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Born · September 1, 1904
Died · November 14, 1974 (70 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Dothan, Alabama, USA
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.
(archive footage)
0.0
2000
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1994
Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid'
0.0
1992
(archive footage)
9.0
1976
Self (archive footage)
7.0
1976
Sheriff Ben Hall
6.4
1965
Sheriff Green
5.8
1965
Enkoff
6.0
1965
Warner Griffith · (1 episode)
7.7
1957
(1 episode)
0.0
1957
Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
2.7
1953
Johnny Mack Brown
5.0
1952
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1952
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1952
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1952
Johnny Mack Brown
6.3
1952
Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1951
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1951
Johnny Mack Brown
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1951
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1951
Johnny Mack Brown
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1951
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1951
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1951
Sheriff Ord Keown
6.0
1950
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1950
U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1950
Johnny Mack Brown
10.0
1950
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1950
Johnny Mack Brown
6.0
1950
Johnny Mack Brown
5.0
1949
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1949
Johnny Mack
0.0
1949
Sheriff Aaron Ball
5.5
1949
Johnny Mack
0.0
1949
Federal Agent Johnny Mack
0.0
1949
Johnny Mack
0.0
1948
Johnny Mack
0.0
1948
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1948
Johnny Brown
0.0
1948
Johnny Mack
0.0
1948
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1948
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1948
Johnny Mack
0.0
1948
Johnny Murdock
0.0
1948
Johnny McVey
0.0
1947
Johnny Hudson
0.0
1947
Johnny Williams
0.0
1947
Johnny Mack
0.0
1947
John Macklin
0.0
1947
Johnny
0.0
1947
Johnny Mackey
5.0
1947
Johnny Mack
0.0
1947
Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
0.0
1947
Johnny Bronton
0.0
1946
Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
0.0
1946
Sam Hurricane Benton
0.0
1946
Johnny Macklin
0.0
1946
Dusty Smith
0.0
1946
Nevada Jack McKenzie
0.0
1946
Steve Garner
0.0
1946
Marshal Nevada
6.0
1946
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
5.0
1945
Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
0.0
1945
Dr. John Poore
6.0
1945
U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
10.0
1945
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
3.8
1945
Maj. Tex O'Connor
0.0
1945
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
0.0
1945
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
5.8
1944
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
5.0
1944
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
0.0
1944
U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
0.0
1944
U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
0.0
1944
Jack McKenzie
3.5
1944
U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
5.0
1944
Nevada Jack McKenzie
0.0
1944
Jack McKenzie
4.8
1943
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
4.0
1943
Johnny Mack Brown
5.0
1943
Blaze Barker
5.0
1943
Marshal Jack McKenzie
4.5
1943
Nevada Jack McKenzie
0.0
1943
Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
6.0
1943
Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
4.0
1943
Nevada Jack McKenzie
0.0
1943
Wade Benson
0.0
1943
Dusty Gardner
7.0
1942
Neal Wallace
6.0
1942
Jim Mallory
5.0
1942
Steve Collins
0.0
1942
Silver Jim Donovan
4.0
1942
Steve Hardin
5.0
1942
Alabam' Brewster
5.8
1942
Bill Fargo
6.0
1941
Tom Baxter
4.0
1941
Larry Prescott
7.0
1941
Sheriff Bob Dawson
0.0
1941
Brand Calhoun
5.0
1941
Steve Howard
5.0
1941
Joe Henderson
5.0
1941
Cal Sheridan
0.0
1940
Bill Ralston
0.0
1940
Steve Logan
0.0
1940
Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
0.0
1940
Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
5.4
1940
Lee Jamison
2.0
1940
Tom Bryant
5.0
1940
Jim Bannister
2.0
1940
'Chip' Bennett
0.0
1939
Jeff McLeod
0.0
1939
Steve Hayden
4.5
1939
Jeff Scott
8.0
1939
Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
0.0
1939
Tex Houston
5.2
1938
Talbot Carter
5.1
1937
Tom Fillmore
4.7
1937
Lon Cardigan
4.8
1937
Kentucky Wade
0.0
1937
Tom Mitchell
4.0
1937
Johnny Darrel
5.5
1937
Jim Waters
2.3
1937
Ranger Jeff Hayden
4.8
1937
Dude Ramsay
0.0
1937
Jeff Hayes
5.5
1937
Steve McLain
5.5
1936
Jim Blake
4.8
1936
Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
0.0
1936
Dan Doran
4.0
1936
Billy Donovan
0.0
1936
Bruce Reynolds
0.0
1936
Kirk Baxter
5.2
1935
Johnny Wellington Jr.
5.0
1935
Self
5.0
1935
Johnny Hume
5.8
1935
Jack Wood
8.0
1935
Self
5.5
1934
Steve Wayne
3.0
1934
Brooks Clayburn
5.8
1934
Adam Blythe
5.8
1934
Jim Warren
0.0
1934
Chuck Wells
0.0
1934
'Duke'
5.0
1933
George P. Cooper
6.3
1933
Alan Barry
0.0
1933
Kit Carson
6.0
1933
Kirby Tornell
0.0
1933
Jim Wilson
0.0
1932
Wally Clark
4.8
1932
Charlie
4.0
1932
0.0
1931
Miles Kincaid
0.0
1931
Bill Talbot
6.9
1931
Hank Rogers
5.8
1931
Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)
5.0
1931
Billy the Kid
4.2
1930
Larry
4.6
1930
Paul Whalen
3.0
1930
Barry Holmes
5.0
1929
Dan
6.0
1929
Tommy Hewlett
6.2
1929
Robert Ward
5.9
1929
Michael Jeffery
5.6
1929
David Furness
6.7
1928
Steve Crandall
6.5
1928
Bill
3.0
1928
Ben Blaine
6.4
1928
Bradley Lane
0.0
1928
Stockney Webb
0.0
1928
Jean Lery
6.9
1928
Bob
5.5
1927
Party Boy (uncredited)
7.0
1927
Russian Officer (uncredited)
6.7
1927
Bit (uncredited)
0.0
1927
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1927