Flash Gordon (serial) - Cast

Cast

  • Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon. Crabbe had his hair dyed blond in order to appear more like the comic strip Flash Gordon. He was very self-conscious about this and kept his hat on in public at all times, even with women present. He did not like men whistling at him.
  • Jean Rogers as Dale Arden. Rogers also had her hair dyed blonde, "apparently to capitalise on the popularity of Jean Harlow". Both the actress and the character were normally brunettes.
  • Charles B. Middleton as Ming the Merciless. Ming is characterised in the mould of Fu Manchu in this serial.
  • Priscilla Lawson as Princess Aura
  • Frank Shannon as Dr. Alexis Zarkov
  • Richard Alexander as Prince Barin. Alexander helped to design his own costume, which included a leather chest plate painted gold.
  • Jack Lipson as Prince Vultan
  • Theodore Lorch as Second High Priest
  • James Pierce as Prince Thun. "Big Jim" Pierce played Tarzan in Tarzan and the Golden Lion. According to Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs he was the perfect portrayal of Tarzan. He married Burroughs' daughter Joan Burroughs on 8 August 1928 after meeting her on the set of that film. As a wedding present, Burroughs included a clause in his next contract that stated that Pierce must play Tarzan. This contract later led to the filming of the serial Tarzan the Fearless. Despite the contract Pierce did not star after he was tricked into stepping aside in favor of fellow Flash Gordon actor Buster Crabbe (the first serial role for the future "King of the Serials").
  • Duke York as King Kala
  • Earl Askam as Officer Torch
  • Lon Poff as First High Priest
  • Richard Tucker as Professor Gordon
  • George Cleveland as Professor Hensley
  • Muriel Goodspeed as Zona

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