Charles Middleton
Acting · 74 years old
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
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
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars
Ming the Merciless
Shooting High
Hod Carson
Gone with the Wind
Man with Stove Pipe Hat in Charge of Convict Workers (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
Leader
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Song of the Saddle
Phineas P. Hook
Steamboat Round the Bend
Fleety Belle's Father
The Killers
Farmer (uncredited)
Duck Soup
Prosecutor
Eyes of the Navy
Farmer (uncredited)
Sergeant York
Mountaineer (uncredited)
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Mr. Jensen
Palmy Days
Yolando
David Harum
Deacon
Women in Hiding
Alice's Father (uncredited)
Jezebel
Officer (uncredited)
Behold My Wife!
Juan Storm Cloud
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Wrecker (uncredited)
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Jeremiah Walters