# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-middleton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:14:39.412Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-middleton"
name: "Charles Middleton"
slug: "charles-middleton"
description: "Charles Brown 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. 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."
tagline: "American actor (1874–1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charlesmiddleton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1874-10-03"
deathDate: "1949-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.39078933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585481/"
    handle:    "nm0585481"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B3_%D9%85%DA%88%D9%84%D9%B9%D9%86_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "چارلس مڈلٹن (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Middleton_(akteur)"
    title: "Charles Middleton (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DA%86%D9%88)"
    title: "چارلز میدلتون (اویونچو)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Middleton_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Charles Middleton (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Middleton_(actor)"
    title: "Charles Middleton (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Middleton"
    title: "Charles Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%87)"
    title: "چارلز میدلتون (هنرپیشه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Middleton"
    title: "Charles Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Middleton_(pemeran)"
    title: "Charles Middleton (pemeran)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Middleton"
    title: "Charles B. Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B0%B0%EC%8A%A4_%EB%AF%B8%EB%93%A4%ED%84%B4"
    title: "찰스 미들턴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Middleton"
    title: "Charles B. Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7_(%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%91%D1%80)"
    title: "Миддлтон, Чарльз (актёр)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Middleton_(glumac)"
    title: "Charles Middleton (glumac)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Middleton"
    title: "Charles B. Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Middleton"
    title: "Charles B. Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713929"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump