Johnny Mack Brown

Johnny Mack Brown

  • Birthday: 1904-09-01
  • Deathday: 1974-11-14
  • Place of birth: Dothan, Alabama, USA
  • Also know as: John 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.

Filmography

Colorado Ambush

1951

As Johnny Mack Brown

Six Gun Mesa

1950

As Johnny Mack Brown

Fighting With Kit Carson

1933

As Kit Carson

The Oregon Trail

1939

As Jeff Scott

The Crooked Trail

1936

As Jim Blake

Rawhide Rangers

1941

As Brand Calhoun

Stagecoach Buckaroo

1942

As Steve Hardin

Between Men

1935

As Johnny Wellington Jr.

Boss of Bullion City

1940

As Tom Bryant

The Courageous Avenger

1935

As Kirk Baxter

Billy the Kid

1930

As Billy the Kid

Branded a Coward

1935

As Johnny Hume

Texas Lawmen

1951

As Marshal Johnny Mack Brown

Flames

1932

As Charlie

Malay Nights

1932

As Jim Wilson

Desert Phantom

1936

As Billy Donovan

Rogue of the Range

1936

As Dan Doran

The Texas Kid

1943

As Jack McKenzie

Partners of the Trail

1944

As Jack McKenzie

The Silver Bullet

1942

As Silver Jim Donovan

The Gambling Terror

1937

As Jeff Hayes

Guns in the Dark

1937

As Johnny Darrel

Lawless Land

1937

As Ranger Jeff Hayden

Bar-Z Bad Men

1937

As Jim Waters

A Lawman Is Born

1937

As Tom Mitchell

Boothill Brigade

1937

As Lon Cardigan

The Great Meadow

1931

As Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)

Pony Post

1940

As Cal Sheridan

Flaming Frontiers

1938

As Tex Houston

Chip of the Flying U

1939

As 'Chip' Bennett

Wild West Days

1937

As Kentucky Wade

The Navajo Trail

1945

As Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Law of the Range

1941

As Steve Howard

The Masked Rider

1941

As Larry Prescott

Man from Montana

1941

As Sheriff Bob Dawson

The Gentleman from Texas

1946

As Johnny Macklin

Annapolis

1928

As Bill

The Lone Star Trail

1943

As Blaze Barker

Arizona Cyclone

1941

As Tom Baxter

Crossed Trails

1948

As Johnny Mack

Riders of Pasco Basin

1940

As Lee Jamison

Gun Smoke

1945

As Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie

Blazing Bullets

1951

As Johnny Mack Brown

Outlaw Gold

1950

As Johnny Mack Brown

Man from Sonora

1951

As Johnny Mack Brown

Everyman's Law

1936

As Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid

Undercover Man

1936

As Steve McLain

Trail of Vengeance

1937

As Dude Ramsay

Bad Man from Red Butte

1940

As Gils Brady / Buck Halliday

Law and Order

1940

As Bill Ralston

Oklahoma Frontier

1939

As Jeff McLeod

Law Men

1944

As U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

1941

As Joe Henderson

Desperate Trails

1939

As Steve Hayden

Shadows on the Range

1946

As Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders

Valley of the Lawless

1936

As Bruce Reynolds

Deep in the Heart of Texas

1942

As Jim Mallory

Flashing Guns

1947

As Johnny Mack

Son of Roaring Dan

1940

As Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)

West of Carson City

1940

As Jim Bannister

Silver Range

1946

As Johnny Bronton

Ragtime Cowboy Joe

1940

As Steve Logan

The Lost Trail

1945

As Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie

Trigger Fingers

1946

As Sam Hurricane Benton

The Old Chisholm Trail

1942

As Dusty Gardner

West of El Dorado

1949

As Johnny Mack

Little Joe, the Wrangler

1942

As Neal Wallace

Canyon Ambush

1952

As Johnny Mack Brown

Law of the Panhandle

1950

As U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown

Over the Border

1950

As Johnny Mack Brown

Stranger from Santa Fe

1945

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

Oklahoma Justice

1951

As Johnny Mack Brown

Montana Desperado

1951

As Johnny Mack Brown

Man from the Black Hills

1952

As Johnny Mack Brown

Raiders of San Joaquin

1943

As Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider

Cheyenne Roundup

1943

As Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon

Boss of Hangtown Mesa

1942

As Steve Collins

Dead Man's Trail

1952

As Johnny Mack Brown

Texas City

1952

As Johnny Mack Brown

Prairie Express

1947

As Johnny Hudson

Fighting Bill Fargo

1941

As Bill Fargo

Outlaws of Stampede Pass

1943

As Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie

Six Gun Gospel

1943

As Marshal Jack McKenzie

The Stranger From Pecos

1943

As Nevada Jack McKenzie

The Ghost Rider

1943

As Nevada Jack McKenzie

Ghost Guns

1944

As Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Land of the Outlaws

1944

As Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Raiders of the Border

1944

As Nevada Jack McKenzie

Law of the Valley

1944

As Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Range Law

1944

As U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie

West of the Rio Grande

1944

As U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Flame of the West

1945

As Dr. John Poore

Frontier Feud

1945

As Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie

Drifting Along

1946

As Steve Garner

Under Arizona Skies

1946

As Dusty Smith

The Haunted Mine

1946

As Nevada Jack McKenzie

Border Bandits

1946

As Marshal Nevada

Gun Talk

1947

As Johnny McVey

Raiders of the South

1947

As Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon

Trailing Danger

1947

As Johnny

Code of the Saddle

1947

As John Macklin

Land of the Lawless

1947

As Johnny Mack

Valley of Fear

1947

As Johnny Williams

The Law Comes to Gunsight

1947

As Johnny Mackey

Overland Trails

1948

As Johnny Murdock

Back Trail

1948

As Johnny Mack

Triggerman

1948

As Johnny Mack Brown

The Fighting Ranger

1948

As Johnny Brown

Frontier Agent

1948

As Johnny Mack Brown

Hidden Danger

1948

As Johnny Mack

Gunning for Justice

1948

As Johnny Mack

The Sheriff of Medicine Bow

1948

As Johnny Mack Brown

Range Justice

1949

As Johnny Mack Brown

Law of the West

1949

As Federal Agent Johnny Mack

Trails End

1949

As Johnny Mack

Western Renegades

1949

As Johnny Mack Brown

West of Wyoming

1950

As Johnny Mack Brown

Whistling Hills

1951

As Johnny Mack Brown

Rustlers of Red Dog

1935

As Jack Wood

Against the Law

1934

As Steve Wayne

The Vanishing Frontier

1933

As Kirby Tornell

Our Dancing Daughters

1928

As Ben Blaine

Coquette

1929

As Michael Jeffery

Montana Moon

1930

As Larry

Cross Streets

1934

As Adam Blythe

The Fair Co-Ed

1927

As Bob

A Lady of Chance

1928

As Steve Crandall

St. Louis Woman

1934

As Jim Warren

Undertow

1930

As Paul Whalen

Jazz Heaven

1929

As Barry Holmes

Soft Living

1928

As Stockney Webb

Hurricane

1929

As Dan

The Secret Six

1931

As Hank Rogers

Born to the West

1937

As Tom Fillmore

Belle of the Nineties

1934

As Brooks Clayburn

Stampede

1949

As Sheriff Aaron Ball

The Single Standard

1929

As Tommy Hewlett

The Last Flight

1931

As Bill Talbot

The Valiant

1929

As Robert Ward

Short Grass

1950

As Sheriff Ord Keown

Forever Yours

1945

As Maj. Tex O'Connor

Female

1933

As George P. Cooper

A Woman of Affairs

1928

As David Furness

Saturday's Millions

1933

As Alan Barry

70,000 Witnesses

1932

As Wally Clark

Ride 'Em Cowboy

1942

As Alabam' Brewster

Son of a Sailor

1933

As 'Duke'

The Marshal's Daughter

1953

As Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

1994

As Self (archive footage)

The Divine Woman

1928

As Jean Lery

The Bounty Killer

1965

As Sheriff Green

Three on a Honeymoon

1934

As Chuck Wells

After Midnight

1927

As Party Boy (uncredited)

Mockery

1927

As Russian Officer (uncredited)

Wells Fargo

1937

As Talbot Carter

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

1976

As (archive footage)

The Bugle Call

1927

As Bit (uncredited)

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

2000

As (archive footage)

Apache Uprising

1965

As Sheriff Ben Hall

Slide, Kelly, Slide

1927

As Johnny Mack Brown

Legends of the West

1992

As Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid'

It's Showtime

1976

As Self (archive footage)

Land of Liberty

1939

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

Crazy House

1943

As Johnny Mack Brown

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