Johnny Mack Brown
male
Born on September 01, 1904 (120 years old)
Passed Away on November 14, 1974
From Dothan, Alabama, USA
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 2000
- 1994
- 1992
- 1976
- 1965
- 1957
- 1953
- 1952
- 1951
- 1950
- 1949
- 1948
Overland Trails
as
Johnny Murdock
1948
Triggerman
as
Johnny Mack Brown
1948
Crossed Trails
as
Johnny Mack
1948
Back Trail
as
Johnny Mack
1948
Gunning for Justice
as
Johnny Mack
1948
Frontier Agent
as
Johnny Mack Brown
1948
The Fighting Ranger
as
Johnny Brown
1948
Hidden Danger
as
Johnny Mack
1948
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
as
Johnny Mack Brown
1948
- 1947
Prairie Express
as
Johnny Hudson
1947
Valley of Fear
as
Johnny Williams
1947
Flashing Guns
as
Johnny Mack
1947
Gun Talk
as
Johnny McVey
1947
Raiders of the South
as
Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
1947
Trailing Danger
as
Johnny
1947
Code of the Saddle
as
John Macklin
1947
Land of the Lawless
as
Johnny Mack
1947
The Law Comes to Gunsight
as
Johnny Mackey
1947
- 1946
The Gentleman from Texas
as
Johnny Macklin
1946
Shadows on the Range
as
Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
1946
Trigger Fingers
as
Sam Hurricane Benton
1946
Border Bandits
as
Marshal Nevada
1946
Silver Range
as
Johnny Bronton
1946
Under Arizona Skies
as
Dusty Smith
1946
Drifting Along
as
Steve Garner
1946
The Haunted Mine
as
Nevada Jack McKenzie
1946
- 1945
The Navajo Trail
as
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1945
Stranger from Santa Fe
as
U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
1945
The Lost Trail
as
Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
1945
Gun Smoke
as
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1945
Forever Yours
as
Maj. Tex O'Connor
1945
Frontier Feud
as
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1945
Flame of the West
as
Dr. John Poore
1945
- 1944
Partners of the Trail
as
Jack McKenzie
1944
Law Men
as
U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1944
Ghost Guns
as
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944
Land of the Outlaws
as
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944
Law of the Valley
as
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944
Raiders of the Border
as
Nevada Jack McKenzie
1944
Range Law
as
U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944
West of the Rio Grande
as
U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944
- 1943
The Texas Kid
as
Jack McKenzie
1943
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as
Wade Benson
1943
The Lone Star Trail
as
Blaze Barker
1943
Raiders of San Joaquin
as
Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
1943
Cheyenne Roundup
as
Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
1943
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
as
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1943
Six Gun Gospel
as
Marshal Jack McKenzie
1943
The Stranger From Pecos
as
Nevada Jack McKenzie
1943
The Ghost Rider
as
Nevada Jack McKenzie
1943
Crazy House
as
Johnny Mack Brown
1943
- 1942
- 1941
- 1940
Pony Post
as
Cal Sheridan
1940
Son of Roaring Dan
as
Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
1940
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
as
Steve Logan
1940
West of Carson City
as
Jim Bannister
1940
Riders of Pasco Basin
as
Lee Jamison
1940
Boss of Bullion City
as
Tom Bryant
1940
Bad Man from Red Butte
as
Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
1940
Law and Order
as
Bill Ralston
1940
- 1939
- 1938
- 1937
Born to the West
as
Tom Fillmore
1937
Wells Fargo
as
Talbot Carter
1937
Lawless Land
as
Ranger Jeff Hayden
1937
Bar-Z Bad Men
as
Jim Waters
1937
Guns in the Dark
as
Johnny Darrel
1937
A Lawman Is Born
as
Tom Mitchell
1937
Boothill Brigade
as
Lon Cardigan
1937
The Gambling Terror
as
Jeff Hayes
1937
Wild West Days
as
Kentucky Wade
1937
Trail of Vengeance
as
Dude Ramsay
1937
- 1936
- 1935
- 1934
- 1933
- 1932
- 1931
- 1930
- 1929
- 1928
- 1927
