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