Johnny Mack Brown
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1 September 1904 · Dothan, Alabama, USA
- Died
- 14 November 1974
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
Acting 174
- 2000Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs as (archive footage)
- 1994Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her as Self (archive footage)
- 1992Legends of the West as Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch as (archive footage)
- 1976It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
- 1965Apache Uprising as Sheriff Ben Hall
- 1965The Bounty Killer as Sheriff Green
- 1965Requiem for a Gunfighter as Enkoff
- 1953The Marshal's Daughter as Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
- 1952Canyon Ambush as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1952Dead Man's Trail as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1952Man from the Black Hills as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1952Texas City as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1951Texas Lawmen as Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
- 1951Whistling Hills as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1951Oklahoma Justice as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1951Montana Desperado as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1951Blazing Bullets as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1951Man from Sonora as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1951Colorado Ambush as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1950Short Grass as Sheriff Ord Keown
- 1950Outlaw Gold as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1950Law of the Panhandle as U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
- 1950Six Gun Mesa as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1950Over the Border as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1950West of Wyoming as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1949Western Renegades as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1949Range Justice as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1949West of El Dorado as Johnny Mack
- 1949Stampede as Sheriff Aaron Ball
- 1949Trails End as Johnny Mack
- 1949Law of the West as Federal Agent Johnny Mack
- 1948Hidden Danger as Johnny Mack
- 1948Gunning for Justice as Johnny Mack
- 1948The Sheriff of Medicine Bow as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1948The Fighting Ranger as Johnny Brown
- 1948Back Trail as Johnny Mack
- 1948Triggerman as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1948Frontier Agent as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1948Crossed Trails as Johnny Mack
- 1948Overland Trails as Johnny Murdock
- 1947Gun Talk as Johnny McVey
- 1947Prairie Express as Johnny Hudson
- 1947Valley of Fear as Johnny Williams
- 1947Flashing Guns as Johnny Mack
- 1947Code of the Saddle as John Macklin
- 1947Trailing Danger as Johnny
- 1947The Law Comes to Gunsight as Johnny Mackey
- 1947Land of the Lawless as Johnny Mack
- 1947Raiders of the South as Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
- 1946Silver Range as Johnny Bronton
- 1946Shadows on the Range as Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
- 1946Trigger Fingers as Sam Hurricane Benton
- 1946The Gentleman from Texas as Johnny Macklin
- 1946Under Arizona Skies as Dusty Smith
- 1946The Haunted Mine as Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1946Drifting Along as Steve Garner
- 1946Border Bandits as Marshal Nevada
- 1945Frontier Feud as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1945The Lost Trail as Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
- 1945Flame of the West as Dr. John Poore
- 1945Stranger from Santa Fe as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
- 1945Gun Smoke as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1945Forever Yours as Maj. Tex O'Connor
- 1945The Navajo Trail as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
- 1944Ghost Guns as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
- 1944Law of the Valley as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
- 1944Land of the Outlaws as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
- 1944West of the Rio Grande as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
- 1944Range Law as U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
- 1944Partners of the Trail as Jack McKenzie
- 1944Law Men as U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1944Raiders of the Border as Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1943The Texas Kid as Jack McKenzie
- 1943Outlaws of Stampede Pass as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1943Crazy House as Johnny Mack Brown
- 1943The Lone Star Trail as Blaze Barker
- 1943Six Gun Gospel as Marshal Jack McKenzie
- 1943The Stranger From Pecos as Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1943Raiders of San Joaquin as Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
- 1943Cheyenne Roundup as Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
- 1943The Ghost Rider as Nevada Jack McKenzie
- 1943Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground as Wade Benson
- 1942The Old Chisholm Trail as Dusty Gardner
- 1942Little Joe, the Wrangler as Neal Wallace
- 1942Deep in the Heart of Texas as Jim Mallory
- 1942Boss of Hangtown Mesa as Steve Collins
- 1942The Silver Bullet as Silver Jim Donovan
- 1942Stagecoach Buckaroo as Steve Hardin
- 1941Fighting Bill Fargo as Bill Fargo
- 1941Ride 'Em Cowboy as Alabam' Brewster
- 1941Arizona Cyclone as Tom Baxter
- 1941The Masked Rider as Larry Prescott
- 1941Man from Montana as Sheriff Bob Dawson
- 1941Rawhide Rangers as Brand Calhoun
- 1941Law of the Range as Steve Howard
- 1941Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie as Joe Henderson
- 1940Pony Post as Cal Sheridan
- 1940Law and Order as Bill Ralston
- 1940Ragtime Cowboy Joe as Steve Logan
- 1940Son of Roaring Dan as Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
- 1940Bad Man from Red Butte as Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
- 1940Riders of Pasco Basin as Lee Jamison
- 1940Boss of Bullion City as Tom Bryant
- 1940West of Carson City as Jim Bannister
- 1939Chip of the Flying U as 'Chip' Bennett
- 1939Oklahoma Frontier as Jeff McLeod
- 1939Desperate Trails as Steve Hayden
- 1939The Oregon Trail as Jeff Scott
- 1939Land of Liberty as Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
- 1938Flaming Frontiers as Tex Houston
- 1937Wells Fargo as Talbot Carter
- 1937Born to the West as Tom Fillmore
- 1937Hell Town as Tom Fillmore
- 1937Boothill Brigade as Lon Cardigan
- 1937Wild West Days as Kentucky Wade
- 1937A Lawman Is Born as Tom Mitchell
- 1937Guns in the Dark as Johnny Darrel
- 1937Bar-Z Bad Men as Jim Waters
- 1937Lawless Land as Ranger Jeff Hayden
- 1937Trail of Vengeance as Dude Ramsay
- 1937The Gambling Terror as Jeff Hayes
- 1936Undercover Man as Steve McLain
- 1936The Crooked Trail as Jim Blake
- 1936Everyman's Law as Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
- 1936Rogue of the Range as Dan Doran
- 1936Desert Phantom as Billy Donovan
- 1936Valley of the Lawless as Bruce Reynolds
- 1935The Courageous Avenger as Kirk Baxter
- 1935Between Men as Johnny Wellington Jr.
- 1935Starlit Days at the Lido as Self
- 1935Branded a Coward as Johnny Hume
- 1935Rustlers of Red Dog as Jack Wood
- 1934Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove as Self
- 1934Against the Law as Steve Wayne
- 1934Belle of the Nineties as Brooks Clayburn
- 1934Cross Streets as Adam Blythe
- 1934Marrying Widows as The Husband
- 1934St. Louis Woman as Jim Warren
- 1934Three on a Honeymoon as Chuck Wells
- 1933Son of a Sailor as 'Duke'
- 1933Female as George P. Cooper
- 1933Saturday's Millions as Alan Barry
- 1933Fighting With Kit Carson as Kit Carson
- 1933The Vanishing Frontier as Kirby Tornell
- 1932Malay Nights as Jim Wilson
- 193270,000 Witnesses as Wally Clark
- 1932Flames as Charlie
- 1931Hollywood Halfbacks
- 1931Lasca of the Rio Grande as Miles Kincaid
- 1931The Last Flight as Bill Talbot
- 1931The Secret Six as Hank Rogers
- 1931The Great Meadow as Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)
- 1930Billy the Kid as Billy the Kid
- 1930Montana Moon as Larry
- 1930Undertow as Paul Whalen
- 1929Jazz Heaven as Barry Holmes
- 1929Hurricane as Dan
- 1929The Single Standard as Tommy Hewlett
- 1929The Valiant as Robert Ward
- 1929Coquette as Michael Jeffery
- 1928A Woman of Affairs as David Furness
- 1928A Lady of Chance as Steve Crandall
- 1928Annapolis as Bill
- 1928Our Dancing Daughters as Ben Blaine
- 1928The Play Girl as Bradley Lane
- 1928Square Crooks as Larry Scott
- 1928Soft Living as Stockney Webb
- 1928The Divine Woman as Jean Lery
- 1927The Fair Co-Ed as Bob
- 1927After Midnight as Party Boy (uncredited)
- 1927Mockery as Russian Officer (uncredited)
- 1927The Bugle Call as Bit (uncredited)
- 1927Slide, Kelly, Slide as Johnny Mack Brown