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.

Career

Born in

Elizabethtown, Kentucky Elizabethtown is a home rule-class city in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States, and its county seat. The population was 31,394 at the 2020 census, making it the ninth-most populous city in the state. It is the principal city of the Elizab ...

, Middleton worked in a traveling

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and in

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, and acted on stage before he turned to

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in 1920. Middleton's success as a

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, however, did not become firmly established until the sound era in films, when he became known for his resounding, stentorian speaking voice. When

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decided to remake his silent film '' Welcome Danger'' in the new sound-film process, he replaced the silent-film villain with Charles Middleton, whose spoken dialogue projected a more pronounced threat to Lloyd's screen character. Middleton's ominous baritone made him an excellent foil for Lloyd,

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, Wheeler & Woolsey, and especially

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. At

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he was cast in '' Safe in Hell'' (1931) starring Dorothy Mackaill, and '' The Strange Love of Molly Louvain'' (1932) starring Ann Dvorak and

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. In '' Pack Up Your Troubles'', he portrays a villainous welfare association officer opposite Laurel & Hardy. He is also the district attorney in Cecil B. DeMille's 1933 film ''This Day and Age''; and he appears opposite The Marx Brothers in '' Duck Soup'' (also 1933), performing as the stern prosecutor of Freedonia. In

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' classic

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screen version of the musical ''

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'', he is Sheriff Ike Vallon, the official who tries to arrest Julie La Verne ( Helen Morgan) and her husband for being illegally married. Since Middleton's facial features generally resembled those of

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, he was often called upon to portray the famous statesman. In 1932 he impersonated Lincoln in George M. Cohan's '' The Phantom President''. He repeated the characterization in the 1933 public-service short ''The Road Is Open Again''. Four years later, in an uncredited role in the comedy ''

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'', he appears as an actor dressed as Lincoln who complains of being typecast as the former president.''Stand-In'' (1937)
(TCM), Time Warner, New York, N.Y. Retrieved October 25, 2017. Middleton's association with Lincoln did not end there, although in the 1940 feature film '' Abe Lincoln in Illinois'', he performs not as Abe but as Thomas, Lincoln's father. Middleton's brand of old-school theatrical villainy made him an ideal menace in many serials from 1935 to 1947. He is especially well known for his characterization of Ming the Merciless, the evil adversary of the heroic outer-space adventurer

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. He appears as Ming in three related serials: ''

'' (1936), '' Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars'' (1938), and ''

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'' (1940). Some of the other serials in which Middleton can be seen include '' Perils of Nyoka'', '' The Miracle Rider'', '' Dick Tracy Returns'', '' Daredevils of the Red Circle'', ''

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'', and '' Jack Armstrong''. He also portrays the ranch foreman Buck Peters in the 1935 movie '' Hopalong Cassidy Enters'', which is the first entry in that long-running

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series.

Death

Middleton's gravesite is located in

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and is situated next to the grave of his wife of many years, stage and film actress Leora Spellman.

Selected filmography

* '' The $1,000,000 Reward'' (1920) as William Russell * ''Wits vs. Wits'' (1920) as Frank Cheny * ''The Evil Dead'' (1922) as William Russell * '' Pirates of the Pines'' (1928) * ''The Farmer's Daughter'' (1928) as Hiram Flint * '' The Bellamy Trial'' (1929) as District Attorney * '' The Far Call'' (1929) as Kris Larsen * '' Welcome Danger'' (1929) as John Thorne * '' Beau Bandit'' (1930) as Lucius J. Perkins * '' Way Out West'' (1930) as Buck Rankin * '' East Is West'' (1930) as Dr. Fredericks * '' Ships of Hate'' (1931) as Captain Lash * '' The Miracle Woman'' (1931) as Simpson * '' An American Tragedy'' (1931) as Jephson * '' Caught Plastered'' (1931) as Sheriff Flint * ''

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'' (1931) as Rabble Rousing Townsman (uncredited) * '' Palmy Days'' (1931) as Yolando * '' A Dangerous Affair'' (1931) as Tupper * '' Sob Sister'' (1931) as City Editor Baker * ''

The Ruling Voice ''The Ruling Voice'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code gangster drama directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring Walter Huston, Loretta Young, and Doris Kenyon. It had an alternate title ''Upper Underworld'', and was produced by First N ...

'' (1931) as Board Member (uncredited) * '' A House Divided'' (1931) as Minister * '' Safe in Hell'' (1931) as Lawyer Jones * '' X Marks the Spot'' (1931) as Detective Kirby * ''

Manhattan Parade ''Manhattan Parade '' is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was originally intended to be released, in the United States, early in 1931, but was shelved due to public apathy towards musicals. ...

'' (1931) as Sheriff Casey (uncredited) * ''Full of Notions'' (1931) * ''Beau Hunks'' (1931) as Camp Commandant (short subject) * '' Forbidden'' (1932) as Pianist (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1932) as Mr. Banks * '' The Hatchet Man'' (1932) as Lip Hop Fat * '' The Strange Love of Molly Louvain'' (1932) as Captain Slade * '' Mystery Ranch'' (1932) as Henry Steele * '' Pack Up Your Troubles'' (1932) as The Welfare Association Officer * '' The Phantom President'' (1932) as Abe Lincoln (uncredited) * '' Hell's Highway'' (1932) as Matthew the Hermit * '' Breach of Promise'' (1932) as Joe Pugmire * '' I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' (1932) as Train Conductor (uncredited) * '' Rockabye'' (1932) as District Attorney (uncredited) * '' The Sign of the Cross'' (1932) as Tyros * '' Silver Dollar'' (1932) as Jenkins * '' Too Busy to Work'' (1932) as Chief of Police * '' Pick-Up'' (1933) as Mr. Brewster * '' Destination Unknown'' (1933) as Turk * ''

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'' (1933) as El Shaitan-Speaking (uncredited) * '' Sunset Pass'' (1933) as Williams * '' The Mystic Hour'' (1933) as Roger Thurston * '' Tomorrow at Seven'' (1933) as Jerry Simons * '' Disgraced!'' (1933) as district attorney * '' This Day and Age'' (1933) as district attorney * ''The Road is Open Again'' (1933, Short) as Abraham Lincoln * '' Doctor Bull'' (1933) as Mr. Upjohn, Selectman (uncredited) * '' The Bowery'' (1933) as Detective (uncredited) * '' Big Executive'' (1933) as Sheriff * ''

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'' (1933) as Fenton * '' Duck Soup'' (1933) as Prosecutor * '' The World Changes'' (1933) as Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok (uncredited) * '' Lone Cowboy'' (1933) as U.S. Marshal * '' Mr. Skitch'' (1933) as Frank (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1934) as Sheriff Scatters * '' Nana'' (1934) as Man Announcing Start of the War (uncredited) * '' David Harum'' (1934) as Deacon Perkins * '' The Last Round-Up'' (1934) as Sheriff * '' Private Scandal'' (1934) as Mr. Baker (uncredited) * ''

Murder at the Vanities ''Murder at the Vanities'' is a 1934 American pre-Code musical film with music by Victor Young. It was released by Paramount Pictures and directed by Mitchell Leisen. The film stars Victor McLaglen, Carl Brisson, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle ...

'' (1934) as Homer Boothby * '' Whom the Gods Destroy'' (1934) as Constable Malcolm (uncredited) * '' When Strangers Meet'' (1934) as John Tarman * '' Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'' (1934) as Mr. Bagby * '' The St. Louis Kid'' (1934) as Sheriff (uncredited) * '' Broadway Bill'' (1934) as Veterinarian (uncredited) * '' Behold My Wife!'' (1934) as Juan Storm Cloud * '' Red Morning'' (1934) as Stanchon * '' The County Chairman'' (1935) as Riley Cleaver * '' Square Shooter'' (1935) as Jed Miller * '' In Spite of Danger'' (1935) as Mr. Merritt * '' The Miracle Rider'' (1935) as Zaroff * '' Reckless'' (1935) as District Attorney (uncredited) * '' Hop-Along Cassidy'' (1935) as Buck Peters * '' Steamboat Round the Bend'' (1935) as Fleety Belle's Father (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1935) as State Police Commander (uncredited) * '' The Virginia Judge'' (1935) * '' Frisco Kid'' (1935) as Speaker (uncredited) * '' Rose of the Rancho'' (1936) as Horse Doctor (uncredited) * '' Sunset of Power'' (1936) as Neil Brannum * '' The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' (1936) as Blacksmith * '' Road Gang'' (1936) as Mine Warden Grayson * '' Song of the Saddle'' (1936) as Phineas Hook * ''

'' (1936, Serial) as Ming the Merciless * ''

'' (1936) as Sheriff Ike Vallon * '' A Son Comes Home'' (1936) as Prosecutor * '' Jailbreak'' (1936) as Dan Stone * '' The Texas Rangers'' (1936) as Higgins' Lawyer (uncredited) * '' Ramona'' (1936) as American Settler (uncredited) * '' Wedding Present'' (1936) as Turnbull (uncredited) * '' Career Woman'' (1936) as Matt Clay * '' Empty Saddles'' (1936) as Cimarron (Cim) White * '' The Good Earth'' (1937) as Banker (uncredited) * '' We're on the Jury'' (1937) as Mr. B.J. Martin, Jury Foreman * '' John Meade's Woman'' (1937) as Farmer (uncredited) * '' Two Gun Law'' (1937) as Wolf Larson * '' Hollywood Cowboy'' (1937) as Doc Kramer * '' Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge'' (1937) as Gene Autry Sr. * ''

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'' (1937) as Slave Dealer * '' The Last Train from Madrid'' (1937) as Warden (uncredited) * '' Souls at Sea'' (1937) as Jury Foreman (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1937) as Sergeant at Elba (uncredited) * ''

'' (1937) as Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1938) as Officer (uncredited) * '' Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars'' (1938, Serial) as Emperor Ming * '' Flaming Frontiers'' (1938, Serial) as Ace Daggett (Chs. 5–15) * '' Dick Tracy Returns'' (1938) as Pa Stark * '' Strange Faces'' (1938) as Abraham Lincoln look-alike (uncredited) * '' The Law West of Tombstone'' (1938) as Newspaper Editor (uncredited) * '' The Strange Case of Dr. Meade'' (1938) as Lacey * ''

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'' (1938) as Southerner * ''

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'' (1939) as Doctor * ''

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'' (1939) as Alec Martin * '' Juarez'' (1939) as Carbajal (scenes deleted) * '' Captain Fury'' (1939) as Mergon * '' Daredevils of the Red Circle'' (1939) as 39013, Harry Crowel * '' Wyoming Outlaw'' (1939) as Luke Parker * '' Way Down South'' (1939) as Cass * ''

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'' (1939) as Southern Deputy (uncredited) * '' $1,000 a Touchdown'' (1939) as Stage Manager (uncredited) * '' The Flying Deuces'' (1939) as Commandant * ''

Allegheny Uprising ''Allegheny Uprising'' (released in the UK as ''The First Rebel'') is a 1939 American Adventure Western film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne. Based on the 1937 novel ''The First Rebel'' by Neil H. Swanson ...

'' (1939) as Dr. Stoke (uncredited) * '' Cowboys from Texas'' (1939) as Kansas Jones * ''

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'' (1939) as Man With Stove Pipe Hat in Charge of Convict Workers (uncredited) * ''Thou Shalt Not Kill'' (1939) as Lars Olsen * '' Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' (1940) as Tom Lincoln * ''

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'' (1940) as Roadblock Leader * '' Virginia City'' (1940) as

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* ''

'' (1940, Serial) as Emperor Ming * '' Shooting High'' (1940) as Hod Carson * '' Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise'' (1940) as Mr. Walters * '' Island of Doomed Men'' (1940) as Captain Cort * '' Gold Rush Maisie'' (1940) as Camp Owner with a Pig (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1940) as Mob Member (uncredited) * '' Rangers of Fortune'' (1940) as Water Thug (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1940) as Gentry * '' Chad Hanna'' (1940) as Sheriff (scenes deleted) * ''

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'' (1941) as Stagecoach Rider (uncredited) * '' Ride, Kelly, Ride'' (1941) as Mr. Dunn, Foreman (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1941) as Mountaineer (uncredited) * '' The Shepherd of the Hills'' (1941) as Blacksmith (uncredited) * '' Wild Geese Calling'' (1941) as Doctor Jed Sloan * '' Belle Starr'' (1941) as Carpetbagger * '' Stick to Your Guns'' (1941) as Long Ben * '' Jungle Man'' (1941) as Rev. James 'Jim' Graham * '' Wild Bill Hickok Rides'' (1942) as Claim Jumping Leader (uncredited) * '' Sing Your Worries Away'' (1942) as Judge (uncredited) * '' The Mystery of Marie Roget'' (1942) as Curator * '' Men of San Quentin'' (1942) as Saunderson * '' Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die'' (1942) as 1st Mayor * '' Perils of Nyoka'' (1942) as Cassib * '' Two Weeks to Live'' (1943) as Elmer Kelton (uncredited) * '' Hangmen Also Die!'' (1943) as Patriot at Meeting with Svoboda (uncredited) * '' The Black Raven'' (1943) as Sheriff * '' Spook Louder'' (1943) as Graves' butler (uncredited) * ''

'' (1943) as Ken Colton h. 6-8(uncredited) * '' Crazy House'' (1943) as Sheriff (uncredited) * '' The Desert Hawk'' (1944) as Koda Bey * '' Kismet'' (1944) as The Miser (uncredited) * '' Black Arrow'' (1944) as Tom Whitney * '' The Town Went Wild'' (1944) as Sam, Midvale District Attorney * '' Hollywood and Vine'' (1945) as Wilson, Abigail's Lawyer (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1945) as Kurt Jensen * '' Northwest Trail'' (1945) as Pierre * '' Who's Guilty?'' (1945) as Patton Calvert * '' How Doooo You Do!!!'' (1945) as Sheriff Hayworth * '' Strangler of the Swamp'' (1946) as Ferryman Douglas * '' Spook Busters'' (1946) as Mr. Stiles * ''

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'' (1946) as Farmer (uncredited) * ''Desert Command'' (1946) as El Shaitan (voice, uncredited) * '' Jack Armstrong'' (1947) as Jason Grood (uncredited) * '' The Sea of Grass'' (1947) as Charley, Saloon Owner (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) as Farmer Pinkett (uncredited) * '' Gunfighters'' (1947) as Sheriff #1 (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) as Rev. Withers (uncredited) * '' The Pretender'' (1947) as William the Butler * '' Unconquered'' (1947) as Mulligan (scenes deleted) * '' Road to Rio'' (1947) as Farmer (uncredited) * '' My Girl Tisa'' (1948) as Examiner (uncredited) * '' Here Comes Trouble'' (1948) as Reporter (uncredited) * '' Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House'' (1948) as Wrecker (uncredited) * '' Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin''' (1948) as Townsman (uncredited) * '' Station West'' (1948) as Sheriff * '' Jiggs and Maggie in Court'' (1948) as Mr. Burton, an Attorney * '' The Decision of Christopher Blake'' (1948) as President in Dream (uncredited) * '' The Last Bandit'' (1949) as Blindfolded Circuit Rider (final film role)

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