Charles Middleton

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Charles Middleton was an American character actor best known for portraying the villainous Emperor Ming the Merciless in the Flash Gordon film serials of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American actor
character actor
film actor
human
activeIn 1930s American cinema
1940s American cinema
appearedIn Duck Soup
Gone with the Wind
Hell's Highway
Jesse James Rides Again
Our Daily Bread
The Grapes of Wrath
The Miracle Rider
birthName Charles Brown Middleton
burialPlace Hollywood Forever Cemetery
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1874-10-07
dateOfDeath 1949-04-22
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
genre serial films
hasGender male
knownFor portraying Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon serials
portraying villains
languageOfWorkOrName English
medium film
theatre
name Charles Middleton self-link
notableRole Ming the Merciless
notableWork Flash Gordon NERFINISHED
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe NERFINISHED
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars NERFINISHED
occupation actor
film actor
stage actor
placeOfBirth Elizabethtown, Kentucky
surface form: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
portrayed Ming the Merciless
spouse Leora Spellman
workedIn Hollywood
workedWith Buster Crabbe
yearsActive early 20th century

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The Miracle Woman starring Charles Middleton
The Oklahoma Kid starring Charles Middleton
Ming the Merciless portrayedBy Charles Middleton
Charles Middleton name Charles Middleton self-link