Charles Middleton

Known for: Acting

Born: 1874-10-02 – 1949-04-22 (aged 74)

From: 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.

Filmography (177)

MOVIE★ 8.0
The Boy from Mercury
1996
as Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Dance of the Cookoos
1982
as Commandant
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Peril from the Planet Mongo
1966
as Ming the Merciless
MOVIE★ 10.0
Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars
1966
as Ming the Merciless
MOVIE★ 5.8
Purple Death from Outer Space
1966
as Ming the Merciless
MOVIE★ 7.3
Spaceship to the Unknown
1966
as Ming the Merciless (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Last Bandit
1949
as Blindfolded Circuit Rider
MOVIE★ 3.8
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
as President in Dream (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
1948
as Mr. Burton, an Attorney
MOVIE★ 6.4
Station West
1948
as Sheriff
MOVIE★ 7.3
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948
as Townsman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
as Wrecker (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Here Comes Trouble
1948
as Reporter (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
My Girl Tisa
1948
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Pretender
1947
as William the butler
MOVIE★ 5.7
Gunfighters
1947
as Sheriff #1 (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Welcome Stranger
1947
as Farmer Pinkett (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Charley - Saloon Owner (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Killers
1946
as Farmer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Spook Busters
1946
as Mr. Stiles
MOVIE★ 5.8
Strangler of the Swamp
1946
as Ferryman Douglas
MOVIE★ 7.5
How DOooo You Do
1945
as Sheriff Hayworth
MOVIE★ 5.8
Northwest Trail
1945
as Pierre
MOVIE★ 7.2
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945
as Mr. Jensen
MOVIE★ 4.4
Hollywood and Vine
1945
as Attorney
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Town Went Wild
1944
as Sam, Midvale District Attorney
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Desert Hawk
1944
as Koda Bey
MOVIE★ 7.0
Black Arrow
1944
as Tom Whitney
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wagon Wheels West
1943
as Phineas Hook
MOVIE★ 6.0
Crazy House
1943
as Sheriff
MOVIE★ 6.3
Oklahoma Outlaws
1943
as Judge Ringle
MOVIE★ 6.2
Batman
1943
as Ken Colton
MOVIE★ 10.0
Boobs in the Night
1943
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Black Raven
1943
as Sheriff
MOVIE★ 7.2
Spook Louder
1943
as Graves' Valet
MOVIE★ 8.0
Perils of Nyoka
1942
as Cassib
MOVIE★ 9.0
Men of San Quentin
1942
as Saunderson
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942
as Curator
MOVIE★ 5.5
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
as Claim Jumping Leader
MOVIE★ 7.2
Sergeant York
1941
as Mountaineer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 3.2
Jungle Man
1941
as Rev. James 'Jim' Graham
MOVIE★ 5.7
Stick to Your Guns
1941
as Long Ben, gambler-saloon owner
MOVIE★ 5.9
Belle Starr
1941
as Carpetbagger
MOVIE★ 6.5
Wild Geese Calling
1941
as Doctor Jed Sloan
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Western Union
1941
as Stagecoach Rider
MOVIE★ 5.8
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Gentry
MOVIE★ 7.4
Eyes of the Navy
1940
as Farmer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Rangers of Fortune
1940
as Water Thug
MOVIE★ 4.6
Brigham Young
1940
as Mob Member
MOVIE★ 6.8
Gold Rush Maisie
1940
as Camp Owner with a Pig (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Women in Hiding
1940
as Alice's Father (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Island of Doomed Men
1940
as Captain Cort
MOVIE★ 6.8
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940
as Jeremiah Walters
MOVIE★ 7.0
Shooting High
1940
as Hod Carson
MOVIE★ 6.2
Virginia City
1940
as Jefferson Davis
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Leader
MOVIE★ 5.8
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940
as Emperor Ming
MOVIE★ 6.9
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Tom Lincoln
MOVIE★ 8.0
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1939
as Lars Olsen
MOVIE★ 7.9
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Man with Stove Pipe Hat in Charge of Convict Workers (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Cowboys from Texas
1939
as Kansas Jones
MOVIE★ 5.9
Allegheny Uprising
1939
as Dr. Stoke
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Flying Deuces
1939
as Commandant
MOVIE★ 3.7
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Blackmail
1939
as Southern Deputy (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
One Against the World
1939
as Mr. Crumley (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Way Down South
1939
as Cass
MOVIE★ 5.8
Wyoming Outlaw
1939
as Luke Parker
MOVIE★ 4.8
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939
as 39013
MOVIE★ 5.6
Captain Fury
1939
as Mergon
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
as Alec Martin
MOVIE★ 6.5
Jesse James
1939
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 6.1
Kentucky
1938
as Southerner
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938
as Lacey
MOVIE★ 6.5
Mars Attacks the World
1938
as Ming the Merciless
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dick Tracy Returns
1938
as Pa Stark
MOVIE★ 5.1
Flaming Frontiers
1938
as Ace Daggett
MOVIE★ 7.3
Joaquin Murrieta
1938
as Politician (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Jezebel
1938
as Officer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
1938
as Emperor Ming
MOVIE★ 6.3
Rocket Ship
1938
as Emperor Ming
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Man Without a Country
1937
as President Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Stand-In
1937
as Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Last Train from Madrid
1937
as Warden (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.1
Slave Ship
1937
as Slave Dealer
MOVIE★ 6.7
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
1937
as Gene Autry Sr.
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Good Earth
1937
as Banker (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Hollywood Cowboy
1937
as 'Doc' Kramer
MOVIE★ 10.0
Two Gun Law
1937
as Wolf Larson
MOVIE★ 6.2
We're on the Jury
1937
as Mr. Martin
MOVIE★ 10.0
Empty Saddles
1936
as Cim White
MOVIE★ 6.0
Career Woman
1936
as Matt Clay
MOVIE★ 6.3
Wedding Present
1936
as Turnbull
MOVIE★ 5.8
Ramona
1936
as American Settler (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Texas Rangers
1936
as Lawyer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Jailbreak
1936
as Dan Stone
MOVIE★ 4.0
A Son Comes Home
1936
as Prosecutor
MOVIE★ 6.7
Show Boat
1936
as Sheriff Ike Vallon
MOVIE★ 6.4
Flash Gordon
1936
as Ming the Merciless
MOVIE★ 7.0
Road Gang
1936
as Grayson
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as Blacksmith
MOVIE★ 7.3
Song of the Saddle
1936
as Phineas P. Hook
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sunset of Power
1936
as Neil Brannum
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rose of the Rancho
1936
as Horse Doctor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Frisco Kid
1935
as Speaker (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Special Agent
1935
as State Police Commander (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935
as Fleety Belle's Father
MOVIE★ 6.5
Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935
as Buck Peters
MOVIE★ 5.1
Reckless
1935
as District Attorney (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Miracle Rider
1935
as Zaroff
MOVIE★ 5.5
In Spite of Danger
1935
as Mr. Merritt
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Fixer Uppers
1935
as Pierre Gustave
MOVIE★ 6.2
Square Shooter
1935
as Miller
MOVIE★ 5.7
Red Morning
1934
as Stanchon
MOVIE★ 8.0
Behold My Wife!
1934
as Juan Storm Cloud
MOVIE★ 6.0
Broadway Bill
1934
as Veterinarian (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934
as Mr. Bagby
MOVIE★ 10.0
When Strangers Meet
1934
as John Tarman
MOVIE★ 6.0
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
as Constable Malcolm (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Murder at the Vanities
1934
as Homer Boothby
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Last Round-up
1934
as Sheriff
MOVIE★ 7.5
David Harum
1934
as Deacon
MOVIE★ 5.5
Massacre
1934
as Sheriff Scatters
MOVIE★ 7.3
Mr. Skitch
1933
as Joe
MOVIE★ 4.0
Lone Cowboy
1933
as U.S. Marshal
MOVIE★ 4.8
The World Changes
1933
as Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Duck Soup
1933
as Prosecutor
MOVIE★ 5.8
White Woman
1933
as Fenton
MOVIE★ 7.0
Big Executive
1933
as Sheriff
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Bowery
1933
as Detective (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Doctor Bull
1933
as Mr. Upjohn
MOVIE★ 5.0
This Day and Age
1933
as District Attorney
MOVIE★ 6.5
Disgraced!
1933
as District Attorney
MOVIE★ 6.2
Tomorrow at Seven
1933
as Jerry Simons
MOVIE★ 5.7
At Twelve Midnight
1933
as Roger Thurston
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sunset Pass
1933
as Williams
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Three Musketeers
1933
as El Shaitan (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Destination Unknown
1933
as Turk
MOVIE★ 5.1
Pick-up
1933
as Mr. Brewster
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Road Is Open Again
1933
as Abraham Lincoln
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Sign of the Cross
1932
as Tyros
MOVIE★ 6.2
Silver Dollar
1932
as Jenkins
MOVIE★ 6.5
Too Busy to Work
1932
as Chief of Police
MOVIE★ 6.5
Rockabye
1932
as District Attorney (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.8
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Breach of Promise
1932
as Joe Pugmire
MOVIE★ 6.1
Hell's Highway
1932
as Matthew the Hermit
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Phantom President
1932
as Abe Lincoln (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
as Welfare Association Officer
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mystery Ranch
1932
as Henry Steele
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
as Police Capt. Slade
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Hatchet Man
1932
as Lip Hop Fat
MOVIE★ 5.8
High Pressure
1932
as Mr. Banks
MOVIE★ 3.2
Manhattan Parade
1931
as Sheriff Casey
MOVIE★ 6.5
X Marks the Spot
1931
as Kirby
MOVIE★ 6.7
Safe in Hell
1931
as Lawyer Jones
MOVIE★ 5.6
A House Divided
1931
as Minister
MOVIE★ 6.8
Beau Hunks
1931
as Commandant
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sob Sister
1931
as City Editor Baker
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Dangerous Affair
1931
as Tupper
MOVIE★ 7.3
Palmy Days
1931
as Yolando
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Ruling Voice
1931
as Board Member (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
An American Tragedy
1931
as Attorney Reuben Jephson
MOVIE★ 6.2
Caught Plastered
1931
as Sheriff Flint
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Miracle Woman
1931
as Simpson
MOVIE★ 7.5
Ships of Hate
1931
as Captain Lash
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Devil's Cabaret
1930
as Mr. Satan (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.3
East Is West
1930
as Dr. Fredericks
MOVIE★ 6.2
Way Out West
1930
as Buck Rankin
MOVIE★ 4.3
Beau Bandit
1930
as Lucius J. Perkins
MOVIE★ 5.0
Welcome Danger
1929
as John Thorne / The Dragon
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Far Call
1929
as Kris Larsen
MOVIE★ 4.0
The Bellamy Trial
1929
as District Attorney
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Farmer's Daughter
1928
as Hiram Flint