Charles Middleton

Born: 1874-10-02, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA

Died: 1949-04-22

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

• Gone with the Wind (1939)
• Sergeant York (1941)
• The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
• Duck Soup (1933)
• Empty Saddles (1936)
• Jesse James (1939)
• I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
• Belle Starr (1941)
• Beau Hunks (1931)
• The Flying Deuces (1939)
• Mr. Skitch (1933)
• Western Union (1941)
• Santa Fe Trail (1940)
• Gunfighters (1947)
• The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
• Sob Sister (1931)
• Palmy Days (1931)
• Brigham Young (1940)
• The Sign of the Cross (1932)
• Jezebel (1938)
• The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
• The Sea of Grass (1947)
• Welcome Stranger (1947)
• Broadway Bill (1934)
• Virginia City (1940)
• The Good Earth (1937)
• Caught Plastered (1931)
• Station West (1948)
• The Bowery (1933)
• Jungle Man (1941)