Johnny Mack Brown
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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
Credits
Born to the West (1937)
as Tom Fillmore
Legends of the West (1992)
as Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1941)
as Alabam' Brewster
Flashing Guns (1947)
as Johnny Mack
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)
as Jim Mallory
Belle of the Nineties (1934)
as Brooks Clayburn
Malay Nights (1932)
as Jim Wilson
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
as David Furness
Oklahoma Justice (1951)
as Johnny Mack Brown
The Secret Six (1931)
as Hank Rogers
Hell Town (1937)
as Tom Fillmore
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934)
as Self
Desert Phantom (1936)
as Billy Donovan
West of El Dorado (1949)
as Johnny Mack
It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Law of the Range (1941)
as Steve Howard
Marrying Widows (1934)
as The Husband
The Fair Co-Ed (1927)
as Bob
Apache Uprising (1965)
as Sheriff Ben Hall
Son of a Sailor (1933)
as 'Duke'
The Bounty Killer (1965)
as Sheriff Green
Starlit Days at the Lido (1935)
as Self
Code of the Saddle (1947)
as John Macklin
Triggerman (1948)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Wells Fargo (1937)
as Talbot Carter
Dead Man's Trail (1952)
as Johnny Mack Brown
The Stranger From Pecos (1943)
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
Female (1933)
as George P. Cooper
Riders of Pasco Basin (1940)
as Lee Jamison
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow (1948)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Valley of the Lawless (1936)
as Bruce Reynolds
Border Bandits (1946)
as Marshal Nevada
Raiders of the Border (1944)
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000)
as (archive footage)
Raiders of San Joaquin (1943)
as Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
Law of the West (1949)
as Federal Agent Johnny Mack
Son of Roaring Dan (1940)
as Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
Fighting With Kit Carson (1933)
as Kit Carson
The Law Comes to Gunsight (1947)
as Johnny Mackey
Law of the Valley (1944)
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Flame of the West (1945)
as Dr. John Poore
The Marshal's Daughter (1953)
as Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
The Lone Star Trail (1943)
as Blaze Barker
Land of the Outlaws (1944)
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Land of the Lawless (1947)
as Johnny Mack
A Lawman Is Born (1937)
as Tom Mitchell
Three on a Honeymoon (1934)
as Chuck Wells
Guns in the Dark (1937)
as Johnny Darrel
A Lady of Chance (1928)
as Steve Crandall
Bad Man from Red Butte (1940)
as Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
Man from the Black Hills (1952)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (1941)
as Joe Henderson
Land of Liberty (1939)
as Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
Colorado Ambush (1951)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Forever Yours (1945)
as Maj. Tex O'Connor
Rogue of the Range (1936)
as Dan Doran
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground (1943)
as Wade Benson
Boss of Bullion City (1940)
as Tom Bryant
Lawless Land (1937)
as Ranger Jeff Hayden
Texas City (1952)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965)
as Enkoff
Little Joe, the Wrangler (1942)
as Neal Wallace
West of the Rio Grande (1944)
as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Stranger from Santa Fe (1945)
as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
Lasca of the Rio Grande (1931)
as Miles Kincaid
Chip of the Flying U (1939)
as 'Chip' Bennett
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)
as (archive footage)
Bar-Z Bad Men (1937)
as Jim Waters
Crazy House (1943)
as Johnny Mack Brown
The Gentleman from Texas (1946)
as Johnny Macklin
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
as Jack Wood
West of Carson City (1940)
as Jim Bannister
Partners of the Trail (1944)
as Jack McKenzie
The Old Chisholm Trail (1942)
as Dusty Gardner
Outlaws of Stampede Pass (1943)
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Short Grass (1950)
as Sheriff Ord Keown
The Crooked Trail (1936)
as Jim Blake
Boss of Hangtown Mesa (1942)
as Steve Collins
70,000 Witnesses (1932)
as Wally Clark
Square Crooks (1928)
as Larry Scott
Range Law (1944)
as U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
The Valiant (1929)
as Robert Ward
Raiders of the South (1947)
as Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
Stagecoach Buckaroo (1942)
as Steve Hardin
Shadows on the Range (1946)
as Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
Montana Moon (1930)
as Larry
Law of the Panhandle (1950)
as U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
Billy the Kid (1930)
as Billy the Kid
The Masked Rider (1941)
as Larry Prescott
Cross Streets (1934)
as Adam Blythe
The Oregon Trail (1939)
as Jeff Scott
Against the Law (1934)
as Steve Wayne
The Texas Kid (1943)
as Jack McKenzie
The Play Girl (1928)
as Bradley Lane
The Silver Bullet (1942)
as Silver Jim Donovan
The Fighting Ranger (1948)
as Johnny Brown
Pony Post (1940)
as Cal Sheridan
Hidden Danger (1948)
as Johnny Mack
Hollywood Halfbacks (1931)
Actor
The Haunted Mine (1946)
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
Trail of Vengeance (1937)
as Dude Ramsay
Law and Order (1940)
as Bill Ralston
Flames (1932)
as Charlie
Stampede (1949)
as Sheriff Aaron Ball
Coquette (1929)
as Michael Jeffery
Range Justice (1949)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Saturday's Millions (1933)
as Alan Barry
The Single Standard (1929)
as Tommy Hewlett
The Last Flight (1931)
as Bill Talbot
Desperate Trails (1939)
as Steve Hayden
Montana Desperado (1951)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Valley of Fear (1947)
as Johnny Williams
Texas Lawmen (1951)
as Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
Everyman's Law (1936)
as Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
as Ben Blaine
Oklahoma Frontier (1939)
as Jeff McLeod
Wild West Days (1937)
as Kentucky Wade
Cheyenne Roundup (1943)
as Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
The Vanishing Frontier (1933)
as Kirby Tornell
Gunning for Justice (1948)
as Johnny Mack
Frontier Agent (1948)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Rawhide Rangers (1941)
as Brand Calhoun
The Lost Trail (1945)
as Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
Gun Smoke (1945)
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Under Arizona Skies (1946)
as Dusty Smith
Between Men (1935)
as Johnny Wellington Jr.
Over the Border (1950)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Trails End (1949)
as Johnny Mack
Branded a Coward (1935)
as Johnny Hume
Law Men (1944)
as U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
The Bugle Call (1927)
as Bit (uncredited)
Hurricane (1929)
as Dan
Man from Montana (1941)
as Sheriff Bob Dawson
Arizona Cyclone (1941)
as Tom Baxter
St. Louis Woman (1934)
as Jim Warren
The Gambling Terror (1937)
as Jeff Hayes
Gun Talk (1947)
as Johnny McVey
Boothill Brigade (1937)
as Lon Cardigan
The Divine Woman (1928)
as Jean Lery
Drifting Along (1946)
as Steve Garner
Mockery (1927)
as Russian Officer (uncredited)
The Courageous Avenger (1935)
as Kirk Baxter
Undertow (1930)
as Paul Whalen
Crossed Trails (1948)
as Johnny Mack
The Great Meadow (1931)
as Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)
Blazing Bullets (1951)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Six Gun Mesa (1950)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Jazz Heaven (1929)
as Barry Holmes
Undercover Man (1936)
as Steve McLain
Frontier Feud (1945)
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Fighting Bill Fargo (1941)
as Bill Fargo
The Navajo Trail (1945)
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Back Trail (1948)
as Johnny Mack
Ghost Guns (1944)
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Canyon Ambush (1952)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Man from Sonora (1951)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Silver Range (1946)
as Johnny Bronton
Overland Trails (1948)
as Johnny Murdock
The Ghost Rider (1943)
as Nevada Jack McKenzie
Soft Living (1928)
as Stockney Webb
Flaming Frontiers (1938)
as Tex Houston
Whistling Hills (1951)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Prairie Express (1947)
as Johnny Hudson
West of Wyoming (1950)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Trigger Fingers (1946)
as Sam Hurricane Benton
After Midnight (1927)
as Party Boy (uncredited)
Outlaw Gold (1950)
as Johnny Mack Brown
Six Gun Gospel (1943)
as Marshal Jack McKenzie
Trailing Danger (1947)
as Johnny
Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1940)
as Steve Logan
Annapolis (1928)
as Bill
Western Renegades (1949)
as Johnny Mack Brown