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)
Hell Town
1937
as Tom Fillmore
Malay Nights
1932
as Jim Wilson
Flashing Guns
1947
as Johnny Mack
Cross Streets
1934
as Adam Blythe
Oklahoma Justice
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
Colorado Ambush
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
Code of the Saddle
1947
as John Macklin
Belle of the Nineties
1934
as Brooks Clayburn
Desert Phantom
1936
as Billy Donovan
Born to the West
1937
as Tom Fillmore
Forever Yours
1945
as Maj. Tex O'Connor
Triggerman
1948
as Johnny Mack Brown
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
The Courageous Avenger
1935
as Kirk Baxter
Border Bandits
1946
as Marshal Nevada
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
as (archive footage)
Square Crooks
1928
as Larry Scott
Flames
1932
as Charlie
The Play Girl
1928
as Bradley Lane
Land of Liberty
1939
as Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
Wells Fargo
1937
as Talbot Carter
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
as Alabam' Brewster
The Crooked Trail
1936
as Jim Blake
Lawless Land
1937
as Ranger Jeff Hayden
The Valiant
1929
as Robert Ward
Range Law
1944
as U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Guns in the Dark
1937
as Johnny Darrel
Valley of the Lawless
1936
as Bruce Reynolds
Law of the Range
1941
as Steve Howard
Our Dancing Daughters
1928
as Ben Blaine
The Single Standard
1929
as Tommy Hewlett
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
as Self
Legends of the West
1992
as Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Raiders of the Border
1944
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
Land of the Outlaws
1944
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
The Masked Rider
1941
as Larry Prescott
Crazy House
1943
as Johnny Mack Brown
Cheyenne Roundup
1943
as Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
Apache Uprising
1965
as Sheriff Ben Hall
The Bounty Killer
1965
as Sheriff Green
Short Grass
1950
as Sheriff Ord Keown
The Lone Star Trail
1943
as Blaze Barker
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Female
1933
as George P. Cooper
Boss of Bullion City
1940
as Tom Bryant
A Woman of Affairs
1928
as David Furness
Coquette
1929
as Michael Jeffery
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
as Jack Wood
The Secret Six
1931
as Hank Rogers
Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965
as Enkoff
Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942
as Steve Hardin
Mockery
1927
as Russian Officer (uncredited)
The Last Flight
1931
as Bill Talbot
Billy the Kid
1930
as Billy the Kid
Son of a Sailor
1933
as 'Duke'
Man from the Black Hills
1952
as Johnny Mack Brown
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
Rogue of the Range
1936
as Dan Doran
The Oregon Trail
1939
as Jeff Scott
Western Renegades
1949
as Johnny Mack Brown
Montana Moon
1930
as Larry
Stampede
1949
as Sheriff Aaron Ball
Frontier Agent
1948
as Johnny Mack Brown
Arizona Cyclone
1941
as Tom Baxter
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
Rawhide Rangers
1941
as Brand Calhoun
Ghost Guns
1944
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942
as Dusty Gardner
Law of the West
1949
as Federal Agent Johnny Mack
Branded a Coward
1935
as Johnny Hume
Raiders of the South
1947
as Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
Land of the Lawless
1947
as Johnny Mack
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
1943
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Montana Desperado
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
The Great Meadow
1931
as Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)
Raiders of San Joaquin
1943
as Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
Annapolis
1928
as Bill
Between Men
1935
as Johnny Wellington Jr.
Valley of Fear
1947
as Johnny Williams
Law Men
1944
as U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Law of the Panhandle
1950
as U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
The Fighting Ranger
1948
as Johnny Brown
Hidden Danger
1948
as Johnny Mack
Three on a Honeymoon
1934
as Chuck Wells
Man from Sonora
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
Law and Order
1940
as Bill Ralston
Marrying Widows
1934
as The Husband
The Vanishing Frontier
1933
as Kirby Tornell
Trigger Fingers
1946
as Sam Hurricane Benton
Gunning for Justice
1948
as Johnny Mack
West of Wyoming
1950
as Johnny Mack Brown
Flame of the West
1945
as Dr. John Poore
Starlit Days at the Lido
1935
as Self
Flaming Frontiers
1938
as Tex Houston
Frontier Feud
1945
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Fighting Bill Fargo
1941
as Bill Fargo
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
as Joe Henderson
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943
as Wade Benson
West of the Rio Grande
1944
as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
The Silver Bullet
1942
as Silver Jim Donovan
The Navajo Trail
1945
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Whistling Hills
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
Range Justice
1949
as Johnny Mack Brown
Fighting With Kit Carson
1933
as Kit Carson
The Bugle Call
1927
as Bit (uncredited)
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
1948
as Johnny Mack Brown
Against the Law
1934
as Steve Wayne
The Haunted Mine
1946
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
Dead Man's Trail
1952
as Johnny Mack Brown
Hurricane
1929
as Dan
Chip of the Flying U
1939
as 'Chip' Bennett
Saturday's Millions
1933
as Alan Barry
Six Gun Gospel
1943
as Marshal Jack McKenzie
The Divine Woman
1928
as Jean Lery
Everyman's Law
1936
as Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
Gun Smoke
1945
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
The Lost Trail
1945
as Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
Bad Man from Red Butte
1940
as Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
The Gentleman from Texas
1946
as Johnny Macklin
Canyon Ambush
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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- Hell Town (1937) — as Tom Fillmore
- Malay Nights (1932) — as Jim Wilson
- Flashing Guns (1947) — as Johnny Mack
- Cross Streets (1934) — as Adam Blythe
- Oklahoma Justice (1951) — as Johnny Mack Brown
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