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Johnny Mack Brown
Personal Info
- Name:
Johnny Mack Brown
- Birthday:
1904-09-01
- Place of Birth: Dothan, Alabama, USA
- Gender:
Male
- Know For:
Acting
- Popularity: 1.032
- Also Known As
John Mack Brown
Johnnie Mack Brown
The Dothan Antelope
John Brown
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.
Top Movie Cast
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurstrue- (archive footage)
2000-01-01
0.0
The Secret Sixtrue- Hank Rogers
1931-04-18
5.8
Our Dancing Daughterstrue- Ben Blaine
1928-09-01
6.4
Against the Lawtrue- Steve Wayne
1934-10-25
3.0
After Midnighttrue- Party Boy (uncredited)
1927-08-20
0.0
Born to the Westtrue- Tom Fillmore
1937-12-10
4.8
Fighting With Kit Carsontrue- Kit Carson
1933-07-01
6.0
Femaletrue- George P. Cooper
1933-11-11
6.3
Mockerytrue- Russian Officer (uncredited)
1927-08-13
6.7
The Oregon Trailtrue- Jeff Scott
1939-07-04
8.0
Belle of the Ninetiestrue- Brooks Clayburn
1934-09-21
5.8
Coquettetrue- Michael Jeffery
1929-03-30
5.6
Stampedetrue- Sheriff Aaron Ball
1949-05-01
5.5
The Crooked Trailtrue- Jim Blake
1936-07-25
4.8
Rawhide Rangerstrue- Brand Calhoun
1941-07-18
5.0
The Single Standardtrue- Tommy Hewlett
1929-07-27
6.2
Apache Uprisingtrue- Sheriff Ben Hall
1965-12-29
6.6
The Last Flighttrue- Bill Talbot
1931-08-29
6.9
Montana Moontrue- Larry
1930-03-20
4.6
Wells Fargotrue- Talbot Carter
1937-12-31
5.0
The Valianttrue- Robert Ward
1929-05-19
5.6
Stagecoach Buckarootrue- Steve Hardin
1942-02-13
5.0
Slide, Kelly, Slidetrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1927-03-12
0.0
Between Mentrue- Johnny Wellington Jr.
1935-10-29
5.0
Legends of the Westtrue- Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid'
1992-09-08
0.0
The Courageous Avengertrue- Kirk Baxter
1935-12-12
5.2
Soft Livingtrue- Stockney Webb
1928-02-05
0.0
Billy the Kidtrue- Billy the Kid
1930-10-16
4.2
Cross Streetstrue- Adam Blythe
1934-07-05
5.8
Branded a Cowardtrue- Johnny Hume
1935-07-01
5.8
The Fair Co-Edtrue- Bob
1927-10-22
5.5
Texas Lawmentrue- Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
1951-12-02
0.0
A Lady of Chancetrue- Steve Crandall
1928-12-01
6.5
The Divine Womantrue- Jean Lery
1928-01-13
6.9
Short Grasstrue- Sheriff Ord Keown
1950-12-24
6.0
Flamestrue- Charlie
1932-05-29
4.0
Desert Phantomtrue- Billy Donovan
1936-03-09
0.0
The Texas Kidtrue- Jack McKenzie
1943-11-26
4.8
Partners of the Trailtrue- Jack McKenzie
1944-04-28
3.5
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranchtrue- (archive footage)
1976-05-01
0.0
The Silver Bullettrue- Silver Jim Donovan
1942-08-05
4.0
St. Louis Womantrue- Jim Warren
1934-04-14
0.0
Lawless Landtrue- Ranger Jeff Hayden
1937-04-06
4.8
Bar-Z Bad Mentrue- Jim Waters
1937-04-21
2.3
Guns in the Darktrue- Johnny Darrel
1937-05-13
5.5
A Lawman Is Borntrue- Tom Mitchell
1937-06-21
4.0
Boothill Brigadetrue- Lon Cardigan
1937-08-02
4.8
The Gambling Terrortrue- Jeff Hayes
1937-02-15
5.5
The Great Meadowtrue- Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)
1931-01-24
5.0
Pony Posttrue- Cal Sheridan
1940-12-01
0.0
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Groundtrue- Wade Benson
1943-02-05
0.0
Flaming Frontierstrue- Tex Houston
1938-07-05
5.2
Hurricanetrue- Dan
1929-09-30
6.0
Undertowtrue- Paul Whalen
1930-02-23
3.0
Chip of the Flying Utrue- 'Chip' Bennett
1939-11-29
0.0
Land of Libertytrue- Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
1939-06-15
0.0
Jazz Heaventrue- Barry Holmes
1929-11-03
5.0
A Woman of Affairstrue- David Furness
1928-12-15
6.6
Wild West Daystrue- Kentucky Wade
1937-07-05
0.0
The Vanishing Frontiertrue- Kirby Tornell
1933-03-13
0.0
The Navajo Trailtrue- Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1945-01-15
0.0
Law of the Rangetrue- Steve Howard
1941-06-20
5.0
The Masked Ridertrue- Larry Prescott
1941-10-24
7.0
Man from Montanatrue- Sheriff Bob Dawson
1941-09-05
0.0
The Gentleman from Texastrue- Johnny Macklin
1946-06-08
0.0
Annapolistrue- Bill
1928-11-18
3.0
Ride 'Em Cowboytrue- Alabam' Brewster
1942-02-13
5.8
Son of a Sailortrue- 'Duke'
1933-11-29
5.0
The Lone Star Trailtrue- Blaze Barker
1943-08-06
5.0
Stranger from Santa Fetrue- U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
1945-05-14
10.0
Prairie Expresstrue- Johnny Hudson
1947-10-24
0.0
Oklahoma Justicetrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1951-08-18
0.0
Blazing Bulletstrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1951-05-05
0.0
Whistling Hillstrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1951-10-06
0.0
Son of Roaring Dantrue- Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
1940-07-25
0.0
Overland Trailstrue- Johnny Murdock
1948-01-31
0.0
Shadows on the Rangetrue- Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
1946-10-15
0.0
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Hertrue- Self (archive footage)
1994-08-09
0.0
Six Gun Mesatrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1950-04-30
10.0
Arizona Cyclonetrue- Tom Baxter
1941-11-14
4.0
Trigger Fingerstrue- Sam Hurricane Benton
1946-09-20
0.0
Ragtime Cowboy Joetrue- Steve Logan
1940-09-19
0.0
Valley of the Lawlesstrue- Bruce Reynolds
1936-01-25
0.0
Undercover Mantrue- Steve McLain
1936-09-23
5.5
Dead Man's Trailtrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1952-07-19
0.0
Over the Bordertrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1950-03-12
0.0
Triggermantrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1948-06-19
0.0
Valley of Feartrue- Johnny Williams
1947-09-14
0.0
West of Carson Citytrue- Jim Bannister
1940-01-19
2.0
West of El Doradotrue- Johnny Mack
1949-06-04
0.0
Border Banditstrue- Marshal Nevada
1946-01-12
6.0
Trail of Vengeancetrue- Dude Ramsay
1937-03-28
0.0
The Lost Trailtrue- Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
1945-10-19
0.0
The Marshal's Daughtertrue- Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
1953-06-25
2.7
Riders of Pasco Basintrue- Lee Jamison
1940-04-04
2.0
Crossed Trailstrue- Johnny Mack
1948-04-10
0.0
Deep in the Heart of Texastrue- Jim Mallory
1942-09-25
5.0
Gun Smoketrue- Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1945-02-16
3.8
Outlaw Goldtrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1950-11-26
0.0
Man from Sonoratrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1951-03-11
0.0
Everyman's Lawtrue- Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
1936-06-10
0.0
The Bounty Killertrue- Sheriff Green
1965-07-30
5.8
Forever Yourstrue- Maj. Tex O'Connor
1945-01-26
0.0
Oklahoma Frontiertrue- Jeff McLeod
1939-10-09
0.0
Boss of Bullion Citytrue- Tom Bryant
1940-03-01
5.0
Bad Man from Red Buttetrue- Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
1940-06-01
5.4
Law and Ordertrue- Bill Ralston
1940-11-28
0.0
Law Mentrue- U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1944-04-25
5.0
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairietrue- Joe Henderson
1941-03-21
5.0
Desperate Trailstrue- Steve Hayden
1939-09-30
4.5
Silver Rangetrue- Johnny Bronton
1946-11-16
0.0
Flashing Gunstrue- Johnny Mack
1947-07-16
0.0
Canyon Ambushtrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1952-10-12
5.0
Requiem for a Gunfightertrue- Enkoff
1965-06-30
6.0
Little Joe, the Wranglertrue- Neal Wallace
1942-11-13
6.0
The Old Chisholm Trailtrue- Dusty Gardner
1942-12-11
7.0
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grovetrue- Self
1934-12-01
5.5
The Play Girltrue- Bradley Lane
1928-04-22
0.0
Colorado Ambushtrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1951-01-14
0.0
Montana Desperadotrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1951-06-17
0.0
Law of the Panhandletrue- U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
1950-09-17
0.0
Raiders of San Joaquintrue- Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
1943-05-01
6.0
Cheyenne Rounduptrue- Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
1943-04-12
4.0
Man from the Black Hillstrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1952-03-29
0.0
Boss of Hangtown Mesatrue- Steve Collins
1942-08-21
0.0
Texas Citytrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1952-01-27
6.3
Fighting Bill Fargotrue- Bill Fargo
1941-12-09
6.0
Outlaws of Stampede Passtrue- Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1943-10-15
4.0
Six Gun Gospeltrue- Marshal Jack McKenzie
1943-08-03
4.5
The Stranger From Pecostrue- Nevada Jack McKenzie
1943-07-10
0.0
The Ghost Ridertrue- Nevada Jack McKenzie
1943-04-02
0.0
Ghost Gunstrue- Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944-11-17
5.8
Land of the Outlawstrue- Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944-09-16
0.0
Law of the Valleytrue- Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944-11-04
5.0
Raiders of the Bordertrue- Nevada Jack McKenzie
1944-01-31
0.0
Range Lawtrue- U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944-06-24
0.0
West of the Rio Grandetrue- U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944-08-05
0.0
Frontier Feudtrue- Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1945-11-24
5.0
Flame of the Westtrue- Dr. John Poore
1945-06-25
6.0
Under Arizona Skiestrue- Dusty Smith
1946-05-27
0.0
Drifting Alongtrue- Steve Garner
1946-01-26
0.0
The Haunted Minetrue- Nevada Jack McKenzie
1946-03-02
0.0
Gun Talktrue- Johnny McVey
1947-12-20
0.0
Raiders of the Southtrue- Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
1947-01-18
0.0
Trailing Dangertrue- Johnny
1947-05-29
0.0
Code of the Saddletrue- John Macklin
1947-06-28
0.0
Land of the Lawlesstrue- Johnny Mack
1947-04-25
0.0
The Law Comes to Gunsighttrue- Johnny Mackey
1947-05-24
5.0
Law of the Westtrue- Federal Agent Johnny Mack
1949-02-20
0.0
Range Justicetrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1949-07-16
0.0
Back Trailtrue- Johnny Mack
1948-07-18
0.0
Gunning for Justicetrue- Johnny Mack
1948-11-06
0.0
Frontier Agenttrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1948-05-16
0.0
The Fighting Rangertrue- Johnny Brown
1948-08-15
0.0
Hidden Dangertrue- Johnny Mack
1948-12-12
0.0
The Sheriff of Medicine Bowtrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1948-10-02
0.0
Trails Endtrue- Johnny Mack
1949-04-02
0.0
Western Renegadestrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1949-10-08
0.0
West of Wyomingtrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1950-02-19
6.0
Rustlers of Red Dogtrue- Jack Wood
1935-01-01
8.0
Three on a Honeymoontrue- Chuck Wells
1934-03-22
0.0
Saturday's Millionstrue- Alan Barry
1933-09-30
0.0
The Bugle Calltrue- Bit (uncredited)
1927-08-06
0.0
Starlit Days at the Lidotrue- Self
1935-09-28
5.0
70,000 Witnessestrue- Wally Clark
1932-09-09
4.8
Crazy Housetrue- Johnny Mack Brown
1943-10-08
5.0
It's Showtimetrue- Self (archive footage)
1976-03-31
7.0
