Johnny Mack Brown
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 1, 1904
- Died
- November 14, 1974 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- Dothan, Alabama, USA
Biography
An All-American halfback while attending the University of Alabama, Johnny Mack Brown chose the silver screen over the green grass of the football field when he graduated. Signed to a contract with MGM in 1926, Brown debuted in Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927) with William Haines in a film about - baseball. This was followed by The Bugle Call (1927), which starred the fading Jackie Coogan. In 1928 he appeared in the last Norma Shearer silent film, A Lady of Chance (1928). After that, he worked with Greta Garbo, Marion Davies and Mary Pickford. His muscular good looks only carried him so far in films, however, and by 1930 he had yet to find his place. At MGM Clark Gable was taking the roles that Brown was up for, so he went into a western for director King Vidor, Billy the Kid (1930). While Vidor did not want him for the part to begin with, the picture was successful; however, Brown's career at MGM soon ended. By 1933 he was still making westerns, but they were for low-rung studios like Mascot. More westerns at even lower-rung Supreme Pictures followed, as well as serials like Wild West Days (1937) at Universal. In 1943 Brown took his boots over to Monogram Pictures, where he made over 60 westerns. He started off as "Nevada Jack McKenzie" in the Rough Riders series, but the name soon changed to Johnny. As with most of the early cowboy stars, he was a hero to millions of young children and consistently among the top ten money-makers in westerns from 1942-50. The bubble burst, though, just as it did for Allan Lane, in 1953, as the days of the "B" western came to an end.
Known For
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Filmography
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Movie · as (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Legends of the West
Movie · as Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Movie · as (archive footage)
It's Showtime
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Apache Uprising
Movie · as Sheriff Ben Hall
The Bounty Killer
Movie · as Sheriff Green
Requiem for a Gunfighter
Movie · as Enkoff
Perry Mason
TV · as Warner Griffith · 1 ep
Official Detective
TV · 1 ep
The Marshal's Daughter
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
Dead Man's Trail
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Canyon Ambush
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Man from the Black Hills
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Texas City
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
This Is Your Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Texas Lawmen
Movie · as Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
Oklahoma Justice
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Blazing Bullets
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Whistling Hills
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Man from Sonora
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Colorado Ambush
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Montana Desperado
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Short Grass
Movie · as Sheriff Ord Keown
Six Gun Mesa
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Over the Border
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Outlaw Gold
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Law of the Panhandle
Movie · as U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
West of Wyoming
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Stampede
Movie · as Sheriff Aaron Ball
West of El Dorado
Movie · as Johnny Mack
Law of the West
Movie · as Federal Agent Johnny Mack
Range Justice
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Trails End
Movie · as Johnny Mack
Western Renegades
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Overland Trails
Movie · as Johnny Murdock
Triggerman
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Crossed Trails
Movie · as Johnny Mack
Back Trail
Movie · as Johnny Mack
The Fighting Ranger
Movie · as Johnny Brown
Frontier Agent
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Gunning for Justice
Movie · as Johnny Mack
Hidden Danger
Movie · as Johnny Mack
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Prairie Express
Movie · as Johnny Hudson
Valley of Fear
Movie · as Johnny Williams
Flashing Guns
Movie · as Johnny Mack
Gun Talk
Movie · as Johnny McVey
Raiders of the South
Movie · as Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
Trailing Danger
Movie · as Johnny
Code of the Saddle
Movie · as John Macklin
Land of the Lawless
Movie · as Johnny Mack
The Law Comes to Gunsight
Movie · as Johnny Mackey
The Gentleman from Texas
Movie · as Johnny Macklin
Shadows on the Range
Movie · as Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
Trigger Fingers
Movie · as Sam Hurricane Benton
Border Bandits
Movie · as Marshal Nevada
Silver Range
Movie · as Johnny Bronton
Under Arizona Skies
Movie · as Dusty Smith
Drifting Along
Movie · as Steve Garner
The Haunted Mine
Movie · as Nevada Jack McKenzie
The Navajo Trail
Movie · as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Stranger from Santa Fe
Movie · as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
The Lost Trail
Movie · as Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
Gun Smoke
Movie · as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Forever Yours
Movie · as Maj. Tex O'Connor
Flame of the West
Movie · as Dr. John Poore
Frontier Feud
Movie · as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Partners of the Trail
Movie · as Jack McKenzie
Law Men
Movie · as U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Ghost Guns
Movie · as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Land of the Outlaws
Movie · as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Law of the Valley
Movie · as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Raiders of the Border
Movie · as Nevada Jack McKenzie
Range Law
Movie · as U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
West of the Rio Grande
Movie · as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
The Texas Kid
Movie · as Jack McKenzie
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Movie · as Wade Benson
The Lone Star Trail
Movie · as Blaze Barker
Raiders of San Joaquin
Movie · as Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
Cheyenne Roundup
Movie · as Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
Movie · as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Six Gun Gospel
Movie · as Marshal Jack McKenzie
The Stranger From Pecos
Movie · as Nevada Jack McKenzie
The Ghost Rider
Movie · as Nevada Jack McKenzie
Crazy House
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
Stagecoach Buckaroo
Movie · as Steve Hardin
The Silver Bullet
Movie · as Silver Jim Donovan
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Movie · as Alabam' Brewster
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Movie · as Jim Mallory
Little Joe, the Wrangler
Movie · as Neal Wallace
The Old Chisholm Trail
Movie · as Dusty Gardner
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Movie · as Steve Collins
Rawhide Rangers
Movie · as Brand Calhoun
Law of the Range
Movie · as Steve Howard
Man from Montana
Movie · as Sheriff Bob Dawson
The Masked Rider
Movie · as Larry Prescott
Arizona Cyclone
Movie · as Tom Baxter
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Movie · as Joe Henderson
Fighting Bill Fargo
Movie · as Bill Fargo
Pony Post
Movie · as Cal Sheridan
Son of Roaring Dan
Movie · as Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Movie · as Steve Logan
West of Carson City
Movie · as Jim Bannister
Riders of Pasco Basin
Movie · as Lee Jamison
Boss of Bullion City
Movie · as Tom Bryant
Bad Man from Red Butte
Movie · as Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
Law and Order
Movie · as Bill Ralston
The Oregon Trail
Movie · as Jeff Scott
Chip of the Flying U
Movie · as 'Chip' Bennett
Land of Liberty
Movie · as Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
Oklahoma Frontier
Movie · as Jeff McLeod
Desperate Trails
Movie · as Steve Hayden
Flaming Frontiers
Movie · as Tex Houston
Born to the West
Movie · as Tom Fillmore
Wells Fargo
Movie · as Talbot Carter
Lawless Land
Movie · as Ranger Jeff Hayden
Bar-Z Bad Men
Movie · as Jim Waters
Guns in the Dark
Movie · as Johnny Darrel
A Lawman Is Born
Movie · as Tom Mitchell
Boothill Brigade
Movie · as Lon Cardigan
The Gambling Terror
Movie · as Jeff Hayes
Wild West Days
Movie · as Kentucky Wade
Trail of Vengeance
Movie · as Dude Ramsay
Hell Town
Movie · as Tom Fillmore
The Crooked Trail
Movie · as Jim Blake
Desert Phantom
Movie · as Billy Donovan
Rogue of the Range
Movie · as Dan Doran
Valley of the Lawless
Movie · as Bruce Reynolds
Undercover Man
Movie · as Steve McLain
Everyman's Law
Movie · as Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
Between Men
Movie · as Johnny Wellington Jr.
The Courageous Avenger
Movie · as Kirk Baxter
Branded a Coward
Movie · as Johnny Hume
Rustlers of Red Dog
Movie · as Jack Wood
Starlit Days at the Lido
Movie · as Self
Against the Law
Movie · as Steve Wayne
Belle of the Nineties
Movie · as Brooks Clayburn
Cross Streets
Movie · as Adam Blythe
St. Louis Woman
Movie · as Jim Warren
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Movie · as Self
Three on a Honeymoon
Movie · as Chuck Wells
Marrying Widows
Movie · as The Husband
Fighting With Kit Carson
Movie · as Kit Carson
Female
Movie · as George P. Cooper
The Vanishing Frontier
Movie · as Kirby Tornell
Son of a Sailor
Movie · as 'Duke'
Saturday's Millions
Movie · as Alan Barry
Flames
Movie · as Charlie
Malay Nights
Movie · as Jim Wilson
70,000 Witnesses
Movie · as Wally Clark
The Secret Six
Movie · as Hank Rogers
The Last Flight
Movie · as Bill Talbot
The Great Meadow
Movie · as Berk Jarvis
Hollywood Halfbacks
Movie
Lasca of the Rio Grande
Movie · as Miles Kincaid
Montana Moon
Movie · as Larry
Billy the Kid
Movie · as Billy the Kid
Undertow
Movie · as Paul Whalen
Coquette
Movie · as Michael Jeffery
The Single Standard
Movie · as Tommy Hewlett
The Valiant
Movie · as Robert Ward
Hurricane
Movie · as Dan
Jazz Heaven
Movie · as Barry Holmes
Our Dancing Daughters
Movie · as Ben Blaine
Soft Living
Movie · as Stockney Webb
A Lady of Chance
Movie · as Steve Crandall
The Divine Woman
Movie · as Jean Lery
A Woman of Affairs
Movie · as David Furness
Annapolis
Movie · as Bill
The Play Girl
Movie · as Bradley Lane
Square Crooks
Movie · as Larry Scott
After Midnight
Movie · as Party Boy (uncredited)
Mockery
Movie · as Russian Officer (uncredited)
Slide, Kelly, Slide
Movie · as Johnny Mack Brown
The Fair Co-Ed
Movie · as Bob
The Bugle Call
Movie · as Bit (uncredited)