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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

175

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-09-01

Day of Death

1974-11-14 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Dothan, Alabama, USA

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.

Known For

The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Stranger from Santa Fe

Stranger from Santa Fe

Six Gun Mesa

Six Gun Mesa

Rustlers of Red Dog

Rustlers of Red Dog

Acting

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

2000

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

as

(archive footage)

The Secret Six

1931

The Secret Six

as

Hank Rogers

Our Dancing Daughters

1928

Our Dancing Daughters

as

Ben Blaine

Against the Law

1934

Against the Law

as

Steve Wayne

After Midnight

1927

After Midnight

as

Party Boy (uncredited)

Born to the West

1937

Born to the West

as

Tom Fillmore

Fighting With Kit Carson

1933

Fighting With Kit Carson

as

Kit Carson

Female

1933

Female

as

George P. Cooper

Mockery

1927

Mockery

as

Russian Officer (uncredited)

The Oregon Trail

1939

The Oregon Trail

as

Jeff Scott

Belle of the Nineties

1934

Belle of the Nineties

as

Brooks Clayburn

Coquette

1929

Coquette

as

Michael Jeffery

Stampede

1949

Stampede

as

Sheriff Aaron Ball

The Crooked Trail

1936

The Crooked Trail

as

Jim Blake

Rawhide Rangers

1941

Rawhide Rangers

as

Brand Calhoun

The Single Standard

1929

The Single Standard

as

Tommy Hewlett

Apache Uprising

1965

Apache Uprising

as

Sheriff Ben Hall

The Last Flight

1931

The Last Flight

as

Bill Talbot

Montana Moon

1930

Montana Moon

as

Larry

Wells Fargo

1937

Wells Fargo

as

Talbot Carter

The Valiant

1929

The Valiant

as

Robert Ward

Stagecoach Buckaroo

1942

Stagecoach Buckaroo

as

Steve Hardin

Slide, Kelly, Slide

1927

Slide, Kelly, Slide

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Between Men

1935

Between Men

as

Johnny Wellington Jr.

Legends of the West

1992

Legends of the West

as

Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid'

The Courageous Avenger

1935

The Courageous Avenger

as

Kirk Baxter

Soft Living

1928

Soft Living

as

Stockney Webb

Billy the Kid

1930

Billy the Kid

as

Billy the Kid

Cross Streets

1934

Cross Streets

as

Adam Blythe

Branded a Coward

1935

Branded a Coward

as

Johnny Hume

The Fair Co-Ed

1927

The Fair Co-Ed

as

Bob

Texas Lawmen

1951

Texas Lawmen

as

Marshal Johnny Mack Brown

A Lady of Chance

1928

A Lady of Chance

as

Steve Crandall

The Divine Woman

1928

The Divine Woman

as

Jean Lery

Short Grass

1950

Short Grass

as

Sheriff Ord Keown

Flames

1932

Flames

as

Charlie

Malay Nights

1932

Malay Nights

as

Jim Wilson

Desert Phantom

1936

Desert Phantom

as

Billy Donovan

Rogue of the Range

1936

Rogue of the Range

as

Dan Doran

Partners of the Trail

1944

Partners of the Trail

as

Jack McKenzie

The Texas Kid

1943

The Texas Kid

as

Jack McKenzie

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

1976

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

as

(archive footage)

The Silver Bullet

1942

The Silver Bullet

as

Silver Jim Donovan

St. Louis Woman

1934

St. Louis Woman

as

Jim Warren

Lawless Land

1937

Lawless Land

as

Ranger Jeff Hayden

Bar-Z Bad Men

1937

Bar-Z Bad Men

as

Jim Waters

Guns in the Dark

1937

Guns in the Dark

as

Johnny Darrel

A Lawman Is Born

1937

A Lawman Is Born

as

Tom Mitchell

Boothill Brigade

1937

Boothill Brigade

as

Lon Cardigan

The Gambling Terror

1937

The Gambling Terror

as

Jeff Hayes

The Great Meadow

1931

The Great Meadow

as

Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)

Pony Post

1940

Pony Post

as

Cal Sheridan

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

1943

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

as

Wade Benson

Flaming Frontiers

1938

Flaming Frontiers

as

Tex Houston

Hurricane

1929

Hurricane

as

Dan

Undertow

1930

Undertow

as

Paul Whalen

Chip of the Flying U

1939

Chip of the Flying U

as

'Chip' Bennett

Land of Liberty

1939

Land of Liberty

as

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

Jazz Heaven

1929

Jazz Heaven

as

Barry Holmes

A Woman of Affairs

1928

A Woman of Affairs

as

David Furness

Wild West Days

1937

Wild West Days

as

Kentucky Wade

The Vanishing Frontier

1933

The Vanishing Frontier

as

Kirby Tornell

The Navajo Trail

1945

The Navajo Trail

as

Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Law of the Range

1941

Law of the Range

as

Steve Howard

Man from Montana

1941

Man from Montana

as

Sheriff Bob Dawson

The Masked Rider

1941

The Masked Rider

as

Larry Prescott

The Gentleman from Texas

1946

The Gentleman from Texas

as

Johnny Macklin

Annapolis

1928

Annapolis

as

Bill

Ride 'Em Cowboy

1941

Ride 'Em Cowboy

as

Alabam' Brewster

Son of a Sailor

1933

Son of a Sailor

as

'Duke'

The Lone Star Trail

1943

The Lone Star Trail

as

Blaze Barker

Stranger from Santa Fe

1945

Stranger from Santa Fe

as

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

Oklahoma Justice

1951

Oklahoma Justice

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Prairie Express

1947

Prairie Express

as

Johnny Hudson

Blazing Bullets

1951

Blazing Bullets

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Whistling Hills

1951

Whistling Hills

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Son of Roaring Dan

1940

Son of Roaring Dan

as

Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)

Overland Trails

1948

Overland Trails

as

Johnny Murdock

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

1994

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

as

Self (archive footage)

Shadows on the Range

1946

Shadows on the Range

as

Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders

Six Gun Mesa

1950

Six Gun Mesa

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Arizona Cyclone

1941

Arizona Cyclone

as

Tom Baxter

Trigger Fingers

1946

Trigger Fingers

as

Sam Hurricane Benton

Valley of the Lawless

1936

Valley of the Lawless

as

Bruce Reynolds

Ragtime Cowboy Joe

1940

Ragtime Cowboy Joe

as

Steve Logan

Undercover Man

1936

Undercover Man

as

Steve McLain

Dead Man's Trail

1952

Dead Man's Trail

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Over the Border

1950

Over the Border

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Triggerman

1948

Triggerman

as

Johnny Mack Brown

West of Carson City

1940

West of Carson City

as

Jim Bannister

Valley of Fear

1947

Valley of Fear

as

Johnny Williams

West of El Dorado

1949

West of El Dorado

as

Johnny Mack

Trail of Vengeance

1937

Trail of Vengeance

as

Dude Ramsay

Border Bandits

1946

Border Bandits

as

Marshal Nevada

The Lost Trail

1945

The Lost Trail

as

Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie

The Marshal's Daughter

1953

The Marshal's Daughter

as

Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player

Riders of Pasco Basin

1940

Riders of Pasco Basin

as

Lee Jamison

Crossed Trails

1948

Crossed Trails

as

Johnny Mack

Deep in the Heart of Texas

1942

Deep in the Heart of Texas

as

Jim Mallory

Gun Smoke

1945

Gun Smoke

as

Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie

Outlaw Gold

1950

Outlaw Gold

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Man from Sonora

1951

Man from Sonora

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Everyman's Law

1936

Everyman's Law

as

Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid

The Bounty Killer

1965

The Bounty Killer

as

Sheriff Green

Forever Yours

1945

Forever Yours

as

Maj. Tex O'Connor

Oklahoma Frontier

1939

Oklahoma Frontier

as

Jeff McLeod

Boss of Bullion City

1940

Boss of Bullion City

as

Tom Bryant

Bad Man from Red Butte

1940

Bad Man from Red Butte

as

Gils Brady / Buck Halliday

Law and Order

1940

Law and Order

as

Bill Ralston

Law Men

1944

Law Men

as

U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

1941

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

as

Joe Henderson

Desperate Trails

1939

Desperate Trails

as

Steve Hayden

Flashing Guns

1947

Flashing Guns

as

Johnny Mack

Silver Range

1946

Silver Range

as

Johnny Bronton

Canyon Ambush

1952

Canyon Ambush

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Requiem for a Gunfighter

1965

Requiem for a Gunfighter

as

Enkoff

Little Joe, the Wrangler

1942

Little Joe, the Wrangler

as

Neal Wallace

The Old Chisholm Trail

1942

The Old Chisholm Trail

as

Dusty Gardner

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

1934

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

as

Self

The Play Girl

1928

The Play Girl

as

Bradley Lane

Colorado Ambush

1951

Colorado Ambush

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Montana Desperado

1951

Montana Desperado

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Law of the Panhandle

1950

Law of the Panhandle

as

U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown

Raiders of San Joaquin

1943

Raiders of San Joaquin

as

Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider

Cheyenne Roundup

1943

Cheyenne Roundup

as

Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon

Man from the Black Hills

1952

Man from the Black Hills

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Boss of Hangtown Mesa

1942

Boss of Hangtown Mesa

as

Steve Collins

Texas City

1952

Texas City

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Fighting Bill Fargo

1941

Fighting Bill Fargo

as

Bill Fargo

Outlaws of Stampede Pass

1943

Outlaws of Stampede Pass

as

Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie

The Stranger From Pecos

1943

The Stranger From Pecos

as

Nevada Jack McKenzie

Six Gun Gospel

1943

Six Gun Gospel

as

Marshal Jack McKenzie

The Ghost Rider

1943

The Ghost Rider

as

Nevada Jack McKenzie

Ghost Guns

1944

Ghost Guns

as

Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Land of the Outlaws

1944

Land of the Outlaws

as

Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Law of the Valley

1944

Law of the Valley

as

Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Raiders of the Border

1944

Raiders of the Border

as

Nevada Jack McKenzie

Range Law

1944

Range Law

as

U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie

West of the Rio Grande

1944

West of the Rio Grande

as

U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie

Flame of the West

1945

Flame of the West

as

Dr. John Poore

Frontier Feud

1945

Frontier Feud

as

Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie

Under Arizona Skies

1946

Under Arizona Skies

as

Dusty Smith

Drifting Along

1946

Drifting Along

as

Steve Garner

The Haunted Mine

1946

The Haunted Mine

as

Nevada Jack McKenzie

Gun Talk

1947

Gun Talk

as

Johnny McVey

Raiders of the South

1947

Raiders of the South

as

Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon

Trailing Danger

1947

Trailing Danger

as

Johnny

Code of the Saddle

1947

Code of the Saddle

as

John Macklin

Land of the Lawless

1947

Land of the Lawless

as

Johnny Mack

The Law Comes to Gunsight

1947

The Law Comes to Gunsight

as

Johnny Mackey

Law of the West

1949

Law of the West

as

Federal Agent Johnny Mack

Range Justice

1949

Range Justice

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Back Trail

1948

Back Trail

as

Johnny Mack

The Fighting Ranger

1948

The Fighting Ranger

as

Johnny Brown

Hidden Danger

1948

Hidden Danger

as

Johnny Mack

Frontier Agent

1948

Frontier Agent

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Gunning for Justice

1948

Gunning for Justice

as

Johnny Mack

The Sheriff of Medicine Bow

1948

The Sheriff of Medicine Bow

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Trails End

1949

Trails End

as

Johnny Mack

Western Renegades

1949

Western Renegades

as

Johnny Mack Brown

West of Wyoming

1950

West of Wyoming

as

Johnny Mack Brown

Rustlers of Red Dog

1935

Rustlers of Red Dog

as

Jack Wood

Three on a Honeymoon

1934

Three on a Honeymoon

as

Chuck Wells

Saturday's Millions

1933

Saturday's Millions

as

Alan Barry

The Bugle Call

1927

The Bugle Call

as

Bit (uncredited)

Starlit Days at the Lido

1935

Starlit Days at the Lido

as

Self

70,000 Witnesses

1932

70,000 Witnesses

as

Wally Clark

Crazy House

1943

Crazy House

as

Johnny Mack Brown

It's Showtime

1976

It's Showtime

as

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Halfbacks

1931

Hollywood Halfbacks

as

Lasca of the Rio Grande

1931

Lasca of the Rio Grande

as

Miles Kincaid

Marrying Widows

1934

Marrying Widows

as

The Husband

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

as

Warner Griffith

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

as

Self

Official Detective

Official Detective

as

Production

Crew

Directing