Charles Middleton
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
Empty Saddles
1936 · 10.0
The Farmer's Daughter
1928 · 10.0
Boobs in the Night
1943 · 10.0
When Strangers Meet
1934 · 10.0
Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars
1966 · 10.0
Dance of the Cookoos
1982 · 10.0
The Virginia Judge
1935 · 10.0
Breach of Promise
1932 · 10.0
Two Gun Law
1937 · 10.0
My Girl Tisa
1948 · 9.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · 9.0
Men of San Quentin
1942 · 9.0
Behold My Wife!
1934 · 8.0
Sunset Pass
1933 · 8.0
The Last Round-up
1934 · 8.0
The Boy from Mercury
1996 · 8.0
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
1948 · 8.0
Perils of Nyoka
1942 · 8.0
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1939 · 8.0
One Against the World
1939 · 8.0
The Far Call
1929 · 8.0
Sunset of Power
1936 · 8.0
Gone with the Wind
1939 · 7.9
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · 7.8
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932 · 7.8
How DOooo You Do
1945 · 7.5
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935 · 7.5
David Harum
1934 · 7.5
Ships of Hate
1931 · 7.5
The Killers
1946 · 7.4
Eyes of the Navy
1940 · 7.4
Duck Soup
1933 · 7.3
Mr. Skitch
1933 · 7.3
Song of the Saddle
1936 · 7.3
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948 · 7.3
Spaceship to the Unknown
1966 · 7.3
Joaquin Murrieta
1938 · 7.3
Palmy Days
1931 · 7.2
Sergeant York
1941 · 7.2
Spook Louder
1943 · 7.2
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945 · 7.1
Sob Sister
1931 · 7.0
Jezebel
1938 · 7.0
Rose of the Rancho
1936 · 7.0
Road Gang
1936 · 7.0
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 · 7.0
The Road Is Open Again
1933 · 7.0
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 · 7.0
Peril from the Planet Mongo
1966 · 7.0
Frisco Kid
1935 · 7.0
A Dangerous Affair
1931 · 7.0
Wagon Wheels West
1943 · 7.0
The Town Went Wild
1944 · 7.0
Shooting High
1940 · 7.0
Big Executive
1933 · 7.0
The Last Bandit
1949 · 7.0
Women in Hiding
1940 · 7.0
Black Arrow
1944 · 7.0
Destination Unknown
1933 · 7.0
Mystery Ranch
1932 · 7.0
Welcome Stranger
1947 · 6.9
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940 · 6.9
Blackmail
1939 · 6.9
Gold Rush Maisie
1940 · 6.9
Beau Hunks
1931 · 6.8
The Fixer Uppers
1935 · 6.8
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932 · 6.8
Show Boat
1936 · 6.7
The Miracle Woman
1931 · 6.7
Safe in Hell
1931 · 6.7
Doctor Bull
1933 · 6.7
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
1937 · 6.7
Jailbreak
1936 · 6.7
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941 · 6.6
The Texas Rangers
1936 · 6.6
Jesse James
1939 · 6.6
Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935 · 6.5
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936 · 6.5
Rockabye
1932 · 6.5
Mars Attacks the World
1938 · 6.5
Too Busy to Work
1932 · 6.5
Stand-In
1937 · 6.5
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938 · 6.5
Wild Geese Calling
1941 · 6.5
The Phantom President
1932 · 6.5
Disgraced!
1933 · 6.5
X Marks the Spot
1931 · 6.5
Rangers of Fortune
1940 · 6.5
The Desert Hawk
1944 · 6.5
The Sign of the Cross
1932 · 6.5
Way Down South
1939 · 6.4
Station West
1948 · 6.4
Flash Gordon
1936 · 6.4
The Flying Deuces
1939 · 6.4
Virginia City
1940 · 6.3
The Good Earth
1937 · 6.3
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
1938 · 6.3
An American Tragedy
1931 · 6.3
The St. Louis Kid
1934 · 6.3
Rocket Ship
1938 · 6.3
Batman
1943 · 6.2
Caught Plastered
1931 · 6.2
We're on the Jury
1937 · 6.2
Silver Dollar
1932 · 6.2
Wedding Present
1936 · 6.2
Oklahoma Outlaws
1943 · 6.2
Tomorrow at Seven
1933 · 6.2
Square Shooter
1935 · 6.2
The Ruling Voice
1931 · 6.2
Special Agent
1935 · 6.1
The Sea of Grass
1947 · 6.1
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932 · 6.1
Kentucky
1938 · 6.1
Way Out West
1930 · 6.1
The Man Without a Country
1937 · 6.1
Hell's Highway
1932 · 6.1
Western Union
1941 · 6.0
The Oklahoma Kid
1939 · 6.0
Broadway Bill
1934 · 6.0
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934 · 6.0
Crazy House
1943 · 6.0
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934 · 6.0
Dick Tracy Returns
1938 · 6.0
Career Woman
1936 · 6.0
Cowboys from Texas
1939 · 6.0
Belle Starr
1941 · 5.9
Allegheny Uprising
1939 · 5.9
The Devil's Cabaret
1930 · 5.9
The Pretender
1947 · 5.8
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940 · 5.8
Strangler of the Swamp
1946 · 5.8
Wyoming Outlaw
1939 · 5.8
Purple Death from Outer Space
1966 · 5.8
Northwest Trail
1945 · 5.8
White Woman
1933 · 5.8
Ramona
1936 · 5.8
High Pressure
1932 · 5.8
At Twelve Midnight
1933 · 5.7
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · 5.7
Murder at the Vanities
1934 · 5.7
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942 · 5.7
The Three Musketeers
1933 · 5.7
Stick to Your Guns
1941 · 5.7
Red Morning
1934 · 5.7
Gunfighters
1947 · 5.6
Captain Fury
1939 · 5.6
A House Divided
1931 · 5.6
Island of Doomed Men
1940 · 5.5
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942 · 5.5
In Spite of Danger
1935 · 5.5
The Miracle Rider
1935 · 5.5
The Black Raven
1943 · 5.5
Spook Busters
1946 · 5.5
Massacre
1934 · 5.5
Hollywood Cowboy
1937 · 5.5
The Bowery
1933 · 5.4
The Hatchet Man
1932 · 5.4
East Is West
1930 · 5.3
Here Comes Trouble
1948 · 5.2
Reckless
1935 · 5.2
Pick-up
1933 · 5.1
Slave Ship
1937 · 5.1
Flaming Frontiers
1938 · 5.1
This Day and Age
1933 · 5.0
Welcome Danger
1929 · 4.9
The World Changes
1933 · 4.8
The Last Train from Madrid
1937 · 4.8
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939 · 4.8
Brigham Young
1940 · 4.6
Beau Bandit
1930 · 4.6
Hollywood and Vine
1945 · 4.4
A Son Comes Home
1936 · 4.0
Lone Cowboy
1933 · 4.0
The Bellamy Trial
1929 · 4.0
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948 · 3.8
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939 · 3.7
Jungle Man
1941 · 3.2
Manhattan Parade
1931 · 3.2