Well, each of us reacts in our own way to an actor--there recently was a thread trashing Elizabeth Taylor and Clark Gable, and try looking up the thread on "overrated" actors. Someone is put off by almost every actor. Personally, I have always found Middleton solid in everything he did. I find him an interesting looking actor with a great voice--sort of a realistic John Carradine, or a Carradine without the ham.

As for Ming and Lugosi--Bela was none too impressive in the serial roles he did do.