Where to watch Charles Middleton in the UK
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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. 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.
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- Gone with the Wind (1939) as Man with Stove Pipe Hat in Charge of Convict Workers (uncredited)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) as Leader
- Batman (1943) as Ken Colton
- Sergeant York (1941) as Mountaineer (uncredited)
- Jezebel (1938) as Officer (uncredited)
- Jesse James (1939) as Doctor
- Duck Soup (1933) as Prosecutor
- The Killers (1946) as Farmer (uncredited)
- Santa Fe Trail (1940) as Gentry
- The Good Earth (1937) as Banker (uncredited)
- Blackmail (1939) as Southern Deputy (uncredited)
- Western Union (1941) as Stagecoach Rider
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) as Tom Lincoln
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Flash Gordon (1936) as Ming the Merciless
- The Sea of Grass (1947) as Charley - Saloon Owner (uncredited)
- The Flying Deuces (1939) as Commandant
- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) as Wrecker (uncredited)
- Frisco Kid (1935) as Speaker (uncredited)
- The Shepherd of the Hills (1941) as Blacksmith (uncredited)
- Reckless (1935) as District Attorney (uncredited)
- Station West (1948) as Sheriff
- Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) as Emperor Ming
- Safe in Hell (1931) as Lawyer Jones
- The Last Train from Madrid (1937) as Warden (uncredited)
- Stand-In (1937) as Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) as Blacksmith
- The Sign of the Cross (1932) as Tyros
- Virginia City (1940) as Jefferson Davis
- Wedding Present (1936) as Turnbull
- Brigham Young (1940) as Mob Member
- Kentucky (1938) as Southerner
- Rockabye (1932) as District Attorney (uncredited)
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) as Claim Jumping Leader
- Welcome Stranger (1947) as Farmer Pinkett (uncredited)
- Belle Starr (1941) as Carpetbagger
- The World Changes (1933) as Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok (uncredited)
- Slave Ship (1937) as Slave Dealer
- Broadway Bill (1934) as Veterinarian (uncredited)
- Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945) as Mr. Jensen
- Ramona (1936) as American Settler (uncredited)
- Gunfighters (1947) as Sheriff #1 (uncredited)
- The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942) as Curator
- The Miracle Woman (1931) as Simpson
- This Day and Age (1933) as District Attorney
- Crazy House (1943) as Sheriff
- Allegheny Uprising (1939) as Dr. Stoke
- Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984) as (archive footage)
- Show Boat (1936) as Sheriff Ike Vallon
- The Bowery (1933) as Detective (uncredited)
- Sunset Pass (1933) as Williams
- David Harum (1934) as Deacon
- The Oklahoma Kid (1939) as Alec Martin
- Gold Rush Maisie (1940) as Camp Owner with a Pig (Uncredited)
- Rose of the Rancho (1936) as Horse Doctor (uncredited)
- An American Tragedy (1931) as Attorney Reuben Jephson
- We're on the Jury (1937) as Mr. Martin
- Doctor Bull (1933) as Mr. Upjohn
- A Son Comes Home (1936) as Prosecutor
- Destination Unknown (1933) as Turk
- Beau Hunks (1931) as Commandant
- Lone Cowboy (1933) as U.S. Marshal
- Spaceship to the Unknown (1966) as Ming the Merciless (archive footage)
- Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940) as Jeremiah Walters
- Wyoming Outlaw (1939) as Luke Parker
- Captain Fury (1939) as Mergon
- Special Agent (1935) as State Police Commander (uncredited)
- $1,000 a Touchdown (1939) as Stage Manager (uncredited)
- Dick Tracy Returns (1938) as Pa Stark
- The Black Raven (1943) as Sheriff
- Pick-up (1933) as Mr. Brewster
- Murder at the Vanities (1934) as Homer Boothby
- Red Morning (1934) as Stanchon
- Massacre (1934) as Sheriff Scatters
- Disgraced! (1933) as District Attorney
- The Town Went Wild (1944) as Sam, Midvale District Attorney
- Welcome Danger (1929) as John Thorne / The Dragon
- The Miracle Rider (1935) as Zaroff
- Hop-a-long Cassidy (1935) as Buck Peters
- Hell's Highway (1932) as Matthew the Hermit
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