
- Hollywood and Vine as Attorney
- How DOooo You Do as Sheriff Hayworth
1944
- Black Arrow as Tom Whitney
- The Desert Hawk as Koda Bey
- The Town Went Wild as Sam, Midvale District Attorney
1943
- Batman as Ken Colton
- Crazy House as Sheriff
- The Black Raven as Sheriff
- Oklahoma Outlaws as Judge Ringle
- Wagon Wheels West as Phineas Hook
- Spook Louder as Graves' Valet
- Boobs in the Night
1942
- Perils of Nyoka as Cassib
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Claim Jumping Leader
- The Mystery of Marie Roget as Curator
- Men of San Quentin as Saunderson
1941
- Sergeant York as Mountaineer (uncredited)
- Western Union as Stagecoach Rider
- The Shepherd of the Hills as Blacksmith (uncredited)
- Belle Starr as Carpetbagger
- Stick to Your Guns as Long Ben, gambler-saloon owner
- Wild Geese Calling as Doctor Jed Sloan
- Jungle Man as Rev. James 'Jim' Graham
1940
- The Grapes of Wrath as Leader
- Santa Fe Trail as Gentry
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Tom Lincoln
- Rangers of Fortune as Water Thug
- Virginia City as Jefferson Davis
- Gold Rush Maisie as Camp Owner with a Pig (Uncredited)
- Brigham Young as Mob Member
- Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise as Jeremiah Walters
- Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as Emperor Ming
- Women in Hiding as Alice's Father (uncredited)
- Eyes of the Navy as Farmer (uncredited)
- Island of Doomed Men as Captain Cort
- Shooting High as Hod Carson
1939
- Gone with the Wind as Man with Stove Pipe Hat in Charge of Convict Workers (uncredited)
- Jesse James as Doctor
- The Flying Deuces as Commandant
- The Oklahoma Kid as Alec Martin
- Blackmail as Southern Deputy (uncredited)
- Daredevils of the Red Circle as 39013
- Captain Fury as Mergon
- One Against the World as Mr. Crumley (uncredited)
- Wyoming Outlaw as Luke Parker
- Allegheny Uprising as Dr. Stoke
- Cowboys from Texas as Kansas Jones
- Way Down South as Cass
- $1,000 a Touchdown as Stage Manager (uncredited)
- Thou Shalt Not Kill as Lars Olsen
1938
- Jezebel as Officer (uncredited)
- Mars Attacks the World as Ming the Merciless
- Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars as Emperor Ming
- Kentucky as Southerner
- The Strange Case of Dr. Meade as Lacey
- Rocket Ship as Emperor Ming
- Flaming Frontiers as Ace Daggett
- Joaquin Murrieta as Politician (uncredited)
- Dick Tracy Returns as Pa Stark
1937
- The Good Earth as Banker (uncredited)
- Slave Ship as Slave Dealer
- The Last Train from Madrid as Warden (uncredited)
- Stand-In as Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln
- Hollywood Cowboy as 'Doc' Kramer
- The Man Without a Country as President Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
- Two Gun Law as Wolf Larson
- We're on the Jury as Mr. Martin
- Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge as Gene Autry Sr.
1936
- Show Boat as Sheriff Ike Vallon
- Flash Gordon as Ming the Merciless
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as Blacksmith
- The Texas Rangers as Lawyer (uncredited)
- Road Gang as Grayson
- Song of the Saddle as Phineas P. Hook
- Rose of the Rancho as Horse Doctor (uncredited)
- Ramona as American Settler (uncredited)
- Career Woman as Matt Clay
- Wedding Present as Turnbull
- Empty Saddles as Cim White
- Jailbreak as Dan Stone
- Sunset of Power as Neil Brannum
- A Son Comes Home as Prosecutor
1935
- Special Agent as State Police Commander (uncredited)
- Reckless as District Attorney (uncredited)
- Frisco Kid as Speaker (uncredited)
- In Spite of Danger as Mr. Merritt
- Steamboat Round the Bend as Fleety Belle's Father
- The Miracle Rider as Zaroff
- Square Shooter as Miller
- Hop-a-long Cassidy as Buck Peters
- The Fixer Uppers as Pierre Gustave
1934
- David Harum as Deacon
- Broadway Bill as Veterinarian (uncredited)
- The Last Round-up as Sheriff
- Whom the Gods Destroy as Constable Malcolm (uncredited)
- Massacre as Sheriff Scatters
- Red Morning as Stanchon
- Behold My Wife! as Juan Storm Cloud
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch as Mr. Bagby
- Murder at the Vanities as Homer Boothby
- When Strangers Meet as John Tarman
1933
- Duck Soup as Prosecutor
- The World Changes as Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok (uncredited)
- White Woman as Fenton
- Lone Cowboy as U.S. Marshal
- The Bowery as Detective (uncredited)
- Destination Unknown as Turk
- Mr. Skitch as Joe
- Pick-up as Mr. Brewster
- Big Executive as Sheriff
- Doctor Bull as Mr. Upjohn
- Tomorrow at Seven as Jerry Simons
- The Three Musketeers as El Shaitan (voice)
- At Twelve Midnight as Roger Thurston
- Sunset Pass as Williams
- This Day and Age as District Attorney
- The Road Is Open Again as Abraham Lincoln
- Disgraced! as District Attorney
1932
- The Sign of the Cross as Tyros
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Pack Up Your Troubles as Welfare Association Officer
- Rockabye as District Attorney (uncredited)
- The Phantom President as Abe Lincoln (uncredited)
- The Strange Love of Molly Louvain as Police Capt. Slade
- Silver Dollar as Jenkins
- Hell's Highway as Matthew the Hermit
- High Pressure as Mr. Banks
- The Hatchet Man as Lip Hop Fat
- Too Busy to Work as Chief of Police
- Mystery Ranch as Henry Steele
- Breach of Promise as Joe Pugmire
1931
- The Miracle Woman as Simpson
- Safe in Hell as Lawyer Jones
- An American Tragedy as Attorney Reuben Jephson
- Beau Hunks as Commandant
- A Dangerous Affair as Tupper
- Sob Sister as City Editor Baker
- The Ruling Voice as Board Member (uncredited)
- Palmy Days as Yolando
- A House Divided as Minister
- Manhattan Parade as Sheriff Casey
- Caught Plastered as Sheriff Flint
- Ships of Hate as Captain Lash
- X Marks the Spot as Kirby
1930
- East Is West as Dr. Fredericks
- Way Out West as Buck Rankin
- Beau Bandit as Lucius J. Perkins
- The Devil's Cabaret as Mr. Satan (uncredited)
1929
- The Bellamy Trial as District Attorney
- The Far Call as Kris Larsen
- Welcome Danger as John Thorne / The Dragon
1928
- The Farmer's Daughter as Hiram Flint