Johnny Mack 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
(archive footage)
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Hank Rogers
The Secret Six
Ben Blaine
Our Dancing Daughters
Steve Wayne
Against the Law
Party Boy (uncredited)
After Midnight
Tom Fillmore
Born to the West
Kit Carson
Fighting With Kit Carson
George P. Cooper
Female
Russian Officer (uncredited)
Mockery
Jeff Scott
The Oregon Trail
Brooks Clayburn
Belle of the Nineties
Michael Jeffery
Coquette
Sheriff Aaron Ball
Stampede
Jim Blake
The Crooked Trail
Brand Calhoun
Rawhide Rangers
Tommy Hewlett
The Single Standard
Sheriff Ben Hall
Apache Uprising
Bill Talbot
The Last Flight
Larry
Montana Moon
Talbot Carter
Wells Fargo
Robert Ward
The Valiant
Steve Hardin
Stagecoach Buckaroo
Johnny Mack Brown
Slide, Kelly, Slide
Johnny Wellington Jr.
Between Men
Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid'
Legends of the West
Kirk Baxter
The Courageous Avenger
Stockney Webb
Soft Living
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
Adam Blythe
Cross Streets
Johnny Hume
Branded a Coward
Bob
The Fair Co-Ed
Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
Texas Lawmen
Steve Crandall
A Lady of Chance
Jean Lery
The Divine Woman
Sheriff Ord Keown
Short Grass
Charlie
Flames
Jim Wilson
Malay Nights
Billy Donovan
Desert Phantom
Dan Doran
Rogue of the Range
Jack McKenzie
The Texas Kid
Jack McKenzie
Partners of the Trail
(archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Silver Jim Donovan
The Silver Bullet
Jim Warren
St. Louis Woman
Ranger Jeff Hayden
Lawless Land
Jim Waters
Bar-Z Bad Men
Johnny Darrel
Guns in the Dark
Tom Mitchell
A Lawman Is Born
Lon Cardigan
Boothill Brigade
Jeff Hayes
The Gambling Terror
Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)
The Great Meadow
Cal Sheridan
Pony Post
Wade Benson
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Tex Houston
Flaming Frontiers
Dan
Hurricane
Paul Whalen
Undertow
'Chip' Bennett
Chip of the Flying U
Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
Land of Liberty
Barry Holmes
Jazz Heaven
David Furness
A Woman of Affairs
Kentucky Wade
Wild West Days
Kirby Tornell
The Vanishing Frontier
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
The Navajo Trail
Steve Howard
Law of the Range
Larry Prescott
The Masked Rider
Sheriff Bob Dawson
Man from Montana
Johnny Macklin
The Gentleman from Texas
Bill
Annapolis
Alabam' Brewster
Ride 'Em Cowboy
'Duke'
Son of a Sailor
Blaze Barker
The Lone Star Trail
U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
Stranger from Santa Fe
Johnny Hudson
Prairie Express
Johnny Mack Brown
Oklahoma Justice
Johnny Mack Brown
Blazing Bullets
Johnny Mack Brown
Whistling Hills
Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
Son of Roaring Dan
Johnny Murdock
Overland Trails
Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
Shadows on the Range
Self (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Johnny Mack Brown
Six Gun Mesa
Tom Baxter
Arizona Cyclone
Sam Hurricane Benton
Trigger Fingers
Steve Logan
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Bruce Reynolds
Valley of the Lawless
Steve McLain
Undercover Man
Johnny Mack Brown
Dead Man's Trail
Johnny Mack Brown
Over the Border
Johnny Mack Brown
Triggerman
Johnny Williams
Valley of Fear
Jim Bannister
West of Carson City
Johnny Mack
West of El Dorado
Marshal Nevada
Border Bandits
Dude Ramsay
Trail of Vengeance
Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
The Lost Trail
Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
The Marshal's Daughter
Lee Jamison
Riders of Pasco Basin
Johnny Mack
Crossed Trails
Jim Mallory
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Gun Smoke
Johnny Mack Brown
Outlaw Gold
Johnny Mack Brown
Man from Sonora
Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
Everyman's Law
Sheriff Green
The Bounty Killer
Maj. Tex O'Connor
Forever Yours
Jeff McLeod
Oklahoma Frontier
Tom Bryant
Boss of Bullion City
Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
Bad Man from Red Butte
Bill Ralston
Law and Order
U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Law Men
Joe Henderson
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Steve Hayden
Desperate Trails
Johnny Bronton
Silver Range
Johnny Mack
Flashing Guns
Johnny Mack Brown
Canyon Ambush
Enkoff
Requiem for a Gunfighter
Neal Wallace
Little Joe, the Wrangler
Dusty Gardner
The Old Chisholm Trail
Self
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Bradley Lane
The Play Girl
Johnny Mack Brown
Colorado Ambush
Johnny Mack Brown
Montana Desperado
U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
Law of the Panhandle
Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
Raiders of San Joaquin
Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
Cheyenne Roundup
Johnny Mack Brown
Man from the Black Hills
Steve Collins
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Johnny Mack Brown
Texas City
Bill Fargo
Fighting Bill Fargo
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
Marshal Jack McKenzie
Six Gun Gospel
Nevada Jack McKenzie
The Stranger From Pecos
Nevada Jack McKenzie
The Ghost Rider
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Ghost Guns
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Land of the Outlaws
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Law of the Valley
Nevada Jack McKenzie
Raiders of the Border
U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Range Law
U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
West of the Rio Grande
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Frontier Feud
Dr. John Poore
Flame of the West
Dusty Smith
Under Arizona Skies
Steve Garner
Drifting Along
Nevada Jack McKenzie
The Haunted Mine
Johnny McVey
Gun Talk
Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
Raiders of the South
Johnny
Trailing Danger
John Macklin
Code of the Saddle
Johnny Mack
Land of the Lawless
Johnny Mackey
The Law Comes to Gunsight
Federal Agent Johnny Mack
Law of the West
Johnny Mack Brown
Range Justice
Johnny Mack
Back Trail
Johnny Mack
Gunning for Justice
Johnny Mack Brown
Frontier Agent
Johnny Brown
The Fighting Ranger
Johnny Mack
Hidden Danger
Johnny Mack Brown
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
Johnny Mack
Trails End
Johnny Mack Brown
Western Renegades
Johnny Mack Brown
West of Wyoming
Jack Wood
Rustlers of Red Dog
Chuck Wells
Three on a Honeymoon
Alan Barry
Saturday's Millions
Bit (uncredited)
The Bugle Call
Self
Starlit Days at the Lido
Wally Clark
70,000 Witnesses
Johnny Mack Brown
Crazy House
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
Hollywood Halfbacks
Miles Kincaid
Lasca of the Rio Grande
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
171
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-09-01
Place of Birth
Dothan, Alabama, USA
Also Known As
John Mack Brown