

Charles Middleton
Acting
October 2, 1874
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
April 22, 1949
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.
The Filmography


The Desert Hawk

The Black Raven

Island of Doomed Men

Shooting High

Wyoming Outlaw

Daredevils of the Red Circle

Captain Fury

The Oklahoma Kid

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade

Mars Attacks the World

Flaming Frontiers

The Man Without a Country

Jailbreak

A Son Comes Home

Flash Gordon

David Harum

Massacre

Duck Soup
