Johnny Mack Brown
AKA: John Mack Brown
Birthday: 1904-09-01
Died: 1974-11-14
Birthplace: 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.
Filmography
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: George P. Cooper
Character: Russian Officer (uncredited)
Character: Brooks Clayburn
Character: Michael Jeffery
Character: Sheriff Aaron Ball
Character: Johnny Wellington Jr.
Character: Steve Crandall
Character: Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Silver Jim Donovan
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Ranger Jeff Hayden
Character: Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)
Character: 'Chip' Bennett
Character: Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Character: Larry Prescott
Character: Sheriff Bob Dawson
Character: Johnny Macklin
Character: Alabam' Brewster
Character: Sheriff Ord Keown
Character: Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
Character: Maj. Tex O'Connor
Character: Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
Character: U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Character: Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
Character: Bruce Reynolds
Character: Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
Character: Johnny Bronton
Character: Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
Character: Sam Hurricane Benton
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
Character: Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Character: Marshal Jack McKenzie
Character: Nevada Jack McKenzie
Character: Nevada Jack McKenzie
Character: Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Character: Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Character: Nevada Jack McKenzie
Character: Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Character: U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Character: U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Character: Dr. John Poore
Character: Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Character: Nevada Jack McKenzie
Character: Marshal Nevada
Character: Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
Character: Johnny Williams
Character: Johnny Murdock
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Federal Agent Johnny Mack
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
Character: Bit (uncredited)
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Party Boy (uncredited)
Character: Johnny Mack Brown
Character: Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
Character: Sheriff Ben Hall
Character: Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid'
Character: Self (archive footage)