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