Johnny Mack Brown
170 movies · 2 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 1, 1904
- Died
- Nov 14, 1974 (age 70)
- 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.
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Known for
Johnny Mack Brown: movies and TV shows
Acting (172)
- 2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage)
- 1992 Legends of the West
as Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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
- 1957
- 1957
- 1953 The Marshal's Daughter
as Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
- 1952 Canyon Ambush
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1952 Dead Man's Trail
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1952 Man from the Black Hills
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1952 Texas City
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1951 Texas Lawmen
as Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
- 1951 Whistling Hills
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1951 Oklahoma Justice
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1951 Montana Desperado
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1951 Blazing Bullets
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 Outlaw Gold
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1950 Law of the Panhandle
as U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
- 1950 Six Gun Mesa
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1950 Over the Border
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1950 West of Wyoming
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1949 Western Renegades
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1949 Range Justice
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1949 West of El Dorado
as Johnny Mack
- 1949 Stampede
as Sheriff Aaron Ball
- 1949 Trails End
as Johnny Mack
- 1949 Law of the West
as Federal Agent Johnny Mack
- 1948 Hidden Danger
as Johnny Mack
- 1948 Gunning for Justice
as Johnny Mack
- 1948 The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1948 The Fighting Ranger
as Johnny Brown
- 1948 Back Trail
as Johnny Mack
- 1948 Triggerman
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1948 Frontier Agent
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1948 Crossed Trails
as Johnny Mack
- 1948 Overland Trails
as Johnny Murdock
- 1947 Gun Talk
as Johnny McVey
- 1947 Prairie Express
as Johnny Hudson
- 1947 Valley of Fear
as Johnny Williams
- 1947 Flashing Guns
as Johnny Mack
- 1947 Code of the Saddle
as John Macklin
- 1947 Trailing Danger
as Johnny
- 1947 The Law Comes to Gunsight
as Johnny Mackey
- 1947 Land of the Lawless
as Johnny Mack
- 1947 Raiders of the South
as Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
- 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
- 1946 The Gentleman from Texas
as Johnny Macklin
- 1946 Under Arizona Skies
as Dusty Smith
- 1946 The Haunted Mine
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1946 Drifting Along
as Steve Garner
- 1946 Border Bandits
as Marshal Nevada
- 1945 Frontier Feud
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1945 The Lost Trail
as Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
- 1945 Flame of the West
as Dr. John Poore
- 1945 Stranger from Santa Fe
as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
- 1945 Gun Smoke
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1945 Forever Yours
as Maj. Tex O'Connor
- 1945 The Navajo Trail
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
- 1944 Ghost Guns
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
- 1944 Law of the Valley
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
- 1944 Land of the Outlaws
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
- 1944 West of the Rio Grande
as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
- 1944 Range Law
as U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
- 1944 Partners of the Trail
as Jack McKenzie
- 1944 Law Men
as U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1944 Raiders of the Border
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1943 The Texas Kid
as Jack McKenzie
- 1943 Outlaws of Stampede Pass
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1943 Crazy House
as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1943 The Lone Star Trail
as Blaze Barker
- 1943 Six Gun Gospel
as Marshal Jack McKenzie
- 1943 The Stranger From Pecos
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1943 Raiders of San Joaquin
as Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
- 1943 Cheyenne Roundup
as Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
- 1943 The Ghost Rider
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1943 Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Wade Benson
- 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 Boss of Hangtown Mesa
as Steve Collins
- 1942 The Silver Bullet
as Silver Jim Donovan
- 1942 Stagecoach Buckaroo
as Steve Hardin
- 1941 Fighting Bill Fargo
as Bill Fargo
- 1941 Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Alabam' Brewster
- 1941 Arizona Cyclone
as Tom Baxter
- 1941 The Masked Rider
as Larry Prescott
- 1941 Man from Montana
as Sheriff Bob Dawson
- 1941 Rawhide Rangers
as Brand Calhoun
- 1941 Law of the Range
as Steve Howard
- 1941 Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as Joe Henderson
- 1940 Pony Post
as Cal Sheridan
- 1940 Law and Order
as Bill Ralston
- 1940 Ragtime Cowboy Joe
as Steve Logan
- 1940 Son of Roaring Dan
as Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
- 1940 Bad Man from Red Butte
as Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
- 1940 Riders of Pasco Basin
as Lee Jamison
- 1940 Boss of Bullion City
as Tom Bryant
- 1940 West of Carson City
as Jim Bannister
- 1939 Chip of the Flying U
as 'Chip' Bennett
- 1939 Oklahoma Frontier
as Jeff McLeod
- 1939 Desperate Trails
as Steve Hayden
- 1939 The Oregon Trail
as Jeff Scott
- 1939 Land of Liberty
as Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
- 1938 Flaming Frontiers
as Tex Houston
- 1937 Wells Fargo
as Talbot Carter
- 1937 Born to the West
as Tom Fillmore
- 1937 Hell Town
as Tom Fillmore
- 1937 Boothill Brigade
as Lon Cardigan
- 1937 Wild West Days
as Kentucky Wade
- 1937 A Lawman Is Born
as Tom Mitchell
- 1937 Guns in the Dark
as Johnny Darrel
- 1937 Bar-Z Bad Men
as Jim Waters
- 1937 Lawless Land
as Ranger Jeff Hayden
- 1937 Trail of Vengeance
as Dude Ramsay
- 1937 The Gambling Terror
as Jeff Hayes
- 1936 Undercover Man
as Steve McLain
- 1936 The Crooked Trail
as Jim Blake
- 1936 Everyman's Law
as Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
- 1936 Rogue of the Range
as Dan Doran
- 1936 Desert Phantom
as Billy Donovan
- 1936 Valley of the Lawless
as Bruce Reynolds
- 1935 The Courageous Avenger
as Kirk Baxter
- 1935 Between Men
as Johnny Wellington Jr.
- 1935 Branded a Coward
as Johnny Hume
- 1935 Rustlers of Red Dog
as Jack Wood
- 1934 Against the Law
as Steve Wayne
- 1934 Belle of the Nineties
as Brooks Clayburn
- 1934 Cross Streets
as Adam Blythe
- 1934 Marrying Widows
as The Husband
- 1934 St. Louis Woman
as Jim Warren
- 1934 Three on a Honeymoon
as Chuck Wells
- 1933 Son of a Sailor
as 'Duke'
- 1933 Female
as George P. Cooper
- 1933 Saturday's Millions
as Alan Barry
- 1933 Fighting With Kit Carson
as Kit Carson
- 1933 The Vanishing Frontier
as Kirby Tornell
- 1932 Malay Nights
as Jim Wilson
- 1932 70,000 Witnesses
as Wally Clark
- 1932 Flames
as Charlie
- 1931
- 1931 Lasca of the Rio Grande
as Miles Kincaid
- 1931 The Last Flight
as Bill Talbot
- 1931 The Secret Six
as Hank Rogers
- 1931 The Great Meadow
as Berk Jarvis
- 1930 Billy the Kid
as Billy the Kid
- 1930 Montana Moon
as Larry
- 1930 Undertow
as Paul Whalen
- 1929 Jazz Heaven
as Barry Holmes
- 1929 Hurricane
as Dan
- 1929 The Single Standard
as Tommy Hewlett
- 1929 The Valiant
as Robert Ward
- 1929 Coquette
as Michael Jeffery
- 1928 A Woman of Affairs
as David Furness
- 1928 A Lady of Chance
as Steve Crandall
- 1928 Annapolis
as Bill
- 1928 Our Dancing Daughters
as Ben Blaine
- 1928 The Play Girl
as Bradley Lane
- 1928 Square Crooks
as Larry Scott
- 1928 Soft Living
as Stockney Webb
- 1928 The Divine Woman
as Jean Lery
- 1927 The Fair Co-Ed
as Bob
- 1927 After Midnight
as Party Boy (uncredited)
- 1927 Mockery
as Russian Officer (uncredited)
- 1927 The Bugle Call
as Bit (uncredited)
- 1927 Slide, Kelly, Slide
as Johnny Mack Brown
Talk shows and appearances (5)
- 1994
- 1976
- 1952 This Is Your Life
1 episode
- 1935
- 1934