Actor Max Von Sydow, who appeared in films and TV series ... Getty Images Von Sydow played Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon (left) and Bond villain Ernst Blofeld in Never Say Never Again His ...
The BBFC said Ming the Merciless was "coded as an East Asian character due to his hair and make-up" More old movies could have warnings added about racism and stereotypes, after UK film censors ...
Max von Sydow ( /vɒn ˈsiːdoʊ/; Swedish ... Joubert the assassin in Three Days of the Condor, and Ming the Merciless in the 1980 version of Flash Gordon. Von Sydow was born Carl Adolf ...