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Johnny Mack Brown

Actor | * 09/01/1904 († 70, 11/14/1974) | Dothan, Alabama (United States of America (USA))
John Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an American college football player and film actor billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. He acted and starred mainly in Western films. ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Western | Drama | Comedies

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An outlaw falsely accused of murder realizes the only way to clear himself is to become a lawman. ...

A Lawman Is Born

Certification unknown

1937 | 1.5/5 | 58min
Western
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Tom Grant has found a rich gold vein and Bart Eaton is after it. Tom's sister Mary heads for the gold fields and Eaton and his men follow. Eaton teams up with Ace Daggett who plans to doublecross him ...

Flaming Frontiers

Certification unknown

1938 | 2.6/5 | 4h 58min
Action, Western
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Hoping to increase its box-office allure by adopting the title of a popular song, Deep in the Heart of Texas (clap!clap!clap!clap!) was the first Johnny Mack Brown western of the 1942-43 season. The p ...

Deep in the Heart of Texas

NR

1942 | 1h 2min
Western
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Johnny Williams (Johnny Mack Brown) returns to his home town of Beaufort, and finds himself when being chased by banker Henry Stevens (Tristram Coffin), Grangers Association head Les Travers (Ed Cassi ...

Valley of Fear

Certification unknown

1947 | 54min
Western
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Awards & Nominations for Johnny Mack Brown

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Johnny Mack Brown as Actor(167)

as (archive footage)2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage)1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as Self (archive footage)1976 It's Showtime
as Sheriff Green1965 The Bounty Killer
as Self (archive footage)1965 Hollywood My Home Town
as Enkoff1965 Requiem for a Gunfighter
as himself1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up
as Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player1953 The Marshal's Daughter
as himself1952 Man from the Black Hills
as himself1952 Dead Man's Trail
as himself1952 Canyon Ambush
as himself1952 Texas City
as himself1951 Man from Sonora
as himself1951 Oklahoma Justice
as himself1951 Blazing Bullets
as himself1951 Whistling Hills
as himself1951 Montana Desperado
as himself1951 Colorado Ambush
as Marshal Johnny Mack Brown1951 Texas Lawmen
as himself1950 West of Wyoming
as Sheriff Ord Keown1950 Short Grass
as himself1950 Over the Border
as himself1950 Six Gun Mesa
as himself1950 Outlaw Gold
as U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown1950 Law of the Panhandle
as Sheriff Aaron Ball1949 Stampede
as Johnny Mack1949 West of El Dorado
as Federal Agent Johnny Mack1949 Law of the West
as Johnny Mack1949 Trails End
as himself1949 Western Renegades
as himself1949 Range Justice
as Johnny Murdock1948 Overland Trails
as Johnny Mack1948 Hidden Danger
as Johnny Mack1948 Back Trail
as Johnny Brown1948 The Fighting Ranger
as Johnny Mack1948 Gunning for Justice
as himself1948 The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
as Johnny Mack1948 Crossed Trails
as himself1948 Frontier Agent
as himself1948 Triggerman
as Johnny Mack1947 Flashing Guns
as Johnny Mack1947 Land of the Lawless
as John Macklin1947 Code of the Saddle
as Johnny Mackey1947 The Law Comes to Gunsight
as Johnny1947 Trailing Danger
as Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon1947 Raiders of the South
as Johnny McVey1947 Gun Talk
as Johnny Hudson1947 Prairie Express
as Johnny Williams1947 Valley of Fear
as Steve Garner1946 Drifting Along
as Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders1946 Shadows on the Range
as Sam Hurricane Benton1946 Trigger Fingers
as Dusty Smith1946 Under Arizona Skies
as Johnny Macklin1946 The Gentleman from Texas
as Nevada Jack McKenzie1946 The Haunted Mine
as Johnny Bronton1946 Silver Range
as Marshal Nevada1946 Border Bandits
as Dr. John Poore1945 Flame of the West
as Maj. Tex O'Connor1945 Forever Yours
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie1945 Gun Smoke
as Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie1945 The Lost Trail
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie1945 Frontier Feud
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie1945 The Navajo Trail
as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris1945 Stranger from Santa Fe
as Jack McKenzie1944 Partners of the Trail
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie1944 Land of the Outlaws
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie1944 Law of the Valley
as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie1944 West of the Rio Grande
as U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie1944 Law Men
as Nevada Jack McKenzie1944 Raiders of the Border
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie1944 Ghost Guns
as U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie1944 Range Law
as Blaze Barker1943 The Lone Star Trail
as Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider1943 Raiders of San Joaquin
as Nevada Jack McKenzie1943 The Stranger From Pecos
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie1943 Outlaws of Stampede Pass
as Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon1943 Cheyenne Roundup
as Nevada Jack McKenzie1943 The Ghost Rider
as Marshal Jack McKenzie1943 Six Gun Gospel
as Wade Benson1943 Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as himself1943 Crazy House
as Jack McKenzie1943 The Texas Kid
as Alabam' Brewster1942 Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Neal Wallace1942 Little Joe, the Wrangler
as Jim Mallory1942 Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Silver Jim Donovan1942 The Silver Bullet
as Dusty Gardner1942 The Old Chisholm Trail
as Steve Collins1942 Boss of Hangtown Mesa
as Steve Hardin1942 Stagecoach Buckaroo
as Bill Fargo1941 Fighting Bill Fargo
as Steve Howard1941 Law of the Range
as Tom Baxter1941 Arizona Cyclone
as Joe Henderson1941 Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as Sheriff Bob Dawson1941 Man from Montana
as Larry Prescott1941 The Masked Rider
as Brand Calhoun1941 Rawhide Rangers
as Cal Sheridan1940 Pony Post
as Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)1940 Son of Roaring Dan
as Gils Brady / Buck Halliday1940 Bad Man from Red Butte
as Lee Jamison1940 Riders of Pasco Basin
as Bill Ralston1940 Law and Order
as Tom Bryant1940 Boss of Bullion City
as Steve Logan1940 Ragtime Cowboy Joe
as Jim Bannister1940 West of Carson City
as Jeff McLeod1939 Oklahoma Frontier
as Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')1939 Land of Liberty
as 'Chip' Bennett1939 Chip of the Flying U
as Jeff Scott1939 The Oregon Trail
as Steve Hayden1939 Desperate Trails
as Tex Houston1938 Flaming Frontiers
as Johnny Darrel1937 Guns in the Dark
as Talbot Carter1937 Wells Fargo
as Jeff Hayes1937 The Gambling Terror
as Jim Waters1937 Bar-Z Bad Men
as Tom Fillmore1937 Born to the West
as Ranger Jeff Hayden1937 Lawless Land
as Tom Mitchell1937 A Lawman Is Born
as Dude Ramsay1937 Trail of Vengeance
as Kentucky Wade1937 Wild West Days
as Lon Cardigan1937 Boothill Brigade
as Billy Donovan1936 Desert Phantom
as Jim Blake1936 The Crooked Trail
as Dan Doran1936 Rogue of the Range
as Steve McLain1936 Undercover Man
as Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid1936 Everyman's Law
as Bruce Reynolds1936 Valley of the Lawless
as Jack Wood1935 Rustlers of Red Dog
as Johnny Wellington Jr.1935 Between Men
as himself1935 Starlit Days at the Lido
as Johnny Hume1935 Branded a Coward
as Kirk Baxter1935 The Courageous Avenger
as Brooks Clayburn1934 Belle of the Nineties
as Adam Blythe1934 Cross Streets
as Steve Wayne1934 Against the Law
as Jim Warren1934 St. Louis Woman
as himself1934 Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as Chuck Wells1934 Three on a Honeymoon
as 'Duke'1933 Son of a Sailor
as George P. Cooper1933 Female
as Kirby Tornell1933 The Vanishing Frontier
as Kit Carson1933 Fighting With Kit Carson
as Alan Barry1933 Saturday's Millions
as Jim Wilson1932 Malay Nights
as Wally Clark1932 70,000 Witnesses
as Charlie1932 Flames
as Bill Talbot1931 The Last Flight
as Hank Rogers1931 The Secret Six
as Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)1931 The Great Meadow
as Billy the Kid1930 Billy the Kid
as Paul Whalen1930 Undertow
as Larry1930 Montana Moon
as Dan1929 Hurricane
as Michael Jeffery1929 Coquette
as Barry Holmes1929 Jazz Heaven
as Robert Ward1929 The Valiant
as Tommy Hewlett1929 The Single Standard
as Ben Blaine1928 Our Dancing Daughters
as Stockney Webb1928 Soft Living
as Jean Lery1928 The Divine Woman
as Steve Crandall1928 A Lady of Chance
as David Furness1928 A Woman of Affairs
as Bill1928 Annapolis
as Bob1927 The Fair Co-Ed
as Party Boy (uncredited)1927 After Midnight
as Russian Officer (uncredited)1927 Mockery
as himself1927 Slide, Kelly, Slide
as Bit (uncredited)1927 The Bugle Call

TV Shows/Series with Johnny Mack Brown as Actor(3)

1957 Official Detective
as Warner Griffith1957 Perry Mason
as himself1952 This Is Your Life

Full Name: Johnny Brown
Born: Thursday, 09/01 1904 (September) in Dothan, Alabama (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 11/14 1974 (November) in Woodland Hills (aged: 70)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Dothan High School
Other names for Johnny Mack Brown (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"John Mack Brown"
"Johnnie Mack Brown"
"The Dothan Antelope"
Johnny Mack Brown frequently works together with these people:
Raymond Hatton (49x, Actor)
Lambert Hillyer (34x, Crew)
Marshall Reed (30x, Actor)
Fuzzy Knight (29x, Actor)
Steve Clark (28x, Actor)
Ted Adams (24x, Actor)
Edmund Cobb (23x, Actor)
Ray Taylor (21x, Crew)
Riley Hill (21x, Actor)
Bud Osborne (21x, Actor)
Frank LaRue (20x, Actor)
William Boyett (9x, Actor)
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