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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.
Charles Middleton (1874-1949) was a versatile actor who appeared in silent films, musicals, comedies and serials. He is best known as Ming the Merciless in the Flash Gordon serials, but also worked with Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers and the Three Stooges.
Charles Middleton. Actor: Duck Soup. Charles Brown Middleton was born 7th October 1879. His father was a military man with a strong sense of discipline which conflicted with Charles' own outlook on how to live his life so when 12 he ran away to join a circus and looked after the elephants before moving into performing in dramatic vignettes ...
With his gaunt and forbidding countenance and his deep voice, Charles Middleton was an attention-getting actor even in small character parts; when he was allowed to play major villains, he was a genuinely dominating screen presence.
Charles B. Middleton 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. 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.
Marvelette profiles serial legend Charles Middleton
An American actor, born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA, as Charles Brown Middleton. He married actress Leora Spellman (1906-1945). They had one child, and she remained until her death.
