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