Charles Middleton
Charles Middleton is known for Gone with the Wind (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Duck Soup (1933).
Biography
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.
Questions about Charles Middleton
How many Charles Middleton films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 128 films with Charles Middleton, from 1929 to 1996.
What is the best rated Charles Middleton film?
The best rated Charles Middleton film in the catalogue is Gone with the Wind (1939), rated 7.9.
What was the first Charles Middleton film?
The first Charles Middleton film in the catalogue is The Miracle Woman, from 1931.
Who has Charles Middleton worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Charles Middleton shares the most credits with Oliver Hardy (3 films), Stan Laurel (3 films) and Art Lloyd (2 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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7.9 Gone with the Wind
1939
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7.8 The Grapes of Wrath
1940
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7.3 Duck Soup
1933
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7.4 The Killers
1946
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7.2 Sergeant York
1941
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7.8 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
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6.4 The Flying Deuces
1939
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7.0 Jezebel
1938
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7.0 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
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6.5 Jesse James
1939
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6.9 Beau Hunks
1931
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6.2 Batman
1943
Trivia
- Spouse
- Leora Spellman
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
178 films — 128 in the catalogue
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8.0 The Boy from Mercury
1996 · Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)
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9.0 Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
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10.0 Dance of the Cookoos
1982 · Commandant
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6.5 A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973 · Self (archive footage)
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7.0 Peril from the Planet Mongo
1966 · Ming the Merciless
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10.0 Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars
1966 · Ming the Merciless
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5.8 Purple Death from Outer Space
1966 · Ming the Merciless
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7.3 Spaceship to the Unknown
1966 · Ming the Merciless (archive footage)
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7.0 The Last Bandit
1949 · Blindfolded Circuit Rider
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3.8 The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948 · President in Dream (uncredited)
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8.0 Jiggs and Maggie in Court
1948 · Mr. Burton, an Attorney
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6.4 Station West
1948 · Sheriff
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7.3 O Grande Prêmio
1948 · Townsman (uncredited)
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7.0
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948 · Wrecker (uncredited)
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5.2 Here Comes Trouble
1948 · Reporter (uncredited)
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9.0 My Girl Tisa
1948
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5.8 The Pretender
1947 · William the butler
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5.7 Gunfighters
1947 · Sheriff #1 (uncredited)
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6.9 Welcome Stranger
1947 · Farmer Pinkett (uncredited)
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6.1 The Sea of Grass
1947 · Charley - Saloon Owner (uncredited)
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7.4
The Killers
1946 · Farmer (uncredited)
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5.5 Spook Busters
1946 · Mr. Stiles
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5.8 Strangler of the Swamp
1946 · Ferryman Douglas
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7.5 How DOooo You Do
1945 · Sheriff Hayworth
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5.8 Northwest Trail
1945 · Pierre
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7.2 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945 · Mr. Jensen
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4.4 Hollywood and Vine
1945 · Attorney
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7.0 The Town Went Wild
1944 · Sam, Midvale District Attorney
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6.5 The Desert Hawk
1944 · Koda Bey
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7.0 Black Arrow
1944 · Tom Whitney
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7.0 Wagon Wheels West
1943 · Phineas Hook
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6.0 Crazy House
1943 · Sheriff
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6.3 Oklahoma Outlaws
1943 · Judge Ringle
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6.2
Batman
1943 · Ken Colton
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10.0 Boobs in the Night
1943
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5.4 The Black Raven
1943 · Sheriff
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7.2 Spook Louder
1943 · Graves' Valet
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8.0 Perils of Nyoka
1942 · Cassib
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9.0 Men of San Quentin
1942 · Saunderson
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5.7 The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942 · Curator
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5.5 Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942 · Claim Jumping Leader
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7.2
Sergeant York
1941 · Mountaineer (uncredited)
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3.2 Jungle Man
1941 · Rev. James 'Jim' Graham
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5.7 Stick to Your Guns
1941 · Long Ben, gambler-saloon owner
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5.9 Belle Starr
1941 · Carpetbagger
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6.5 Wild Geese Calling
1941 · Doctor Jed Sloan
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6.6 The Shepherd of the Hills
1941 · Blacksmith (uncredited)
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6.0 Western Union
1941 · Stagecoach Rider
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5.8 Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Gentry
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7.4 Eyes of the Navy
1940 · Farmer (uncredited)
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6.5 Rangers of Fortune
1940 · Water Thug
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4.6 Brigham Young
1940 · Mob Member
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6.8 Gold Rush Maisie
1940 · Camp Owner with a Pig (Uncredited)
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7.0 Women in Hiding
1940 · Alice's Father (uncredited)
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5.5 Island of Doomed Men
1940 · Captain Cort
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6.8 Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940 · Jeremiah Walters
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7.0 Shooting High
1940 · Hod Carson
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6.3 Virginia City
1940 · Jefferson Davis
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7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Leader
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5.8 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940 · Emperor Ming
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6.9 Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 · Tom Lincoln
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8.0 Thou Shalt Not Kill
1939 · Lars Olsen
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7.9
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Man with Stove Pipe Hat in Charge of Convict Workers (uncredited)
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6.0 Cowboys from Texas
1939 · Kansas Jones
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5.9 Allegheny Uprising
1939 · Dr. Stoke
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6.4
The Flying Deuces
1939 · Commandant
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3.7 $1,000 a Touchdown
1939 · Stage Manager (uncredited)
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6.9 Blackmail
1939 · Southern Deputy (uncredited)
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8.0 One Against the World
1939 · Mr. Crumley (uncredited)
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6.4 Way Down South
1939 · Cass
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5.8 Wyoming Outlaw
1939 · Luke Parker
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4.8 Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939 · 39013
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5.6 Captain Fury
1939 · Mergon
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6.0 The Oklahoma Kid
1939 · Alec Martin
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6.5
Jesse James
1939 · Doctor
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6.1 Kentucky
1938 · Southerner
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6.5 The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938 · Lacey
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6.5 Mars Attacks the World
1938 · Ming the Merciless
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6.0 Dick Tracy Returns
1938 · Pa Stark
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5.1 Flaming Frontiers
1938 · Ace Daggett
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7.3 Joaquin Murrieta
1938 · Politician (uncredited)
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7.0
Jezebel
1938 · Officer (uncredited)
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6.3 Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
1938 · Emperor Ming
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6.3 Rocket Ship
1938 · Emperor Ming
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6.1 The Man Without a Country
1937 · President Abraham Lincoln (uncredited)
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6.5 Stand-In
1937 · Actor Dressed as Abraham Lincoln
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4.8 The Last Train from Madrid
1937 · Warden (uncredited)
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5.1 Slave Ship
1937 · Slave Dealer
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6.7 Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
1937 · Gene Autry Sr.
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6.3 The Good Earth
1937 · Banker (uncredited)
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5.5 Hollywood Cowboy
1937 · 'Doc' Kramer
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10.0 Two Gun Law
1937 · Wolf Larson
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6.2 We're on the Jury
1937 · Mr. Martin
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10.0 Empty Saddles
1936 · Cim White
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6.0 Career Woman
1936 · Matt Clay
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6.2 Wedding Present
1936 · Turnbull
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5.8 Ramona
1936 · American Settler (uncredited)
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6.6 The Texas Rangers
1936 · Lawyer (uncredited)
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6.7 Jailbreak
1936 · Dan Stone
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4.0 A Son Comes Home
1936 · Prosecutor
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6.7 Show Boat
1936 · Sheriff Ike Vallon
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6.4 Flash Gordon
1936 · Ming the Merciless
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7.0 Road Gang
1936 · Grayson
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6.5 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936 · Blacksmith
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7.3 Song of the Saddle
1936 · Phineas P. Hook
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8.0 Sunset of Power
1936 · Neil Brannum
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7.0 Rose of the Rancho
1936 · Horse Doctor (uncredited)
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7.0 Frisco Kid
1935 · Speaker (uncredited)
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6.2 Special Agent
1935 · State Police Commander (uncredited)
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7.5 Steamboat Round the Bend
1935 · Fleety Belle's Father
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6.5 Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935 · Buck Peters
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5.1 Reckless
1935 · District Attorney (uncredited)
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5.5 The Miracle Rider
1935 · Zaroff
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5.5 In Spite of Danger
1935 · Mr. Merritt
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6.9 The Fixer Uppers
1935 · Pierre Gustave
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6.2 Square Shooter
1935 · Miller
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5.7 Red Morning
1934 · Stanchon
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8.0 Behold My Wife!
1934 · Juan Storm Cloud
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6.0 Broadway Bill
1934 · Veterinarian (uncredited)
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6.0 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934 · Mr. Bagby
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10.0 When Strangers Meet
1934 · John Tarman
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6.0 Whom the Gods Destroy
1934 · Constable Malcolm (uncredited)
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5.6 Murder at the Vanities
1934 · Homer Boothby
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8.0 The Last Round-up
1934 · Sheriff
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7.5 David Harum
1934 · Deacon
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5.5 Massacre
1934 · Sheriff Scatters
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7.3 Mr. Skitch
1933 · Joe
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4.0 Lone Cowboy
1933 · U.S. Marshal
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4.8 The World Changes
1933 · Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok (uncredited)
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7.3
Duck Soup
1933 · Prosecutor
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5.8 White Woman
1933 · Fenton
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7.0 Big Executive
1933 · Sheriff
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5.4 The Bowery
1933 · Detective (uncredited)
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6.7 Doctor Bull
1933 · Mr. Upjohn
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5.0 This Day and Age
1933 · District Attorney
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6.5 Disgraced!
1933 · District Attorney
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6.2 Tomorrow at Seven
1933 · Jerry Simons
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5.7 At Twelve Midnight
1933 · Roger Thurston
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8.0 Sunset Pass
1933 · Williams
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5.7 The Three Musketeers
1933 · El Shaitan (voice)
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7.0 Destination Unknown
1933 · Turk
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5.1 Pick-up
1933 · Mr. Brewster
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7.0 The Road Is Open Again
1933 · Abraham Lincoln
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6.2 Silver Dollar
1932 · Jenkins
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6.4 The Sign of the Cross
1932 · Tyros
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6.5 Too Busy to Work
1932 · Chief of Police
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6.5 Rockabye
1932 · District Attorney (uncredited)
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7.8
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932 · Train Conductor (uncredited)
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10.0
Breach of Promise
1932 · Joe Pugmire
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6.1 Hell's Highway
1932 · Matthew the Hermit
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6.5 The Phantom President
1932 · Abe Lincoln (uncredited)
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6.8 Pack Up Your Troubles
1932 · Welfare Association Officer
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7.0 Mystery Ranch
1932 · Henry Steele
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6.1 The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932 · Police Capt. Slade
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5.4 The Hatchet Man
1932 · Lip Hop Fat
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5.8 High Pressure
1932 · Mr. Banks
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3.2 Manhattan Parade
1931 · Sheriff Casey
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6.5 X Marks the Spot
1931 · Kirby
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6.7 Safe in Hell
1931 · Lawyer Jones
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5.6 A House Divided
1931 · Minister
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6.9
Beau Hunks
1931 · Commandant
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7.0 Sob Sister
1931 · City Editor Baker
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7.0 A Dangerous Affair
1931 · Tupper
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7.3 Palmy Days
1931 · Yolando
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6.2 The Ruling Voice
1931 · Board Member (uncredited)
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6.3 An American Tragedy
1931 · Attorney Reuben Jephson
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6.2 Caught Plastered
1931 · Sheriff Flint
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6.7 The Miracle Woman
1931 · Simpson
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7.5 Ships of Hate
1931 · Captain Lash
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5.9 O Cabaret do Diabo
1930 · Mr. Satan (uncredited)
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5.3 East Is West
1930 · Dr. Fredericks
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6.2 Way Out West
1930 · Buck Rankin
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4.3 Beau Bandit
1930 · Lucius J. Perkins
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4.9 Welcome Danger
1929 · John Thorne / The Dragon
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8.0 The Far Call
1929 · Kris Larsen
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4.0
The Bellamy Trial
1929 · District Attorney
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10.0 The Farmer's Daughter
1928 · Hiram Flint
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10.0 The Virginia Judge
1935 · Cyrus Higgins
People data: TMDb.
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