About

Known credits:
170
Birthday:
1904-09-01
Place of birth:
Dothan, Alabama, USA
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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

Acting

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