Johnny Mack Brown
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: September 1, 1904
Day of Death: November 14, 1974 (70 years old)
Place of Birth: 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.
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Actor Johnny Murdock
Overland Trails
Actor Johnny Mack Brown
Triggerman
Actor Johnny Mack
Crossed Trails
Actor Johnny Mack
Back Trail
Actor Johnny Brown
The Fighting Ranger
Actor Johnny Mack
Hidden Danger
Actor Johnny Mack Brown
Frontier Agent
Actor Johnny Mack
Gunning for Justice
Actor Johnny Mack Brown
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
1947
Actor Johnny Hudson
Prairie Express
Actor Johnny Williams
Valley of Fear
Actor Johnny Mack
Flashing Guns
Actor Johnny McVey
Gun Talk
Actor Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
Raiders of the South
Actor Johnny
Trailing Danger
Actor John Macklin
Code of the Saddle
Actor Johnny Mack
Land of the Lawless
Actor Johnny Mackey
The Law Comes to Gunsight
1946
Actor Johnny Macklin
The Gentleman from Texas
Actor Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
Shadows on the Range
Actor Sam Hurricane Benton
Trigger Fingers
Actor Marshal Nevada
Border Bandits
Actor Johnny Bronton
Silver Range
Actor Dusty Smith
Under Arizona Skies
Actor Steve Garner
Drifting Along
Actor Nevada Jack McKenzie
The Haunted Mine
1945
Actor Marshal Nevada McKenzie
The Navajo Trail
Actor U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
Stranger from Santa Fe
Actor Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
The Lost Trail
Actor Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Gun Smoke
Actor Maj. Tex O'Connor
Forever Yours
Actor Dr. John Poore
Flame of the West
Actor Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Frontier Feud
1944
Actor Jack McKenzie
Partners of the Trail
Actor U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Law Men
Actor Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Ghost Guns
Actor Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Land of the Outlaws
Actor Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Law of the Valley
Actor Nevada Jack McKenzie
Raiders of the Border
Actor U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Range Law
Actor U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
West of the Rio Grande
1943
Actor Jack McKenzie
The Texas Kid
Actor Wade Benson
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Actor Blaze Barker
The Lone Star Trail
Actor Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
Raiders of San Joaquin
Actor Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
Cheyenne Roundup
Actor Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
Actor Nevada Jack McKenzie
The Stranger From Pecos
Actor Marshal Jack McKenzie
Six Gun Gospel
Actor Nevada Jack McKenzie
The Ghost Rider
Actor Johnny Mack Brown
Crazy House
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Actor Cal Sheridan
Pony Post
Actor Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
Son of Roaring Dan
Actor Steve Logan
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Actor Jim Bannister
West of Carson City
Actor Lee Jamison
Riders of Pasco Basin
Actor Tom Bryant
Boss of Bullion City
Actor Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
Bad Man from Red Butte
Actor Bill Ralston
Law and Order
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Actor Tom Fillmore
Born to the West
Actor Talbot Carter
Wells Fargo
Actor Ranger Jeff Hayden
Lawless Land
Actor Jim Waters
Bar-Z Bad Men
Actor Johnny Darrel
Guns in the Dark
Actor Tom Mitchell
A Lawman Is Born
Actor Lon Cardigan
Boothill Brigade
Actor Jeff Hayes
The Gambling Terror
Actor Kentucky Wade
Wild West Days
Actor Dude Ramsay
Trail of Vengeance
