Gone with the Wind1939
As Man with Stove Pipe Hat in Charge of Convict Workers (uncredited)
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Charles Middleton
Born
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 (179)
The Grapes of Wrath1940
As Leader
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Sergeant York1941
As Mountaineer (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang1932
As Train Conductor (uncredited)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Killers1946
As Farmer (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Duck Soup1933
As Prosecutor
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Santa Fe Trail1940
As Gentry
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Sign of the Cross1932
As Tyros
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Jesse James1939
As Doctor
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Jezebel1938
As Officer (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House1948
As Wrecker (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Shepherd of the Hills1941
As Blacksmith (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Western Union1941
As Stagecoach Rider
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Flying Deuces1939
As Commandant
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Sea of Grass1947
As Charley - Saloon Owner (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Batman1943
As Ken Colton
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Virginia City1940
As Jefferson Davis
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Miracle Woman1931
As Simpson
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine1936
As Blacksmith
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Murder at the Vanities1934
As Homer Boothby
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Brigham Young1940
As Mob Member
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Pack Up Your Troubles1932
As Welfare Association Officer
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Gunfighters1947
As Sheriff #1 (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Belle Starr1941
As Carpetbagger
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Pretender1947
As William the butler
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Flash Gordon1936
As Ming the Merciless
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Safe in Hell1931
As Lawyer Jones
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Good Earth1937
As Banker (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Mystery of Marie Roget1942
As Curator
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Allegheny Uprising1939
As Dr. Stoke
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Special Agent1935
As State Police Commander (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Show Boat1936
As Sheriff Ike Vallon
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Beau Hunks1931
As Commandant
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Abe Lincoln in Illinois1940
As Tom Lincoln
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe1940
As Emperor Ming
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Broadway Bill1934
As Veterinarian (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Oklahoma Kid1939
As Alec Martin
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Going Hollywood: The '30s1984
As (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Station West1948
As Sheriff
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Jungle Man1941
As Rev. James 'Jim' Graham
TMDb 3.2 / 10
An American Tragedy1931
As Attorney Reuben Jephson
TMDb 6.3 / 10
This Day and Age1933
As District Attorney
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Bowery1933
As Detective (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Sob Sister1931
As City Editor Baker
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Frisco Kid1935
As Speaker (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Daredevils of the Red Circle1939
As 39013
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Last Train from Madrid1937
As Warden (uncredited)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Steamboat Round the Bend1935
As Fleety Belle's Father
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Wild Bill Hickok Rides1942
As Claim Jumping Leader
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'1948
As Townsman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Island of Doomed Men1940
As Captain Cort
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Rose of the Rancho1936
As Horse Doctor (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Welcome Stranger1947
As Farmer Pinkett (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Empty Saddles1936
As Cim White
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Pick-up1933
As Mr. Brewster
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Mr. Skitch1933
As Joe
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Whom the Gods Destroy1934
As Constable Malcolm (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Palmy Days1931
As Yolando
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes1945
As Mr. Jensen
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Song of the Saddle1936
As Phineas P. Hook
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The World Changes1933
As Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok (uncredited)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain1932
As Police Capt. Slade
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Road Gang1936
As Grayson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'1973
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Kentucky1938
As Southerner
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Hop-a-long Cassidy1935
As Buck Peters
TMDb 6.5 / 10
White Woman1933
As Fenton
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Decision of Christopher Blake1948
As President in Dream (uncredited)
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Strangler of the Swamp1946
As Ferryman Douglas
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Last Round-up1934
As Sheriff
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The St. Louis Kid1934
As Sheriff (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Dick Tracy Returns1938
As Pa Stark
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Wedding Present1936
As Turnbull
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Gold Rush Maisie1940
As Camp Owner with a Pig (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
$1,000 a Touchdown1939
As Stage Manager (uncredited)
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise1940
As Jeremiah Walters
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Texas Rangers1936
As Lawyer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Mars Attacks the World1938
As Ming the Merciless
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Stick to Your Guns1941
As Long Ben, gambler-saloon owner
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Town Went Wild1944
As Sam, Midvale District Attorney
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Welcome Danger1929
As John Thorne / The Dragon
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade1938
As Lacey
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch1934
As Mr. Bagby
TMDb 6.0 / 10
We're on the Jury1937
As Mr. Martin
TMDb 6.2 / 10
A House Divided1931
As Minister
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Manhattan Parade1931
As Sheriff Casey
TMDb 3.2 / 10
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars1938
As Emperor Ming
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Spaceship to the Unknown1966
As Ming the Merciless (archive footage)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
East Is West1930
As Dr. Fredericks
TMDb 5.3 / 10
My Girl Tisa1948
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Boy from Mercury1996
As Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Three Musketeers1933
As El Shaitan (voice)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Hatchet Man1932
As Lip Hop Fat
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Ramona1936
As American Settler (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Devil's Cabaret1930
As Mr. Satan (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
X Marks the Spot1931
As Kirby
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Way Down South1939
As Cass
TMDb 6.4 / 10
One Against the World1939
As Mr. Crumley (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Captain Fury1939
As Mergon
TMDb 5.6 / 10
How DOooo You Do1945
As Sheriff Hayworth
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Slave Ship1937
As Slave Dealer
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Caught Plastered1931
As Sheriff Flint
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Reckless1935
As District Attorney (uncredited)
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Miracle Rider1935
As Zaroff
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Rockabye1932
As District Attorney (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Last Bandit1949
As Blindfolded Circuit Rider
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge1937
As Gene Autry Sr.
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Man Without a Country1937
As President Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Peril from the Planet Mongo1966
As Ming the Merciless
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Silver Dollar1932
As Jenkins
TMDb 6.2 / 10
A Son Comes Home1936
As Prosecutor
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Crazy House1943
As Sheriff
TMDb 6.0 / 10
In Spite of Danger1935
As Mr. Merritt
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Fixer Uppers1935
As Pierre Gustave
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Blackmail1939
As Southern Deputy (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Jiggs and Maggie in Court1948
As Mr. Burton, an Attorney
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars1966
As Ming the Merciless
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Black Raven1943
As Sheriff
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Farmer's Daughter1928
As Hiram Flint
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Lone Cowboy1933
As U.S. Marshal
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Perils of Nyoka1942
As Cassib
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Disgraced!1933
As District Attorney
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Rangers of Fortune1940
As Water Thug
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Stand-In1937
As Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Tomorrow at Seven1933
As Jerry Simons
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Purple Death from Outer Space1966
As Ming the Merciless
TMDb 5.8 / 10
High Pressure1932
As Mr. Banks
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Phantom President1932
As Abe Lincoln (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Eyes of the Navy1940
As Farmer (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Dance of the Cookoos1982
As Commandant
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Here Comes Trouble1948
As Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Thou Shalt Not Kill1939
As Lars Olsen
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Too Busy to Work1932
As Chief of Police
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Spook Louder1943
As Graves' Valet
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Doctor Bull1933
As Mr. Upjohn
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Beau Bandit1930
As Lucius J. Perkins
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Road Is Open Again1933
As Abraham Lincoln
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Jailbreak1936
As Dan Stone
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Wild Geese Calling1941
As Doctor Jed Sloan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Sunset Pass1933
As Williams
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Wagon Wheels West1943
As Phineas Hook
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hell's Highway1932
As Matthew the Hermit
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Way Out West1930
As Buck Rankin
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Mystery Ranch1932
As Henry Steele
TMDb 7.0 / 10
David Harum1934
As Deacon
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Flaming Frontiers1938
As Ace Daggett
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Rocket Ship1938
As Emperor Ming
TMDb 6.3 / 10
At Twelve Midnight1933
As Roger Thurston
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Massacre1934
As Sheriff Scatters
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Cowboys from Texas1939
As Kansas Jones
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Boobs in the Night1943
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Wyoming Outlaw1939
As Luke Parker
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Spook Busters1946
As Mr. Stiles
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Career Woman1936
As Matt Clay
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Ruling Voice1931
As Board Member (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Women in Hiding1940
As Alice's Father (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Desert Hawk1944
As Koda Bey
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Behold My Wife!1934
As Juan Storm Cloud
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Destination Unknown1933
As Turk
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Oklahoma Outlaws1943
As Judge Ringle
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Northwest Trail1945
As Pierre
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Hollywood Cowboy1937
As 'Doc' Kramer
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Square Shooter1935
As Miller
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Big Executive1933
As Sheriff
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Men of San Quentin1942
As Saunderson
TMDb 9.0 / 10
When Strangers Meet1934
As John Tarman
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Joaquin Murrieta1938
As Politician (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Shooting High1940
As Hod Carson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Far Call1929
As Kris Larsen
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Virginia Judge1935
As Cyrus Higgins
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Hollywood and Vine1945
As Attorney
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Black Arrow1944
As Tom Whitney
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Two Gun Law1937
As Wolf Larson
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Red Morning1934
As Stanchon
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Ships of Hate1931
As Captain Lash
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Sunset of Power1936
As Neil Brannum
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Dangerous Affair1931
As Tupper
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Breach of Promise
Breach of Promise1932
As Joe Pugmire
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Bellamy Trial
The Bellamy Trial1929
As District Attorney
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb