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Charles B. Middleton

Highest Rated:: 100% The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Lowest Rated:: 79% Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

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Bio:: To six decades' worth of filmgoers, Kentucky-born character actor Charles B. Middleton was Ming the Merciless, the megalomaniac ruler of the planet Mongo in three 1930s serials based on Alex Raymond's comic strip Flash Gordon. Beginning his career in circuses and carnivals in the South, Middleton…

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 79% - 100%

Number of Movies: 93

Box Office Since 2001: --

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
1966		Purple Death from Outer Space	Ming the Merciless	--
1948	79%	Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House	Wrecker	--
1948		Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'	Citizen	--
1948		Station West	Sheriff	--
1947	100%	Road to Rio	Farmer	--
1947		Welcome Stranger	Farmer Pinkett	--
1947		Unconquered	Mulligan	--
1947		Wyoming	Doctor	--
1947		The Sea of Grass	Charley	--
1947		Pretender	Butler William	--
1947		Jack Armstrong	Grood	--
1946	100%	The Killers	Farmer Brown	--
1946		Northwest Trail	Actor	--
1945		The Town Went Wild	District Attorney	--
1945		Strangler of the Swamp	Douglas (Strangler of the Swamp)	--
1945		Captain Kidd	Actor	--
1945		Our Vines Have Tender Grapes	Kurt Jensen	--
1943		The Black Raven	Sheriff	--
1943		Hangmen Also Die!	Actor	--
1943		Two Weeks to Live	Kelton	--
1942		Men of San Quentin	Saunderson	--
1942		The Mystery of the Marie Celeste	Curator of the Zoo	--
1941		The Shepherd of the Hills	Blacksmith	--
1941	80%	Western Union	Stagecoach Rider	--
1941		Belle Starr	Carpetbagger	--
1941	83%	Sergeant York	Mountaineer	--
1941		Jungle Man	Actor	--
1940	80%	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Tom Lincoln	--
1940	100%	The Grapes of Wrath	Leader	--
1940		Chad Hanna	Sheriff	--
1940		Island of Doomed Men	Capt. Cort	--
1940		Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise	Mr. Jeremiah Walters	--
1940		Santa Fe Trail	Gentry	--
1940		Brigham Young	Actor	--
1940		Virginia City	Jefferson Davis	--
1939		Wyoming Outlaw	Father Parker	--
1939		Allegheny Uprising	Doctor Stokes	--
1939		Daredevils of the West	Granville (39013)	--
1939		Jesse James	Doctor	--
1939		The Oklahoma Kid	Alec Martin	--
1939	83%	The Flying Deuces (Flying Aces)	Commandant	--
1939		Way Down South	Cass	--
1938		Kentucky	Southerner	--
1938		Flaming Frontiers	Ace Daggett	--
1938		Dick Tracy Returns	Pa Stark	--
1938	93%	Jezebel	Officer	--
1938		The Law West of Tombstone	Actor	--
1937	92%	The Good Earth	Banker	--
1937		Hollywood Cowboy	Doc Kramer	--
1937		Souls at Sea	Jury Foreman	--
1937		Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge	Autry Sr.	--
1937		Last Train from Madrid	Warden	--
1936	100%	Show Boat	Sheriff Vallon	--
1936		Rocket Ship	Actor	--
1936		Wedding Present	Turnbull	--
1936		The Trail of the Lonesome Pine	Blacksmith	--
1936		Flash Gordon (Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers)	Actor	--
1936		Flash Gordon (Atomic Rocketship)	Ming the Merciless	--
1935		Reckless	Actor	--
1935		Hopalong Cassidy Enters	Buck Peters	--
1935		Frisco Kid	Speaker	--
1935		Special Agent	Actor	--
1935		Square Shooter	Actor	--
1935		Steamboat Round The Bend	Fleety Belle's Father	--
1934		Nana	Actor	--
1934		Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch	Mr. Bagby	--
1934	80%	Murder At The Vanities	Homer Boothby	--
1934		Broadway Bill	Veterinarian	--
1934		Miracle Rider, The	Actor	--
1934		The St. Louis Kid (A Weekend Perfect) (A Perfect Week-End)	Sheriff	--
1933		Tomorrow at Seven	Simons	--
1933	94%	Duck Soup	Prosecutor	--
1933		The Bowery	Detective	--
1933		Doctor Bull	Actor	--
1933		White Woman	Fenton	--
1933		This Day and Age	District Attorney	--
1932		High Pressure	Banks	--
1932		Pack Up Your Troubles	Welfare Assn. officer	--
1932		Strange Love of Molly Louvain	Capt. Slade	--
1932		The Sign of the Cross	Tyros	--
1932	100%	I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang	Train Conductor	--
1932		Hell's Highway	Matthew the Hermit	--
1932		The Phantom President	Lincoln	--
1932		Mystery Ranch	Henry Steele	--
1931		Beau Hunks (Beau Chumps)	Commandant	--
1931		Caught Plastered	Flint	--
1931		Palmy Days	Yolando	--
1931		House Divided	Minister	--
1931		An American Tragedy	Jephson	--
1931	100%	The Miracle Woman	Simpson	--
1931		Safe in Hell	Jones	--
1930		Beau Bandit	Banker	--
1929		Welcome Danger	John Thorne	--

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1. Prosecutor: What about the taxes?
2. Chicolini: Texas I got an uncle lives in Texas.
3. Prosecutor: No Taxes. Dollars.
4. Chicolini: Ya, that's where he lives -- Dallas, Texas.
From Duck Soup. Submitted by Bob O (13 months ago)