Johnny Mack Brown
Known for Acting · 177 credits
- Born
- 1904-09-01
- Died
- 1974-11-14
- Place of birth
- Dothan, Alabama, USA
- Also known as
- John Mack Brown · Johnnie Mack Brown · The Dothan Antelope · John 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.
Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (174)
Apache Uprising
1965
as Sheriff Ben Hall
Flashing Guns
1947
as Johnny Mack
Prairie Express
1947
as Johnny Hudson
Back Trail
1948
as Johnny Mack
Crazy House
1943
as Johnny Mack Brown
Wells Fargo
1937
as Talbot Carter
Border Bandits
1946
as Marshal Nevada
Oklahoma Justice
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
Gun Talk
1947
as Johnny McVey
Silver Range
1946
as Johnny Bronton
Crossed Trails
1948
as Johnny Mack
Law Men
1944
as U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Oklahoma Frontier
1939
as Jeff McLeod
Drifting Along
1946
as Steve Garner
Forever Yours
1945
as Maj. Tex O'Connor
The Secret Six
1931
as Hank Rogers
Gun Smoke
1945
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
The Bounty Killer
1965
as Sheriff Green
Whistling Hills
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
Desperate Trails
1939
as Steve Hayden
Hell Town
1937
as Tom Fillmore
Hurricane
1929
as Dan
Land of the Outlaws
1944
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
as (archive footage)
Western Renegades
1949
as Johnny Mack Brown
Malay Nights
1932
as Jim Wilson
Land of Liberty
1939
as Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965
as Enkoff
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
Coquette
1929
as Michael Jeffery
Six Gun Gospel
1943
as Marshal Jack McKenzie
Texas City
1952
as Johnny Mack Brown
70,000 Witnesses
1932
as Wally Clark
Stampede
1949
as Sheriff Aaron Ball
Range Law
1944
as U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Rawhide Rangers
1941
as Brand Calhoun
Jazz Heaven
1929
as Barry Holmes
The Single Standard
1929
as Tommy Hewlett
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
as Alabam' Brewster
Colorado Ambush
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
Flaming Frontiers
1938
as Tex Houston
The Oregon Trail
1939
as Jeff Scott
Frontier Feud
1945
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Belle of the Nineties
1934
as Brooks Clayburn
Born to the West
1937
as Tom Fillmore
Flames
1932
as Charlie
Against the Law
1934
as Steve Wayne
The Haunted Mine
1946
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
Law of the Range
1941
as Steve Howard
Mockery
1927
as Russian Officer (uncredited)
The Crooked Trail
1936
as Jim Blake
The Navajo Trail
1945
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Wild West Days
1937
as Kentucky Wade
Billy the Kid
1930
as Billy the Kid
Trails End
1949
as Johnny Mack
The Great Meadow
1931
as Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
1943
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Soft Living
1928
as Stockney Webb
The Stranger From Pecos
1943
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
Female
1933
as George P. Cooper
Little Joe, the Wrangler
1942
as Neal Wallace
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
A Woman of Affairs
1928
as David Furness
Short Grass
1950
as Sheriff Ord Keown
The Fair Co-Ed
1927
as Bob
The Ghost Rider
1943
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
Legends of the West
1992
as Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Starlit Days at the Lido
1935
as Self
Man from Sonora
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
Riders of Pasco Basin
1940
as Lee Jamison
Triggerman
1948
as Johnny Mack Brown
Outlaw Gold
1950
as Johnny Mack Brown
Pony Post
1940
as Cal Sheridan
Trail of Vengeance
1937
as Dude Ramsay
Between Men
1935
as Johnny Wellington Jr.
The Courageous Avenger
1935
as Kirk Baxter
Lawless Land
1937
as Ranger Jeff Hayden
Range Justice
1949
as Johnny Mack Brown
Law of the Panhandle
1950
as U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
The Marshal's Daughter
1953
as Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
Branded a Coward
1935
as Johnny Hume
The Masked Rider
1941
as Larry Prescott
Bad Man from Red Butte
1940
as Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
Blazing Bullets
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
Cheyenne Roundup
1943
as Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942
as Dusty Gardner
The Last Flight
1931
as Bill Talbot
Canyon Ambush
1952
as Johnny Mack Brown
The Lone Star Trail
1943
as Blaze Barker
Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942
as Steve Hardin
The Texas Kid
1943
as Jack McKenzie
Son of a Sailor
1933
as 'Duke'
Law of the West
1949
as Federal Agent Johnny Mack
Hidden Danger
1948
as Johnny Mack
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
as Joe Henderson
The Valiant
1929
as Robert Ward
Man from the Black Hills
1952
as Johnny Mack Brown
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
1942
as Steve Collins
The Vanishing Frontier
1933
as Kirby Tornell
Montana Moon
1930
as Larry
Boss of Bullion City
1940
as Tom Bryant
Slide, Kelly, Slide
1927
as Johnny Mack Brown
Shadows on the Range
1946
as Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
Son of Roaring Dan
1940
as Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
West of Carson City
1940
as Jim Bannister
Over the Border
1950
as Johnny Mack Brown
The Silver Bullet
1942
as Silver Jim Donovan
Our Dancing Daughters
1928
as Ben Blaine
The Lost Trail
1945
as Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
West of El Dorado
1949
as Johnny Mack
Guns in the Dark
1937
as Johnny Darrel
Raiders of San Joaquin
1943
as Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
Annapolis
1928
as Bill
Trailing Danger
1947
as Johnny
Land of the Lawless
1947
as Johnny Mack
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942
as Jim Mallory
Texas Lawmen
1951
as Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
Dead Man's Trail
1952
as Johnny Mack Brown
About Johnny Mack Brown
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 m… With 177 credits spanning from 1927 to 2000, Johnny Mack Brown has appeared in 174 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Johnny Mack Brown Movies
- Apache Uprising (1965) — as Sheriff Ben Hall
- Flashing Guns (1947) — as Johnny Mack
- Prairie Express (1947) — as Johnny Hudson
- Back Trail (1948) — as Johnny Mack
- Crazy House (1943) — as Johnny Mack Brown
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