About
Johnny Mack Brown
Overview
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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2000 | Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1994 | Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1992 | Legends of the West | Actor | Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid' | N/A N/A |
1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1976 | It's Showtime | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
1965 | Apache Uprising | Actor | Sheriff Ben Hall | 59 Average |
1965 | The Bounty Killer | Actor | Sheriff Green | 59 Average |
1965 | Requiem for a Gunfighter | Actor | Enkoff | 59 Average |
1953 | The Marshal's Daughter | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player | 58 Average |
1952 | Canyon Ambush | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | 58 Average |
1952 | Dead Man's Trail | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1952 | Man from the Black Hills | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1952 | Texas City | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | 58 Average |
1951 | Texas Lawmen | Actor | Marshal Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1951 | Whistling Hills | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1951 | Oklahoma Justice | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1951 | Montana Desperado | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1951 | Blazing Bullets | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1951 | Man from Sonora | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1951 | Colorado Ambush | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1950 | Short Grass | Actor | Sheriff Ord Keown | 59 Average |
1950 | Outlaw Gold | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1950 | Law of the Panhandle | Actor | U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1950 | Six Gun Mesa | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | 59 Average |
1950 | Over the Border | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1950 | West of Wyoming | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | 59 Average |
1949 | Western Renegades | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1949 | Range Justice | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1949 | West of El Dorado | Actor | Johnny Mack | N/A N/A |
1949 | Stampede | Actor | Sheriff Aaron Ball | 59 Average |
1949 | Trails End | Actor | Johnny Mack | N/A N/A |
1949 | Law of the West | Actor | Federal Agent Johnny Mack | N/A N/A |
1948 | Hidden Danger | Actor | Johnny Mack | N/A N/A |
1948 | Gunning for Justice | Actor | Johnny Mack | N/A N/A |
1948 | The Sheriff of Medicine Bow | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1948 | The Fighting Ranger | Actor | Johnny Brown | N/A N/A |
1948 | Back Trail | Actor | Johnny Mack | N/A N/A |
1948 | Triggerman | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1948 | Frontier Agent | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |
1948 | Crossed Trails | Actor | Johnny Mack | N/A N/A |
1948 | Overland Trails | Actor | Johnny Murdock | N/A N/A |
1947 | Gun Talk | Actor | Johnny McVey | N/A N/A |
1947 | Prairie Express | Actor | Johnny Hudson | N/A N/A |
1947 | Valley of Fear | Actor | Johnny Williams | N/A N/A |
1947 | Flashing Guns | Actor | Johnny Mack | N/A N/A |
1947 | Code of the Saddle | Actor | John Macklin | N/A N/A |
1947 | Trailing Danger | Actor | Johnny | N/A N/A |
1947 | The Law Comes to Gunsight | Actor | Johnny Mackey | 58 Average |
1947 | Land of the Lawless | Actor | Johnny Mack | N/A N/A |
1947 | Raiders of the South | Actor | Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon | N/A N/A |
1946 | Silver Range | Actor | Johnny Bronton | N/A N/A |
1946 | Shadows on the Range | Actor | Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders | N/A N/A |
1946 | Trigger Fingers | Actor | Sam Hurricane Benton | N/A N/A |
1946 | The Gentleman from Texas | Actor | Johnny Macklin | N/A N/A |
1946 | Under Arizona Skies | Actor | Dusty Smith | N/A N/A |
1946 | The Haunted Mine | Actor | Nevada Jack McKenzie | N/A N/A |
1946 | Drifting Along | Actor | Steve Garner | N/A N/A |
1946 | Border Bandits | Actor | Marshal Nevada | 59 Average |
1945 | Frontier Feud | Actor | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie | 58 Average |
1945 | The Lost Trail | Actor | Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie | N/A N/A |
1945 | Flame of the West | Actor | Dr. John Poore | 59 Average |
1945 | Stranger from Santa Fe | Actor | U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris | 59 Average |
1945 | Gun Smoke | Actor | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie | 58 Average |
1945 | Forever Yours | Actor | Maj. Tex O'Connor | N/A N/A |
1945 | The Navajo Trail | Actor | Marshal Nevada McKenzie | N/A N/A |
1944 | Ghost Guns | Actor | Marshal Nevada McKenzie | 59 Average |
1944 | Law of the Valley | Actor | Marshal Nevada McKenzie | 58 Average |
1944 | Land of the Outlaws | Actor | Marshal Nevada McKenzie | N/A N/A |
1944 | West of the Rio Grande | Actor | U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie | N/A N/A |
1944 | Range Law | Actor | U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie | N/A N/A |
1944 | Partners of the Trail | Actor | Jack McKenzie | 58 Average |
1944 | Law Men | Actor | U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie | 58 Average |
1944 | Raiders of the Border | Actor | Nevada Jack McKenzie | N/A N/A |
1943 | The Texas Kid | Actor | Jack McKenzie | 59 Average |
1943 | Outlaws of Stampede Pass | Actor | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie | 58 Average |
1943 | Crazy House | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | 59 Average |
1943 | The Lone Star Trail | Actor | Blaze Barker | 59 Average |
1943 | Six Gun Gospel | Actor | Marshal Jack McKenzie | 58 Average |
1943 | The Stranger From Pecos | Actor | Nevada Jack McKenzie | N/A N/A |
1943 | Raiders of San Joaquin | Actor | Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider | 59 Average |
1943 | Cheyenne Roundup | Actor | Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon | 58 Average |
1943 | The Ghost Rider | Actor | Nevada Jack McKenzie | N/A N/A |
1943 | Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | Actor | Wade Benson | N/A N/A |
1942 | The Old Chisholm Trail | Actor | Dusty Gardner | 59 Average |
1942 | Little Joe, the Wrangler | Actor | Neal Wallace | 59 Average |
1942 | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Actor | Jim Mallory | 59 Average |
1942 | Boss of Hangtown Mesa | Actor | Steve Collins | N/A N/A |
1942 | The Silver Bullet | Actor | Silver Jim Donovan | 58 Average |
1942 | Stagecoach Buckaroo | Actor | Steve Hardin | 59 Average |
1942 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Actor | Alabam' Brewster | 59 Average |
1941 | Fighting Bill Fargo | Actor | Bill Fargo | 59 Average |
1941 | Arizona Cyclone | Actor | Tom Baxter | N/A N/A |
1941 | The Masked Rider | Actor | Larry Prescott | 59 Average |
1941 | Man from Montana | Actor | Sheriff Bob Dawson | N/A N/A |
1941 | Rawhide Rangers | Actor | Brand Calhoun | 59 Average |
1941 | Law of the Range | Actor | Steve Howard | 58 Average |
1941 | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | Actor | Joe Henderson | 58 Average |
1940 | Pony Post | Actor | Cal Sheridan | N/A N/A |
1940 | Law and Order | Actor | Bill Ralston | N/A N/A |
1940 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Actor | Steve Logan | N/A N/A |
1940 | Son of Roaring Dan | Actor | Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail) | N/A N/A |
1940 | Bad Man from Red Butte | Actor | Gils Brady / Buck Halliday | 58 Average |
1940 | Riders of Pasco Basin | Actor | Lee Jamison | 58 Average |
1940 | Boss of Bullion City | Actor | Tom Bryant | 58 Average |
1940 | West of Carson City | Actor | Jim Bannister | 58 Average |
1939 | Chip of the Flying U | Actor | 'Chip' Bennett | 58 Average |
1939 | Oklahoma Frontier | Actor | Jeff McLeod | 58 Average |
1939 | Desperate Trails | Actor | Steve Hayden | 58 Average |
1939 | The Oregon Trail | Actor | Jeff Scott | 59 Average |
1939 | Land of Liberty | Actor | Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid') | N/A N/A |
1938 | Flaming Frontiers | Actor | Tex Houston | 58 Average |
1937 | Wells Fargo | Actor | Talbot Carter | 58 Average |
1937 | Born to the West | Actor | Tom Fillmore | 58 Average |
1937 | Boothill Brigade | Actor | Lon Cardigan | 58 Average |
1937 | Wild West Days | Actor | Kentucky Wade | N/A N/A |
1937 | A Lawman Is Born | Actor | Tom Mitchell | 58 Average |
1937 | Guns in the Dark | Actor | Johnny Darrel | 59 Average |
1937 | Bar-Z Bad Men | Actor | Jim Waters | 58 Average |
1937 | Lawless Land | Actor | Ranger Jeff Hayden | 58 Average |
1937 | Trail of Vengeance | Actor | Dude Ramsay | N/A N/A |
1937 | The Gambling Terror | Actor | Jeff Hayes | 59 Average |
1936 | Undercover Man | Actor | Steve McLain | 59 Average |
1936 | The Crooked Trail | Actor | Jim Blake | 58 Average |
1936 | Everyman's Law | Actor | Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid | N/A N/A |
1936 | Rogue of the Range | Actor | Dan Doran | 59 Average |
1936 | Desert Phantom | Actor | Billy Donovan | N/A N/A |
1936 | Valley of the Lawless | Actor | Bruce Reynolds | N/A N/A |
1935 | The Courageous Avenger | Actor | Kirk Baxter | 58 Average |
1935 | Between Men | Actor | Johnny Wellington Jr. | 59 Average |
1935 | Starlit Days at the Lido | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1935 | Branded a Coward | Actor | Johnny Hume | 59 Average |
1935 | Rustlers of Red Dog | Actor | Jack Wood | 58 Average |
1934 | Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1934 | Against the Law | Actor | Steve Wayne | 59 Average |
1934 | Belle of the Nineties | Actor | Brooks Clayburn | 59 Average |
1934 | Cross Streets | Actor | Adam Blythe | 59 Average |
1934 | St. Louis Woman | Actor | Jim Warren | N/A N/A |
1934 | Three on a Honeymoon | Actor | Chuck Wells | N/A N/A |
1933 | Son of a Sailor | Actor | 'Duke' | 58 Average |
1933 | Female | Actor | George P. Cooper | 59 Average |
1933 | Saturday's Millions | Actor | Alan Barry | N/A N/A |
1933 | Fighting With Kit Carson | Actor | Kit Carson | 59 Average |
1933 | The Vanishing Frontier | Actor | Kirby Tornell | N/A N/A |
1932 | Malay Nights | Actor | Jim Wilson | N/A N/A |
1932 | 70,000 Witnesses | Actor | Wally Clark | 58 Average |
1932 | Flames | Actor | Charlie | 59 Average |
1931 | Hollywood Halfbacks | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1931 | The Last Flight | Actor | Bill Talbot | 59 Average |
1931 | The Secret Six | Actor | Hank Rogers | 58 Average |
1931 | The Great Meadow | Actor | Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown) | 59 Average |
1930 | Billy the Kid | Actor | Billy the Kid | 58 Average |
1930 | Montana Moon | Actor | Larry | 58 Average |
1930 | Undertow | Actor | Paul Whalen | N/A N/A |
1929 | Jazz Heaven | Actor | Barry Holmes | 58 Average |
1929 | Hurricane | Actor | Dan | 59 Average |
1929 | The Single Standard | Actor | Tommy Hewlett | 58 Average |
1929 | The Valiant | Actor | Robert Ward | 58 Average |
1929 | Coquette | Actor | Michael Jeffery | 58 Average |
1928 | A Woman of Affairs | Actor | David Furness | 59 Average |
1928 | A Lady of Chance | Actor | Steve Crandall | 59 Average |
1928 | Annapolis | Actor | Bill | 58 Average |
1928 | Our Dancing Daughters | Actor | Ben Blaine | 59 Average |
1928 | The Play Girl | Actor | Bradley Lane | N/A N/A |
1928 | Soft Living | Actor | Stockney Webb | N/A N/A |
1928 | The Divine Woman | Actor | Jean Lery | 59 Average |
1927 | The Fair Co-Ed | Actor | Bob | 59 Average |
1927 | After Midnight | Actor | Party Boy (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
1927 | Mockery | Actor | Russian Officer (uncredited) | 59 Average |
1927 | The Bugle Call | Actor | Bit (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
1927 | Slide, Kelly, Slide | Actor | Johnny Mack Brown | N/A N/A |