Charles Middleton
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.
Known for
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
- Sergeant York (1941)
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
- The Killers (1946)
- The Sign of the Cross (1932)
- Jesse James (1939)
- The Sea of Grass (1947)
- Santa Fe Trail (1940)
- Duck Soup (1933)
- Jezebel (1938)
- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
- The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
- A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green' (1973)
- The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
- Murder at the Vanities (1934)
- Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
- Western Union (1941)
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
- The Flying Deuces (1939)