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Date Posted: 02:41:09 06/09/08 Mon
Author: Rick
Subject: Charles Middleton and Ted Lorch

The perfect chemistry they had and played off each other so well in the 1936 serial. Stephani was wise to replace the first actor (Lon Poff) with Teddy as the High Priest. Lorch wasn't seen until much later in the serial and the switch of actors isn't that apparent. Ted and Charlie were among the best.



Rick

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[> Re: Charles Middleton and Ted Lorch -- Prince Barin, 15:02:24 06/09/08 Mon [1]

I agree with Commander Rick's comments. Ted Lorch exhibited much a much higher degree of evildoing, always ready to help out our beloved Ming. I love his statement in the last episode, "....the only they will find is death".

Middleton was, of course, second to none. I remember as a kid seeing him in films other than FG and enjoying every sneering word he said. I was surprised to see that he received the highest salary per week of any actor in FG although he worked less time than Buster and the others.


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[> [> Re: Charles Middleton and Ted Lorch -- Officer Torch, 19:46:45 06/09/08 Mon [1]

I had vague recollections of seeing Ted Lorch elsewhere. Put his name in IMDb... seems he was a Kane council member! I enjoyed him as the FG 36 cackling priest...and it was funny at the end when Vultan was strangling him, and he still cackled! Full of emotion, devilish,humorous faces/gestures overall by this fellow.
Charles Middleton...tops. Dunno if anyone will ever be able to replicate his Ming. True, BC was our hero as FG, and who can forget his friends and our heroines, but...if I were really put on the spot, I'd have to give Ming my vote as favorite. Plus, since I am his loyal officer, how could I say otherwise? I understand some earthlings also enjoyed his role as Commandant in Laurel & Hardy's Flying Deuces.


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[> [> [> Re: Charles Middleton and Ted Lorch -- Prince Barin, 07:10:52 06/10/08 Tue [1]

I watch a lot of Turner Classic films and Middleton regularly pops up as a judge, sheriff, etc. No matter what the role is, Middleton comes through as the last person you'd ever want to deal with. But as Ming, he enters a new realm as absolutely evil.

In "Hell's Highway", he is a daffy imprisoned mystic (A role he also plays in "Palmy Days" but there he's a crooked mystic-much more "Ming") but whenever I see him I always expect Ming to come forth at any moment. What a great actor!

Prince Barin


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