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
all 174
Movies 171
self 26
TV Shows 3
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)
Legends of the West (1992)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)
It's Showtime (1976)
Apache Uprising (1965)
The Bounty Killer (1965)
Perry Mason (1957)
The Marshal's Daughter (1953)
Canyon Ambush (1952)
Dead Man's Trail (1952)
Man from the Black Hills (1952)
Texas City (1952)
Texas Lawmen (1951)
Whistling Hills (1951)
Oklahoma Justice (1951)
Montana Desperado (1951)
Blazing Bullets (1951)
Man from Sonora (1951)
Colorado Ambush (1951)
Short Grass (1950)
Outlaw Gold (1950)
Law of the Panhandle (1950)
Six Gun Mesa (1950)
Over the Border (1950)
West of Wyoming (1950)
Western Renegades (1949)
Range Justice (1949)
West of El Dorado (1949)
Prairie Pirates (1949)
Stampede (1949)
Trails End (1949)
Law of the West (1949)
Hidden Danger (1948)
Gunning for Justice (1948)
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow (1948)
The Fighting Ranger (1948)
Back Trail (1948)
Triggerman (1948)
Frontier Agent (1948)
Crossed Trails (1948)
Overland Trails (1948)
Gun Talk (1947)
Prairie Express (1947)
Valley of Fear (1947)
Flashing Guns (1947)
Code of the Saddle (1947)
The Law Comes to Gunsight (1947)
Land of the Lawless (1947)
Raiders of the South (1947)
Silver Range (1946)
Shadows on the Range (1946)
Trigger Fingers (1946)
The Gentleman from Texas (1946)
Under Arizona Skies (1946)
The Haunted Mine (1946)
Drifting Along (1946)
Border Bandits (1946)
Frontier Feud (1945)
The Lost Trail (1945)
Flame of the West (1945)
Stranger from Santa Fe (1945)
Gun Smoke (1945)
Forever Yours (1945)
The Navajo Trail (1945)
Ghost Guns (1944)
Law of the Valley (1944)
Land of the Outlaws (1944)
West of the Rio Grande (1944)
Range Law (1944)
Partners of the Trail (1944)
Law Men (1944)
Raiders of the Border (1944)
The Texas Kid (1943)
Outlaws of Stampede Pass (1943)
Crazy House (1943)
The Lone Star Trail (1943)
Six Gun Gospel (1943)
The Stranger From Pecos (1943)
Raiders of San Joaquin (1943)
Cheyenne Roundup (1943)
The Ghost Rider (1943)
The Old Chisholm Trail (1942)
Little Joe, the Wrangler (1942)
Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)
Boss of Hangtown Mesa (1942)
The Silver Bullet (1942)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
Stagecoach Buckaroo (1942)
Fighting Bill Fargo (1941)
Arizona Cyclone (1941)
The Masked Rider (1941)
Man from Montana (1941)
Rawhide Rangers (1941)
Law of the Range (1941)
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (1941)
Pony Post (1940)
Law and Order (1940)
Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1940)
Son of Roaring Dan (1940)
Bad Man from Red Butte (1940)
Riders of Pasco Basin (1940)
Boss of Bullion City (1940)
West of Carson City (1940)
Chip of the Flying U (1939)
Oklahoma Frontier (1939)
Desperate Trails (1939)
The Oregon Trail (1939)
Land of Liberty (1939)
Flaming Frontiers (1938)
Wells Fargo (1937)
Born to the West (1937)
Boothill Brigade (1937)
Wild West Days (1937)
A Lawman Is Born (1937)
Guns in the Dark (1937)
Bar-Z Bad Men (1937)
Lawless Land (1937)
Trail of Vengeance (1937)
The Gambling Terror (1937)
Undercover Man (1936)
The Crooked Trail (1936)
Everyman's Law (1936)
Rogue of the Range (1936)
Desert Phantom (1936)
Valley of the Lawless (1936)
The Courageous Avenger (1935)
Between Men (1935)
Branded a Coward (1935)
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
Against the Law (1934)
Belle of the Nineties (1934)
Cross Streets (1934)
St. Louis Woman (1934)
Three on a Honeymoon (1934)
Female (1933)
Saturday's Millions (1933)
Fighting With Kit Carson (1933)
The Vanishing Frontier (1933)
Malay Nights (1932)
70,000 Witnesses (1932)
Flames (1932)
The Last Flight (1931)
The Secret Six (1931)
The Great Meadow (1931)
Billy the Kid (1930)
Undertow (1930)
Jazz Heaven (1929)
The Single Standard (1929)
The Valiant (1929)
Coquette (1929)
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
A Lady of Chance (1928)
Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
The Play Girl (1928)
Soft Living (1928)
The Divine Woman (1928)
After Midnight (1927)
Mockery (1927)
Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1904-09-01
Deathday1974-11-14 (70 years old)
Birth NameJohnny Mack Brown
Birth PlaceDothan, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsJohn Mack Brown, Johnnie Mack Brown, The Dothan Antelope, John Brown
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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