Charles Middleton
Acting
October 2, 1874
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
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.
Movies
Gone with the Wind
1939
Sunset of Power
1936
One Against the World
1939
Mars Attacks the World
1938
A Son Comes Home
1936
Women in Hiding
1940
The Black Raven
1943
Western Union
1941
Too Busy to Work
1932
The Miracle Woman
1931
Way Out West
1930
The Bowery
1933
The Last Bandit
1949
Sergeant York
1941
Jesse James
1939
Silver Dollar
1932
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
The Ruling Voice
1931
Joaquin Murrieta
1938
Duck Soup
1933