Johnny Mack Brown
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-09-01
Day of Death
1974-11-14 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Dothan, Alabama, USA
Johnny Mack Brown
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.
Acting
(2000)
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage)
(1994)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage)
(1992)
Legends of the West
as Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid'
(1976)
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
(1976)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
(1965)
Apache Uprising
as Sheriff Ben Hall
(1965)
The Bounty Killer
as Sheriff Green
(1965)
Requiem for a Gunfighter
as Enkoff
(1953)
The Marshal's Daughter
as Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
(1952)
Texas City
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1952)
Canyon Ambush
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1952)
Man from the Black Hills
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1952)
Dead Man's Trail
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1951)
Texas Lawmen
as Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
(1951)
Blazing Bullets
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1951)
Montana Desperado
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1951)
Oklahoma Justice
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1951)
Whistling Hills
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1951)
Man from Sonora
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1951)
Colorado Ambush
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1950)
Short Grass
as Sheriff Ord Keown
(1950)
Over the Border
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1950)
Outlaw Gold
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1950)
Six Gun Mesa
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1950)
Law of the Panhandle
as U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
(1950)
West of Wyoming
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1949)
Stampede
as Sheriff Aaron Ball
(1949)
Trails End
as Johnny Mack
(1949)
Western Renegades
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1949)
Range Justice
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1949)
West of El Dorado
as Johnny Mack
(1949)
Law of the West
as Federal Agent Johnny Mack
(1948)
Overland Trails
as Johnny Murdock
(1948)
Hidden Danger
as Johnny Mack
(1948)
Triggerman
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1948)
Back Trail
as Johnny Mack
(1948)
The Fighting Ranger
as Johnny Brown
(1948)
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1948)
Frontier Agent
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1948)
Crossed Trails
as Johnny Mack
(1948)
Gunning for Justice
as Johnny Mack
(1947)
Gun Talk
as Johnny McVey
(1947)
Valley of Fear
as Johnny Williams
(1947)
Land of the Lawless
as Johnny Mack
(1947)
The Law Comes to Gunsight
as Johnny Mackey
(1947)
Trailing Danger
as Johnny
(1947)
Flashing Guns
as Johnny Mack
(1947)
Prairie Express
as Johnny Hudson
(1947)
Code of the Saddle
as John Macklin
(1947)
Raiders of the South
as Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
(1946)
Drifting Along
as Steve Garner
(1946)
Border Bandits
as Marshal Nevada
(1946)
Under Arizona Skies
as Dusty Smith
(1946)
The Gentleman from Texas
as Johnny Macklin
(1946)
The Haunted Mine
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
(1946)
Silver Range
as Johnny Bronton
(1946)
Shadows on the Range
as Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
(1946)
Trigger Fingers
as Sam Hurricane Benton
(1945)
Forever Yours
as Maj. Tex O'Connor
(1945)
Stranger from Santa Fe
as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
(1945)
The Navajo Trail
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
(1945)
Flame of the West
as Dr. John Poore
(1945)
Frontier Feud
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
(1945)
The Lost Trail
as Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
(1945)
Gun Smoke
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
(1944)
Law Men
as U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
(1944)
Ghost Guns
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
(1944)
Raiders of the Border
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
(1944)
Partners of the Trail
as Jack McKenzie
(1944)
Law of the Valley
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
(1944)
Range Law
as U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
(1944)
West of the Rio Grande
as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
(1944)
Land of the Outlaws
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
(1943)
The Texas Kid
as Jack McKenzie
(1943)
Crazy House
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1943)
Raiders of San Joaquin
as Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
(1943)
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
(1943)
Six Gun Gospel
as Marshal Jack McKenzie
(1943)
The Ghost Rider
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
(1943)
The Lone Star Trail
as Blaze Barker
(1943)
Cheyenne Roundup
as Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
(1943)
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Wade Benson
(1943)
The Stranger From Pecos
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
(1942)
Stagecoach Buckaroo
as Steve Hardin
(1942)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Alabam' Brewster
(1942)
The Old Chisholm Trail
as Dusty Gardner
(1942)
Little Joe, the Wrangler
as Neal Wallace
(1942)
Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Jim Mallory
(1942)
The Silver Bullet
as Silver Jim Donovan
(1942)
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
as Steve Collins
(1941)
Rawhide Rangers
as Brand Calhoun
(1941)
Law of the Range
as Steve Howard
(1941)
Arizona Cyclone
as Tom Baxter
(1941)
The Masked Rider
as Larry Prescott
(1941)
Man from Montana
as Sheriff Bob Dawson
(1941)
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as Joe Henderson
(1941)
Fighting Bill Fargo
as Bill Fargo
(1940)
Pony Post
as Cal Sheridan
(1940)
Law and Order
as Bill Ralston
(1940)
West of Carson City
as Jim Bannister
(1940)
Boss of Bullion City
as Tom Bryant
(1940)
Riders of Pasco Basin
as Lee Jamison
(1940)
Bad Man from Red Butte
as Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
(1940)
Son of Roaring Dan
as Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
(1940)
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
as Steve Logan
(1939)
The Oregon Trail
as Jeff Scott
(1939)
Oklahoma Frontier
as Jeff McLeod
(1939)
Land of Liberty
as Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
(1939)
Desperate Trails
as Steve Hayden
(1939)
Chip of the Flying U
as 'Chip' Bennett
(1938)
Flaming Frontiers
as Tex Houston
(1937)
Wells Fargo
as Talbot Carter
(1937)
Born to the West
as Tom Fillmore
(1937)
A Lawman Is Born
as Tom Mitchell
(1937)
The Gambling Terror
as Jeff Hayes
(1937)
Trail of Vengeance
as Dude Ramsay
(1937)
Wild West Days
as Kentucky Wade
(1937)
Boothill Brigade
as Lon Cardigan
(1937)
Bar-Z Bad Men
as Jim Waters
(1937)
Guns in the Dark
as Johnny Darrel
(1937)
Lawless Land
as Ranger Jeff Hayden
(1936)
Rogue of the Range
as Dan Doran
(1936)
Valley of the Lawless
as Bruce Reynolds
(1936)
Everyman's Law
as Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
(1936)
Desert Phantom
as Billy Donovan
(1936)
The Crooked Trail
as Jim Blake
(1936)
Undercover Man
as Steve McLain
(1935)
Starlit Days at the Lido
as Self
(1935)
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Jack Wood
(1935)
Branded a Coward
as Johnny Hume
(1935)
The Courageous Avenger
as Kirk Baxter
(1935)
Between Men
as Johnny Wellington Jr.
(1934)
Three on a Honeymoon
as Chuck Wells
(1934)
Belle of the Nineties
as Brooks Clayburn
(1934)
(1934)
Cross Streets
as Adam Blythe
(1934)
St. Louis Woman
as Jim Warren
(1934)
Against the Law
as Steve Wayne
(1933)
Female
as George P. Cooper
(1933)
Son of a Sailor
as 'Duke'
(1933)
Saturday's Millions
as Alan Barry
(1933)
Fighting With Kit Carson
as Kit Carson
(1933)
The Vanishing Frontier
as Kirby Tornell
(1932)
70,000 Witnesses
as Wally Clark
(1932)
Flames
as Charlie
(1932)
Malay Nights
as Jim Wilson
(1931)
The Secret Six
as Hank Rogers
(1931)
The Last Flight
as Bill Talbot
(1931)
(1931)
The Great Meadow
as Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)
(1931)
Lasca of the Rio Grande
as Miles Kincaid
(1930)
Montana Moon
as Larry
(1930)
Billy the Kid
as Billy the Kid
(1930)
Undertow
as Paul Whalen
(1929)
Coquette
as Michael Jeffery
(1929)
The Single Standard
as Tommy Hewlett
(1929)
Hurricane
as Dan
(1929)
The Valiant
as Robert Ward
(1929)
Jazz Heaven
as Barry Holmes
(1928)
A Woman of Affairs
as David Furness
(1928)
Our Dancing Daughters
as Ben Blaine
(1928)
Soft Living
as Stockney Webb
(1928)
A Lady of Chance
as Steve Crandall
(1928)
The Play Girl
as Bradley Lane
(1928)
The Divine Woman
as Jean Lery
(1928)
Annapolis
as Bill
(1927)
Mockery
as Russian Officer (uncredited)
(1927)
After Midnight
as Party Boy (uncredited)
(1927)
Slide, Kelly, Slide
as Johnny Mack Brown
(1927)
The Bugle Call
as Bit (uncredited)
(1927)
The Fair Co-Ed
as Bob