Johnny Mack Brown
Acting
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
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movieGolden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
(archive footage)
movieMae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
Self (archive footage)
movieLegends of the West
1992
Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid' (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
(archive footage)
movieIt's Showtime
1976
Self (archive footage)
movieApache Uprising
1965
Sheriff Ben Hall
movieThe Bounty Killer
1965
Sheriff Green
tvPerry Mason
1957
Warner Griffith
movieThe Marshal's Daughter
1953
Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
movieCanyon Ambush
1952
Johnny Mack Brown
movieDead Man's Trail
1952
Johnny Mack Brown
movieMan from the Black Hills
1952
Johnny Mack Brown
movieTexas City
1952
Johnny Mack Brown
movieTexas Lawmen
1951
Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
movieWhistling Hills
1951
Johnny Mack Brown
movieOklahoma Justice
1951
Johnny Mack Brown
movieMontana Desperado
1951
Johnny Mack Brown
movieBlazing Bullets
1951
Johnny Mack Brown
movieMan from Sonora
1951
Johnny Mack Brown
movieColorado Ambush
1951
Johnny Mack Brown
movieShort Grass
1950
Sheriff Ord Keown
movieOutlaw Gold
1950
Johnny Mack Brown
movieLaw of the Panhandle
1950
U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
movieSix Gun Mesa
1950
Johnny Mack Brown
movieOver the Border
1950
Johnny Mack Brown
movieWest of Wyoming
1950
Johnny Mack Brown
movieWestern Renegades
1949
Johnny Mack Brown
movieRange Justice
1949
Johnny Mack Brown
movieWest of El Dorado
1949
Johnny Mack
movieStampede
1949
Sheriff Aaron Ball
movieTrails End
1949
Johnny Mack
movieLaw of the West
1949
Federal Agent Johnny Mack
movieHidden Danger
1948
Johnny Mack
movieGunning for Justice
1948
Johnny Mack
movieThe Sheriff of Medicine Bow
1948
Johnny Mack Brown
movieThe Fighting Ranger
1948
Johnny Brown
movieBack Trail
1948
Johnny Mack
movieTriggerman
1948
Johnny Mack Brown
movieFrontier Agent
1948
Johnny Mack Brown
movieCrossed Trails
1948
Johnny Mack
movieOverland Trails
1948
Johnny Murdock
movieGun Talk
1947
Johnny McVey
moviePrairie Express
1947
Johnny Hudson
movieValley of Fear
1947
Johnny Williams
movieFlashing Guns
1947
Johnny Mack
movieCode of the Saddle
1947
John Macklin
movieTrailing Danger
1947
Johnny
movieThe Law Comes to Gunsight
1947
Johnny Mackey
movieLand of the Lawless
1947
Johnny Mack
movieRaiders of the South
1947
Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
movieSilver Range
1946
Johnny Bronton
movieShadows on the Range
1946
Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
movieTrigger Fingers
1946
Sam Hurricane Benton
movieThe Gentleman from Texas
1946
Johnny Macklin
movieUnder Arizona Skies
1946
Dusty Smith
movieThe Haunted Mine
1946
Nevada Jack McKenzie
movieDrifting Along
1946
Steve Garner
movieBorder Bandits
1946
Marshal Nevada
movieFrontier Feud
1945
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
movieThe Lost Trail
1945
Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
movieFlame of the West
1945
Dr. John Poore
movieStranger from Santa Fe
1945
U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
movieGun Smoke
1945
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
movieForever Yours
1945
Maj. Tex O'Connor
movieThe Navajo Trail
1945
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
movieGhost Guns
1944
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
movieLaw of the Valley
1944
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
movieLand of the Outlaws
1944
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
movieWest of the Rio Grande
1944
U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
movieRange Law
1944
U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
moviePartners of the Trail
1944
Jack McKenzie
movieLaw Men
1944
U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
movieRaiders of the Border
1944
Nevada Jack McKenzie
movieThe Texas Kid
1943
Jack McKenzie
movieOutlaws of Stampede Pass
1943
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
movieCrazy House
1943
Johnny Mack Brown
movieThe Lone Star Trail
1943
Blaze Barker
movieSix Gun Gospel
1943
Marshal Jack McKenzie
movieThe Stranger From Pecos
1943
Nevada Jack McKenzie
movieRaiders of San Joaquin
1943
Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
movieCheyenne Roundup
1943
Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
movieThe Ghost Rider
1943
Nevada Jack McKenzie
movieThe Old Chisholm Trail
1942
Dusty Gardner
movieLittle Joe, the Wrangler
1942
Neal Wallace
movieDeep in the Heart of Texas
1942
Jim Mallory
movieBoss of Hangtown Mesa
1942
Steve Collins
movieThe Silver Bullet
1942
Silver Jim Donovan
movieStagecoach Buckaroo
1942
Steve Hardin
movieFighting Bill Fargo
1941
Bill Fargo
movieRide 'Em Cowboy
1941
Alabam' Brewster
movieArizona Cyclone
1941
Tom Baxter
movieThe Masked Rider
1941
Larry Prescott
movieMan from Montana
1941
Sheriff Bob Dawson
movieRawhide Rangers
1941
Brand Calhoun
movieLaw of the Range
1941
Steve Howard
movieBury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
Joe Henderson
moviePony Post
1940
Cal Sheridan
movieLaw and Order
1940
Bill Ralston
movieRagtime Cowboy Joe
1940
Steve Logan
movieSon of Roaring Dan
1940
Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
movieBad Man from Red Butte
1940
Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
movieRiders of Pasco Basin
1940
Lee Jamison
movieBoss of Bullion City
1940
Tom Bryant
movieWest of Carson City
1940
Jim Bannister
movieChip of the Flying U
1939
'Chip' Bennett
movieOklahoma Frontier
1939
Jeff McLeod
movieDesperate Trails
1939
Steve Hayden
movieThe Oregon Trail
1939
Jeff Scott
movieLand of Liberty
1939
Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
movieFlaming Frontiers
1938
Tex Houston
movieWells Fargo
1937
Talbot Carter
movieBorn to the West
1937
Tom Fillmore
movieHell Town
1937
Tom Fillmore
movieBoothill Brigade
1937
Lon Cardigan
movieWild West Days
1937
Kentucky Wade
movieA Lawman Is Born
1937
Tom Mitchell
movieGuns in the Dark
1937
Johnny Darrel
movieBar-Z Bad Men
1937
Jim Waters
movieLawless Land
1937
Ranger Jeff Hayden
movieTrail of Vengeance
1937
Dude Ramsay
movieThe Gambling Terror
1937
Jeff Hayes
movieUndercover Man
1936
Steve McLain
movieThe Crooked Trail
1936
Jim Blake
movieEveryman's Law
1936
Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
movieRogue of the Range
1936
Dan Doran
movieDesert Phantom
1936
Billy Donovan
movieValley of the Lawless
1936
Bruce Reynolds
movieThe Courageous Avenger
1935
Kirk Baxter
movieBetween Men
1935
Johnny Wellington Jr.
movieBranded a Coward
1935
Johnny Hume
movieRustlers of Red Dog
1935
Jack Wood
movieAgainst the Law
1934
Steve Wayne
movieBelle of the Nineties
1934
Brooks Clayburn
movieCross Streets
1934
Adam Blythe
movieMarrying Widows
1934
The Husband
movieSt. Louis Woman
1934
Jim Warren
movieThree on a Honeymoon
1934
Chuck Wells
movieSon of a Sailor
1933
'Duke'
movieFemale
1933
George P. Cooper
movieSaturday's Millions
1933
Alan Barry
movieFighting With Kit Carson
1933
Kit Carson
movieThe Vanishing Frontier
1933
Kirby Tornell
Malay Nights
1932
Jim Wilson
movie70,000 Witnesses
1932
Wally Clark
movieFlames
1932
Charlie
movieThe Last Flight
1931
Bill Talbot
movieThe Secret Six
1931
Hank Rogers
movieThe Great Meadow
1931
Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)
movieBilly the Kid
1930
Billy the Kid
movieUndertow
1930
Paul Whalen
movieJazz Heaven
1929
Barry Holmes
movieThe Single Standard
1929
Tommy Hewlett
movieThe Valiant
1929
Robert Ward
movieCoquette
1929
Michael Jeffery
movieA Woman of Affairs
1928
David Furness
movieA Lady of Chance
1928
Steve Crandall
movieOur Dancing Daughters
1928
Ben Blaine
movieThe Play Girl
1928
Bradley Lane
Square Crooks
1928
Larry Scott
movieSoft Living
1928
Stockney Webb
movieThe Divine Woman
1928
Jean Lery
movieAfter Midnight
1927
Party Boy (uncredited)
movieMockery
1927
Russian Officer (uncredited)
movieThe Bugle Call
1927
Bit (uncredited)
movieSlide, Kelly, Slide
1927
Johnny Mack Brown