Johnny Mack Brown

Actor

Born September 1, 1904 in Dothan, Alabama, USA

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.

Filmography

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

(archive footage)

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

Self (archive footage)

Legends of the West

Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

(archive footage)

It's Showtime

Self (archive footage)

Apache Uprising

Sheriff Ben Hall

The Bounty Killer

Sheriff Green

Requiem for a Gunfighter

Enkoff

Perry Mason

Warner Griffith

The Marshal's Daughter

Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player

Canyon Ambush

Johnny Mack Brown

This Is Your Life

Self

Dead Man's Trail

Johnny Mack Brown

Man from the Black Hills

Johnny Mack Brown

Texas City

Johnny Mack Brown

Texas Lawmen

Marshal Johnny Mack Brown

Whistling Hills

Johnny Mack Brown

Oklahoma Justice

Johnny Mack Brown

Montana Desperado

Johnny Mack Brown

Blazing Bullets

Johnny Mack Brown

Man from Sonora

Johnny Mack Brown

Colorado Ambush

Johnny Mack Brown

Short Grass

Sheriff Ord Keown

Outlaw Gold

Johnny Mack Brown

Law of the Panhandle

U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown

Six Gun Mesa

Johnny Mack Brown

Over the Border

Johnny Mack Brown

West of Wyoming

Johnny Mack Brown

Western Renegades

Johnny Mack Brown

Range Justice

Johnny Mack Brown

West of El Dorado

Johnny Mack

Stampede

Sheriff Aaron Ball

Trails End

Johnny Mack

Law of the West

Federal Agent Johnny Mack

Hidden Danger

Johnny Mack

Gunning for Justice

Johnny Mack

The Sheriff of Medicine Bow

Johnny Mack Brown

The Fighting Ranger

Johnny Brown

Back Trail

Johnny Mack

Triggerman

Johnny Mack Brown

Frontier Agent

Johnny Mack Brown

Crossed Trails

Johnny Mack

Overland Trails

Johnny Murdock

Gun Talk

Johnny McVey

Prairie Express

Johnny Hudson

Valley of Fear

Johnny Williams

Flashing Guns

Johnny Mack

Code of the Saddle

John Macklin

Trailing Danger

Johnny

The Law Comes to Gunsight

Johnny Mackey

Land of the Lawless

Johnny Mack

Raiders of the South

Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon

Silver Range

Johnny Bronton

Shadows on the Range

Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders

Trigger Fingers

Sam Hurricane Benton

The Gentleman from Texas

Johnny Macklin

Under Arizona Skies

Dusty Smith

The Haunted Mine

Nevada Jack McKenzie

Drifting Along

Steve Garner

Border Bandits

Marshal Nevada

Frontier Feud

Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie

The Lost Trail

Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie

Flame of the West

Dr. John Poore

Stranger from Santa Fe

U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris

Gun Smoke

Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie

Forever Yours

Maj. Tex O'Connor

The Navajo Trail

Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Ghost Guns

Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Law of the Valley

Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Land of the Outlaws

Marshal Nevada McKenzie

West of the Rio Grande

U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Range Law

U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Partners of the Trail

Jack McKenzie

Law Men

U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie

Raiders of the Border

Nevada Jack McKenzie

The Texas Kid

Jack McKenzie

Outlaws of Stampede Pass

Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie

Crazy House

Johnny Mack Brown

The Lone Star Trail

Blaze Barker

Six Gun Gospel

Marshal Jack McKenzie

The Stranger From Pecos

Nevada Jack McKenzie

Raiders of San Joaquin

Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider

Cheyenne Roundup

Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon

The Ghost Rider

Nevada Jack McKenzie

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

Wade Benson

The Old Chisholm Trail

Dusty Gardner

Little Joe, the Wrangler

Neal Wallace

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Jim Mallory

Boss of Hangtown Mesa

Steve Collins

The Silver Bullet

Silver Jim Donovan

Stagecoach Buckaroo

Steve Hardin

Fighting Bill Fargo

Bill Fargo

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Alabam' Brewster

Arizona Cyclone

Tom Baxter

The Masked Rider

Larry Prescott

Man from Montana

Sheriff Bob Dawson

Rawhide Rangers

Brand Calhoun

Law of the Range

Steve Howard

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Joe Henderson

Pony Post

Cal Sheridan

Law and Order

Bill Ralston

Ragtime Cowboy Joe

Steve Logan

Son of Roaring Dan

Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)

Bad Man from Red Butte

Gils Brady / Buck Halliday

Riders of Pasco Basin

Lee Jamison

Boss of Bullion City

Tom Bryant

West of Carson City

Jim Bannister

Chip of the Flying U

'Chip' Bennett

Oklahoma Frontier

Jeff McLeod

Desperate Trails

Steve Hayden

The Oregon Trail

Jeff Scott

Land of Liberty

Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')

Flaming Frontiers

Tex Houston

Wells Fargo

Talbot Carter

Born to the West

Tom Fillmore

Hell Town

Tom Fillmore

Boothill Brigade

Lon Cardigan

Wild West Days

Kentucky Wade

A Lawman Is Born

Tom Mitchell

Guns in the Dark

Johnny Darrel

Bar-Z Bad Men

Jim Waters

Lawless Land

Ranger Jeff Hayden

Trail of Vengeance

Dude Ramsay

The Gambling Terror

Jeff Hayes

Undercover Man

Steve McLain

The Crooked Trail

Jim Blake

Everyman's Law

Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid

Rogue of the Range

Dan Doran

Desert Phantom

Billy Donovan

Valley of the Lawless

Bruce Reynolds

The Courageous Avenger

Kirk Baxter

Between Men

Johnny Wellington Jr.

Starlit Days at the Lido

Self

Branded a Coward

Johnny Hume

Rustlers of Red Dog

Jack Wood

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

Self

Against the Law

Steve Wayne

Belle of the Nineties

Brooks Clayburn

Cross Streets

Adam Blythe

Marrying Widows

The Husband

St. Louis Woman

Jim Warren

Three on a Honeymoon

Chuck Wells

Son of a Sailor

'Duke'

Female

George P. Cooper

Saturday's Millions

Alan Barry

Fighting With Kit Carson

Kit Carson

The Vanishing Frontier

Kirby Tornell

70,000 Witnesses

Wally Clark

Flames

Charlie

The Last Flight

Bill Talbot

The Secret Six

Hank Rogers

The Great Meadow

Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)

Billy the Kid

Montana Moon

Larry

Undertow

Paul Whalen

Jazz Heaven

Barry Holmes

Hurricane

Dan

The Single Standard

Tommy Hewlett

The Valiant

Robert Ward

Coquette

Michael Jeffery

A Woman of Affairs

David Furness

A Lady of Chance

Steve Crandall

Annapolis

Bill

Our Dancing Daughters

Ben Blaine

The Play Girl

Bradley Lane

Soft Living

Stockney Webb

The Divine Woman

Jean Lery

The Fair Co-Ed

Bob

After Midnight

Party Boy (uncredited)

Mockery

Russian Officer (uncredited)

The Bugle Call

Bit (uncredited)

Slide, Kelly, Slide

Johnny Mack Brown