Acting
172
Man
Sep 1, 1904
Nov 14, 1974 (70)
Dothan, Alabama, USA
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 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.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2000 | Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs | (archive footage) |
1994 | Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her | Self (archive footage) |
1992 | Legends of the West | Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid' |
1976 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) |
1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) |
1965 | The Bounty Killer | Sheriff Green |
1965 | Apache Uprising | Sheriff Ben Hall |
1965 | Requiem for a Gunfighter | Enkoff |
1957 | Perry Mason | Warner Griffith |
1957 | Official Detective | |
1953 | The Marshal's Daughter | Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player |
1952 | This Is Your Life | Self |
1952 | Texas City | Johnny Mack Brown |
1952 | Canyon Ambush | Johnny Mack Brown |
1952 | Dead Man's Trail | Johnny Mack Brown |
1952 | Man from the Black Hills | Johnny Mack Brown |
1951 | Texas Lawmen | Marshal Johnny Mack Brown |
1951 | Oklahoma Justice | Johnny Mack Brown |
1951 | Blazing Bullets | Johnny Mack Brown |
1951 | Whistling Hills | Johnny Mack Brown |
1951 | Man from Sonora | Johnny Mack Brown |
1951 | Colorado Ambush | Johnny Mack Brown |
1951 | Montana Desperado | Johnny Mack Brown |
1950 | Short Grass | Sheriff Ord Keown |
1950 | Six Gun Mesa | Johnny Mack Brown |
1950 | West of Wyoming | Johnny Mack Brown |
1950 | Over the Border | Johnny Mack Brown |
1950 | Outlaw Gold | Johnny Mack Brown |
1950 | Law of the Panhandle | U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown |
1949 | Stampede | Sheriff Aaron Ball |
1949 | West of El Dorado | Johnny Mack |
1949 | Law of the West | Federal Agent Johnny Mack |
1949 | Range Justice | Johnny Mack Brown |
1949 | Trails End | Johnny Mack |
1949 | Western Renegades | Johnny Mack Brown |
1948 | Overland Trails | Johnny Murdock |
1948 | Triggerman | Johnny Mack Brown |
1948 | Crossed Trails | Johnny Mack |
1948 | Back Trail | Johnny Mack |
1948 | The Fighting Ranger | Johnny Brown |
1948 | Hidden Danger | Johnny Mack |
1948 | Frontier Agent | Johnny Mack Brown |
1948 | Gunning for Justice | Johnny Mack |
1948 | The Sheriff of Medicine Bow | Johnny Mack Brown |
1947 | The Law Comes to Gunsight | Johnny Mackey |
1947 | Prairie Express | Johnny Hudson |
1947 | Valley of Fear | Johnny Williams |
1947 | Flashing Guns | Johnny Mack |
1947 | Gun Talk | Johnny McVey |
1947 | Raiders of the South | Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon |
1947 | Trailing Danger | Johnny |
1947 | Code of the Saddle | John Macklin |
1947 | Land of the Lawless | Johnny Mack |
1946 | Border Bandits | Marshal Nevada |
1946 | The Gentleman from Texas | Johnny Macklin |
1946 | Shadows on the Range | Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders |
1946 | Trigger Fingers | Sam Hurricane Benton |
1946 | Silver Range | Johnny Bronton |
1946 | Under Arizona Skies | Dusty Smith |
1946 | Drifting Along | Steve Garner |
1946 | The Haunted Mine | Nevada Jack McKenzie |
1945 | Gun Smoke | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
1945 | Flame of the West | Dr. John Poore |
1945 | Stranger from Santa Fe | U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris |
1945 | Frontier Feud | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
1945 | The Navajo Trail | Marshal Nevada McKenzie |
1945 | The Lost Trail | Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie |
1945 | Forever Yours | Maj. Tex O'Connor |
1944 | Law Men | U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
1944 | Partners of the Trail | Jack McKenzie |
1944 | Ghost Guns | Marshal Nevada McKenzie |
1944 | Law of the Valley | Marshal Nevada McKenzie |
1944 | Land of the Outlaws | Marshal Nevada McKenzie |
1944 | Raiders of the Border | Nevada Jack McKenzie |
1944 | Range Law | U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie |
1944 | West of the Rio Grande | U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie |
1943 | Crazy House | Johnny Mack Brown |
1943 | The Texas Kid | Jack McKenzie |
1943 | The Lone Star Trail | Blaze Barker |
1943 | Six Gun Gospel | Marshal Jack McKenzie |
1943 | Raiders of San Joaquin | Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider |
1943 | Cheyenne Roundup | Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon |
1943 | Outlaws of Stampede Pass | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
1943 | Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | Wade Benson |
1943 | The Stranger From Pecos | Nevada Jack McKenzie |
1943 | The Ghost Rider | Nevada Jack McKenzie |
1942 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Alabam' Brewster |
1942 | The Silver Bullet | Silver Jim Donovan |
1942 | The Old Chisholm Trail | Dusty Gardner |
1942 | Stagecoach Buckaroo | Steve Hardin |
1942 | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Jim Mallory |
1942 | Little Joe, the Wrangler | Neal Wallace |
1942 | Boss of Hangtown Mesa | Steve Collins |
1941 | The Masked Rider | Larry Prescott |
1941 | Rawhide Rangers | Brand Calhoun |
1941 | Law of the Range | Steve Howard |
1941 | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | Joe Henderson |
1941 | Fighting Bill Fargo | Bill Fargo |
1941 | Man from Montana | Sheriff Bob Dawson |
1941 | Arizona Cyclone | Tom Baxter |
1940 | Bad Man from Red Butte | Gils Brady / Buck Halliday |
1940 | Boss of Bullion City | Tom Bryant |
1940 | West of Carson City | Jim Bannister |
1940 | Riders of Pasco Basin | Lee Jamison |
1940 | Pony Post | Cal Sheridan |
1940 | Son of Roaring Dan | Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail) |
1940 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Steve Logan |
1940 | Law and Order | Bill Ralston |
1939 | Desperate Trails | Steve Hayden |
1939 | The Oregon Trail | Jeff Scott |
1939 | Chip of the Flying U | 'Chip' Bennett |
1939 | Oklahoma Frontier | Jeff McLeod |
1939 | Land of Liberty | Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid') |
1938 | Flaming Frontiers | Tex Houston |
1937 | Born to the West | Tom Fillmore |
1937 | Wells Fargo | Talbot Carter |
1937 | Lawless Land | Ranger Jeff Hayden |
1937 | Bar-Z Bad Men | Jim Waters |
1937 | Boothill Brigade | Lon Cardigan |
1937 | Guns in the Dark | Johnny Darrel |
1937 | A Lawman Is Born | Tom Mitchell |
1937 | The Gambling Terror | Jeff Hayes |
1937 | Wild West Days | Kentucky Wade |
1937 | Trail of Vengeance | Dude Ramsay |
1936 | The Crooked Trail | Jim Blake |
1936 | Undercover Man | Steve McLain |
1936 | Rogue of the Range | Dan Doran |
1936 | Desert Phantom | Billy Donovan |
1936 | Valley of the Lawless | Bruce Reynolds |
1936 | Everyman's Law | Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid |
1935 | The Courageous Avenger | Kirk Baxter |
1935 | Starlit Days at the Lido | Self |
1935 | Branded a Coward | Johnny Hume |
1935 | Between Men | Johnny Wellington Jr. |
1935 | Rustlers of Red Dog | Jack Wood |
1934 | Belle of the Nineties | Brooks Clayburn |
1934 | Cross Streets | Adam Blythe |
1934 | Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove | Self |
1934 | Against the Law | Steve Wayne |
1934 | St. Louis Woman | Jim Warren |
1934 | Three on a Honeymoon | Chuck Wells |
1933 | Female | George P. Cooper |
1933 | Fighting With Kit Carson | Kit Carson |
1933 | Son of a Sailor | 'Duke' |
1933 | The Vanishing Frontier | Kirby Tornell |
1933 | Saturday's Millions | Alan Barry |
1932 | 70,000 Witnesses | Wally Clark |
1932 | Flames | Charlie |
1932 | Malay Nights | Jim Wilson |
1931 | The Secret Six | Hank Rogers |
1931 | The Last Flight | Bill Talbot |
1931 | The Great Meadow | Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown) |
1930 | Montana Moon | Larry |
1930 | Billy the Kid | Billy the Kid |
1930 | Undertow | Paul Whalen |
1929 | Coquette | Michael Jeffery |
1929 | The Valiant | Robert Ward |
1929 | The Single Standard | Tommy Hewlett |
1929 | Jazz Heaven | Barry Holmes |
1929 | Hurricane | Dan |
1928 | Our Dancing Daughters | Ben Blaine |
1928 | A Woman of Affairs | David Furness |
1928 | The Divine Woman | Jean Lery |
1928 | A Lady of Chance | Steve Crandall |
1928 | Annapolis | Bill |
1928 | Soft Living | Stockney Webb |
1928 | The Play Girl | Bradley Lane |
1927 | Mockery | Russian Officer (uncredited) |
1927 | The Fair Co-Ed | Bob |
1927 | After Midnight | Party Boy (uncredited) |
1927 | Slide, Kelly, Slide | Johnny Mack Brown |
1927 | The Bugle Call | Bit (uncredited) |