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Charles Middleton

Acting Born Oct 2, 1874 Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Gone with the Wind

as Man with Stove Pipe Hat in Charge of Convict Workers (uncredited)
Film

The Grapes of Wrath

as Leader
Film

The Killers

as Farmer (uncredited)
Film

Duck Soup

as Prosecutor

Full filmography

  • Gone with the Wind (1939) as Man with Stove Pipe Hat in Charge of Convict Workers (uncredited)
  • The Grapes of Wrath (1940) as Leader
  • Batman (1943) as Ken Colton
  • Sergeant York (1941) as Mountaineer (uncredited)
  • The Killers (1946) as Farmer (uncredited)
  • The Good Earth (1937) as Banker (uncredited)
  • Duck Soup (1933) as Prosecutor
  • Belle Starr (1941) as Carpetbagger
  • Jesse James (1939) as Doctor
  • Flash Gordon (1936) as Ming the Merciless
  • Western Union (1941) as Stagecoach Rider
  • Jezebel (1938) as Officer (uncredited)
  • Brigham Young (1940) as Mob Member
  • The Flying Deuces (1939) as Commandant
  • Gunfighters (1947) as Sheriff #1 (uncredited)
  • Santa Fe Trail (1940) as Gentry
  • Special Agent (1935) as State Police Commander (uncredited)
  • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) as Train Conductor (uncredited)
  • Road Gang (1936) as Grayson
  • Way Down South (1939) as Cass
  • The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) as Blacksmith
  • Allegheny Uprising (1939) as Dr. Stoke
  • The Sign of the Cross (1932) as Tyros
  • Rose of the Rancho (1936) as Horse Doctor (uncredited)