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)
Back Trail
1948
as Johnny Mack
Apache Uprising
1965
as Sheriff Ben Hall
Wells Fargo
1937
as Talbot Carter
Flashing Guns
1947
as Johnny Mack
Law Men
1944
as U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Drifting Along
1946
as Steve Garner
Forever Yours
1945
as Maj. Tex O'Connor
Prairie Express
1947
as Johnny Hudson
Crazy House
1943
as Johnny Mack Brown
Silver Range
1946
as Johnny Bronton
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Gun Talk
1947
as Johnny McVey
The Bounty Killer
1965
as Sheriff Green
Border Bandits
1946
as Marshal Nevada
The Secret Six
1931
as Hank Rogers
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Single Standard
1929
as Tommy Hewlett
Western Renegades
1949
as Johnny Mack Brown
Texas City
1952
as Johnny Mack Brown
Between Men
1935
as Johnny Wellington Jr.
Desperate Trails
1939
as Steve Hayden
Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965
as Enkoff
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
as (archive footage)
Oklahoma Justice
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
as Alabam' Brewster
Gun Smoke
1945
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Female
1933
as George P. Cooper
Coquette
1929
as Michael Jeffery
Land of the Outlaws
1944
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Born to the West
1937
as Tom Fillmore
Frontier Feud
1945
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Trails End
1949
as Johnny Mack
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
as Jack Wood
Land of Liberty
1939
as Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
Belle of the Nineties
1934
as Brooks Clayburn
Flaming Frontiers
1938
as Tex Houston
Soft Living
1928
as Stockney Webb
Colorado Ambush
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
The Stranger From Pecos
1943
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
Against the Law
1934
as Steve Wayne
Riders of Pasco Basin
1940
as Lee Jamison
Son of Roaring Dan
1940
as Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
Bad Man from Red Butte
1940
as Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
Slide, Kelly, Slide
1927
as Johnny Mack Brown
Range Law
1944
as U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Oklahoma Frontier
1939
as Jeff McLeod
Mockery
1927
as Russian Officer (uncredited)
The Marshal's Daughter
1953
as Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
The Valiant
1929
as Robert Ward
The Courageous Avenger
1935
as Kirk Baxter
Malay Nights
1932
as Jim Wilson
Son of a Sailor
1933
as 'Duke'
Billy the Kid
1930
as Billy the Kid
Starlit Days at the Lido
1935
as Self
70,000 Witnesses
1932
as Wally Clark
The Ghost Rider
1943
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
Crossed Trails
1948
as Johnny Mack
Arizona Cyclone
1941
as Tom Baxter
Wild West Days
1937
as Kentucky Wade
The Lost Trail
1945
as Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
The Oregon Trail
1939
as Jeff Scott
Man from Sonora
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
Man from the Black Hills
1952
as Johnny Mack Brown
Six Gun Gospel
1943
as Marshal Jack McKenzie
Hurricane
1929
as Dan
Montana Moon
1930
as Larry
Cheyenne Roundup
1943
as Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
Law of the Range
1941
as Steve Howard
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
as Joe Henderson
Whistling Hills
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
The Vanishing Frontier
1933
as Kirby Tornell
Pony Post
1940
as Cal Sheridan
Little Joe, the Wrangler
1942
as Neal Wallace
Rawhide Rangers
1941
as Brand Calhoun
Triggerman
1948
as Johnny Mack Brown
Canyon Ambush
1952
as Johnny Mack Brown
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942
as Jim Mallory
Short Grass
1950
as Sheriff Ord Keown
The Navajo Trail
1945
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
The Lone Star Trail
1943
as Blaze Barker
Blazing Bullets
1951
as Johnny Mack Brown
Hell Town
1937
as Tom Fillmore
A Woman of Affairs
1928
as David Furness
Hidden Danger
1948
as Johnny Mack
The Texas Kid
1943
as Jack McKenzie
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
1943
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
1942
as Steve Collins
Trigger Fingers
1946
as Sam Hurricane Benton
Fighting With Kit Carson
1933
as Kit Carson
Saturday's Millions
1933
as Alan Barry
The Crooked Trail
1936
as Jim Blake
Our Dancing Daughters
1928
as Ben Blaine
Flames
1932
as Charlie
West of the Rio Grande
1944
as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Boss of Bullion City
1940
as Tom Bryant
Code of the Saddle
1947
as John Macklin
West of El Dorado
1949
as Johnny Mack
Law of the Panhandle
1950
as U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
Law and Order
1940
as Bill Ralston
The Great Meadow
1931
as Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942
as Dusty Gardner
The Fair Co-Ed
1927
as Bob
Three on a Honeymoon
1934
as Chuck Wells
Flame of the West
1945
as Dr. John Poore
After Midnight
1927
as Party Boy (uncredited)
Valley of Fear
1947
as Johnny Williams
Dead Man's Trail
1952
as Johnny Mack Brown
The Haunted Mine
1946
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
Chip of the Flying U
1939
as 'Chip' Bennett
The Masked Rider
1941
as Larry Prescott
Annapolis
1928
as Bill
Land of the Lawless
1947
as Johnny Mack
Legends of the West
1992
as Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jazz Heaven
1929
as Barry Holmes
The Fighting Ranger
1948
as Johnny Brown
The Last Flight
1931
as Bill Talbot
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
as Self
Branded a Coward
1935
as Johnny Hume
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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- Back Trail (1948) — as Johnny Mack
- Apache Uprising (1965) — as Sheriff Ben Hall
- Wells Fargo (1937) — as Talbot Carter
- Flashing Guns (1947) — as Johnny Mack
- Law Men (1944) — as U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
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