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Johnny Mack Brown
Born · September 1, 1904
Died · November 14, 1974 (70 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Dothan, Alabama, USA
Bio
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.
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
(archive footage)
0.0
2000
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1994
Legends of the West
Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid'
0.0
1992
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
9.0
1976
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
7.0
1976
Apache Uprising
Sheriff Ben Hall
6.4
1965
The Bounty Killer
Sheriff Green
5.8
1965
Requiem for a Gunfighter
Enkoff
6.0
1965
Perry Mason
Warner Griffith · (1 episode)
7.7
1957
Official Detective
(1 episode)
0.0
1957
The Marshal's Daughter
Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
2.7
1953
Canyon Ambush
Johnny Mack Brown
5.0
1952
This Is Your Life
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1952
Dead Man's Trail
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1952
Man from the Black Hills
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1952
Texas City
Johnny Mack Brown
6.3
1952
Texas Lawmen
Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1951
Whistling Hills
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1951
Oklahoma Justice
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1951
Montana Desperado
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1951
Blazing Bullets
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1951
Man from Sonora
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1951
Colorado Ambush
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1951
Short Grass
Sheriff Ord Keown
6.0
1950
Outlaw Gold
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1950
Law of the Panhandle
U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1950
Six Gun Mesa
Johnny Mack Brown
10.0
1950
Over the Border
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1950
West of Wyoming
Johnny Mack Brown
6.0
1950
Western Renegades
Johnny Mack Brown
5.0
1949
Range Justice
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1949
West of El Dorado
Johnny Mack
0.0
1949
Stampede
Sheriff Aaron Ball
5.5
1949
Trails End
Johnny Mack
0.0
1949
Law of the West
Federal Agent Johnny Mack
0.0
1949
Hidden Danger
Johnny Mack
0.0
1948
Gunning for Justice
Johnny Mack
0.0
1948
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1948
The Fighting Ranger
Johnny Brown
0.0
1948
Back Trail
Johnny Mack
0.0
1948
Triggerman
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1948
Frontier Agent
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1948
Crossed Trails
Johnny Mack
0.0
1948
Overland Trails
Johnny Murdock
0.0
1948
Gun Talk
Johnny McVey
0.0
1947
Prairie Express
Johnny Hudson
0.0
1947
Valley of Fear
Johnny Williams
0.0
1947
Flashing Guns
Johnny Mack
0.0
1947
Code of the Saddle
John Macklin
0.0
1947
Trailing Danger
Johnny
0.0
1947
The Law Comes to Gunsight
Johnny Mackey
5.0
1947
Land of the Lawless
Johnny Mack
0.0
1947
Raiders of the South
Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
0.0
1947
Silver Range
Johnny Bronton
0.0
1946
Shadows on the Range
Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
0.0
1946
Trigger Fingers
Sam Hurricane Benton
0.0
1946
The Gentleman from Texas
Johnny Macklin
0.0
1946
Under Arizona Skies
Dusty Smith
0.0
1946
The Haunted Mine
Nevada Jack McKenzie
0.0
1946
Drifting Along
Steve Garner
0.0
1946
Border Bandits
Marshal Nevada
6.0
1946
Frontier Feud
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
5.0
1945
The Lost Trail
Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
0.0
1945
Flame of the West
Dr. John Poore
6.0
1945
Stranger from Santa Fe
U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
10.0
1945
Gun Smoke
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
3.8
1945
Forever Yours
Maj. Tex O'Connor
0.0
1945
The Navajo Trail
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
0.0
1945
Ghost Guns
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
5.8
1944
Law of the Valley
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
5.0
1944
Land of the Outlaws
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
0.0
1944
West of the Rio Grande
U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
0.0
1944
Range Law
U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
0.0
1944
Partners of the Trail
Jack McKenzie
3.5
1944
Law Men
U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
5.0
1944
Raiders of the Border
Nevada Jack McKenzie
0.0
1944
The Texas Kid
Jack McKenzie
4.8
1943
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
4.0
1943
Crazy House
Johnny Mack Brown
5.0
1943
The Lone Star Trail
Blaze Barker
5.0
1943
Six Gun Gospel
Marshal Jack McKenzie
4.5
1943
The Stranger From Pecos
Nevada Jack McKenzie
0.0
1943
Raiders of San Joaquin
Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
6.0
1943
Cheyenne Roundup
Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
4.0
1943
The Ghost Rider
Nevada Jack McKenzie
0.0
1943
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Wade Benson
0.0
1943
The Old Chisholm Trail
Dusty Gardner
7.0
1942
Little Joe, the Wrangler
Neal Wallace
6.0
1942
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Jim Mallory
5.0
1942
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Steve Collins
0.0
1942
The Silver Bullet
Silver Jim Donovan
4.0
1942
Stagecoach Buckaroo
Steve Hardin
5.0
1942
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Alabam' Brewster
5.8
1942
Fighting Bill Fargo
Bill Fargo
6.0
1941
Arizona Cyclone
Tom Baxter
4.0
1941
The Masked Rider
Larry Prescott
7.0
1941
Man from Montana
Sheriff Bob Dawson
0.0
1941
Rawhide Rangers
Brand Calhoun
5.0
1941
Law of the Range
Steve Howard
5.0
1941
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Joe Henderson
5.0
1941
Pony Post
Cal Sheridan
0.0
1940
Law and Order
Bill Ralston
0.0
1940
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Steve Logan
0.0
1940
Son of Roaring Dan
Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
0.0
1940
Bad Man from Red Butte
Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
5.4
1940
Riders of Pasco Basin
Lee Jamison
2.0
1940
Boss of Bullion City
Tom Bryant
5.0
1940
West of Carson City
Jim Bannister
2.0
1940
Chip of the Flying U
'Chip' Bennett
0.0
1939
Oklahoma Frontier
Jeff McLeod
0.0
1939
Desperate Trails
Steve Hayden
4.5
1939
The Oregon Trail
Jeff Scott
8.0
1939
Land of Liberty
Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
0.0
1939
Flaming Frontiers
Tex Houston
5.2
1938
Wells Fargo
Talbot Carter
5.1
1937
Born to the West
Tom Fillmore
4.7
1937
Boothill Brigade
Lon Cardigan
4.8
1937
Wild West Days
Kentucky Wade
0.0
1937
A Lawman Is Born
Tom Mitchell
4.0
1937
Guns in the Dark
Johnny Darrel
5.5
1937
Bar-Z Bad Men
Jim Waters
2.3
1937
Lawless Land
Ranger Jeff Hayden
4.8
1937
Trail of Vengeance
Dude Ramsay
0.0
1937
The Gambling Terror
Jeff Hayes
5.5
1937
Undercover Man
Steve McLain
5.5
1936
The Crooked Trail
Jim Blake
4.8
1936
Everyman's Law
Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
0.0
1936
Rogue of the Range
Dan Doran
4.0
1936
Desert Phantom
Billy Donovan
0.0
1936
Valley of the Lawless
Bruce Reynolds
0.0
1936
The Courageous Avenger
Kirk Baxter
5.2
1935
Between Men
Johnny Wellington Jr.
5.0
1935
Starlit Days at the Lido
Self
5.0
1935
Branded a Coward
Johnny Hume
5.8
1935
Rustlers of Red Dog
Jack Wood
8.0
1935
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Self
5.5
1934
Against the Law
Steve Wayne
3.0
1934
Belle of the Nineties
Brooks Clayburn
5.8
1934
Cross Streets
Adam Blythe
5.8
1934
St. Louis Woman
Jim Warren
0.0
1934
Three on a Honeymoon
Chuck Wells
0.0
1934
Son of a Sailor
'Duke'
5.0
1933
Female
George P. Cooper
6.3
1933
Saturday's Millions
Alan Barry
0.0
1933
Fighting With Kit Carson
Kit Carson
6.0
1933
The Vanishing Frontier
Kirby Tornell
0.0
1933
Malay Nights
Jim Wilson
0.0
1932
70,000 Witnesses
Wally Clark
4.8
1932
Flames
Charlie
4.0
1932
Hollywood Halfbacks
0.0
1931
Lasca of the Rio Grande
Miles Kincaid
0.0
1931
The Last Flight
Bill Talbot
6.9
1931
The Secret Six
Hank Rogers
5.8
1931
The Great Meadow
Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)
5.0
1931
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
4.2
1930
Montana Moon
Larry
4.6
1930
Undertow
Paul Whalen
3.0
1930
Jazz Heaven
Barry Holmes
5.0
1929
Hurricane
Dan
6.0
1929
The Single Standard
Tommy Hewlett
6.2
1929
The Valiant
Robert Ward
5.9
1929
Coquette
Michael Jeffery
5.6
1929
A Woman of Affairs
David Furness
6.7
1928
A Lady of Chance
Steve Crandall
6.5
1928
Annapolis
Bill
3.0
1928
Our Dancing Daughters
Ben Blaine
6.4
1928
The Play Girl
Bradley Lane
0.0
1928
Soft Living
Stockney Webb
0.0
1928
The Divine Woman
Jean Lery
6.9
1928
The Fair Co-Ed
Bob
5.5
1927
After Midnight
Party Boy (uncredited)
7.0
1927
Mockery
Russian Officer (uncredited)
6.7
1927
The Bugle Call
Bit (uncredited)
0.0
1927
Slide, Kelly, Slide
Johnny Mack Brown
0.0
1927