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
Perry Mason
1957
This Is Your Life
1952
Official Detective
1957
Apache Uprising
1965
0Hell Town
1937
Born to the West
1937
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
Marrying Widows
1934
0Legends of the West
1992
Flashing Guns
1947
Malay Nights
1932
Forever Yours
1945
Filmography
Perry Mason
as Warner Griffith · 1957
This Is Your Life
as Self · 1952
Official Detective
· 1957
Apache Uprising
as Sheriff Ben Hall · 1965
Hell Town
as Tom Fillmore · 1937
Born to the West
as Tom Fillmore · 1937
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Alabam' Brewster · 1941
Marrying Widows
as The Husband · 1934
Legends of the West
as Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid' (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1992
Flashing Guns
as Johnny Mack · 1947
Malay Nights
as Jim Wilson · 1932
Forever Yours
as Maj. Tex O'Connor · 1945
Belle of the Nineties
as Brooks Clayburn · 1934
Oklahoma Justice
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1951
Three on a Honeymoon
as Chuck Wells · 1934
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
as (archive footage) · 2000
A Woman of Affairs
as David Furness · 1928
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage) · 1994
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage) · 1976
A Lady of Chance
as Steve Crandall · 1928
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
as Self · 1934
Land of the Outlaws
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie · 1944
Starlit Days at the Lido
as Self · 1935
Code of the Saddle
as John Macklin · 1947
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Jack Wood · 1935
Valley of the Lawless
as Bruce Reynolds · 1936
Flame of the West
as Dr. John Poore · 1945
Raiders of San Joaquin
as Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider · 1943
Man from the Black Hills
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1952
The Fair Co-Ed
as Bob · 1927
Cross Streets
as Adam Blythe · 1934
Wells Fargo
as Talbot Carter · 1937
Lawless Land
as Ranger Jeff Hayden · 1937
West of the Rio Grande
as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie · 1944
Fighting With Kit Carson
as Kit Carson · 1933
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie · 1943
Land of Liberty
as Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid') · 1939
Guns in the Dark
as Johnny Darrel · 1937
West of Carson City
as Jim Bannister · 1940
Raiders of the South
as Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon · 1947
Law of the Range
as Steve Howard · 1941
Son of a Sailor
as 'Duke' · 1933
Triggerman
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1948
Border Bandits
as Marshal Nevada · 1946
West of El Dorado
as Johnny Mack · 1949
The Law Comes to Gunsight
as Johnny Mackey · 1947
A Lawman Is Born
as Tom Mitchell · 1937
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
as Joe Henderson · 1941
Desert Phantom
as Billy Donovan · 1936
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Wade Benson · 1943
The Lone Star Trail
as Blaze Barker · 1943
Law of the Valley
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie · 1944
Law of the West
as Federal Agent Johnny Mack · 1949
Shadows on the Range
as Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders · 1946
The Stranger From Pecos
as Nevada Jack McKenzie · 1943
The Bounty Killer
as Sheriff Green · 1965
The Secret Six
as Hank Rogers · 1931
Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Jim Mallory · 1942
Dead Man's Trail
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1952
The Oregon Trail
as Jeff Scott · 1939
Bad Man from Red Butte
as Gils Brady / Buck Halliday · 1940
The Old Chisholm Trail
as Dusty Gardner · 1942
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1948
The Gentleman from Texas
as Johnny Macklin · 1946
Bar-Z Bad Men
as Jim Waters · 1937
Crazy House
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1943
Rogue of the Range
as Dan Doran · 1936
Colorado Ambush
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1951
Son of Roaring Dan
as Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail) · 1940
Boss of Bullion City
as Tom Bryant · 1940
Valley of Fear
as Johnny Williams · 1947
Under Arizona Skies
as Dusty Smith · 1946
Raiders of the Border
as Nevada Jack McKenzie · 1944
The Marshal's Daughter
as Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player · 1953
Little Joe, the Wrangler
as Neal Wallace · 1942
The Crooked Trail
as Jim Blake · 1936
Stranger from Santa Fe
as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris · 1945
Lasca of the Rio Grande
as Miles Kincaid · 1931
Female
as George P. Cooper · 1933
Law of the Panhandle
as U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown · 1950
Requiem for a Gunfighter
as Enkoff · 1965
Land of the Lawless
as Johnny Mack · 1947
Short Grass
as Sheriff Ord Keown · 1950
70,000 Witnesses
as Wally Clark · 1932
Square Crooks
as Larry Scott · 1928
Flames
as Charlie · 1932
Partners of the Trail
as Jack McKenzie · 1944
Billy the Kid
as Billy the Kid · 1930
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage) · 1976
Trailing Danger
as Johnny · 1947
Riders of Pasco Basin
as Lee Jamison · 1940
Texas City
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1952
The Last Flight
as Bill Talbot · 1931
Montana Moon
as Larry · 1930
The Fighting Ranger
as Johnny Brown · 1948
Six Gun Gospel
as Marshal Jack McKenzie · 1943
Over the Border
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1950
The Masked Rider
as Larry Prescott · 1941
Our Dancing Daughters
as Ben Blaine · 1928
The Valiant
as Robert Ward · 1929
Range Law
as U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie · 1944
The Silver Bullet
as Silver Jim Donovan · 1942
Hidden Danger
as Johnny Mack · 1948
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
as Steve Collins · 1942
Law and Order
as Bill Ralston · 1940
The Play Girl
as Bradley Lane · 1928
Saturday's Millions
as Alan Barry · 1933
The Courageous Avenger
as Kirk Baxter · 1935
Coquette
as Michael Jeffery · 1929
The Vanishing Frontier
as Kirby Tornell · 1933
The Divine Woman
as Jean Lery · 1928
Chip of the Flying U
as 'Chip' Bennett · 1939
Range Justice
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1949
Trail of Vengeance
as Dude Ramsay · 1937
Stagecoach Buckaroo
as Steve Hardin · 1942
Desperate Trails
as Steve Hayden · 1939
The Single Standard
as Tommy Hewlett · 1929
Gunning for Justice
as Johnny Mack · 1948
The Haunted Mine
as Nevada Jack McKenzie · 1946
Against the Law
as Steve Wayne · 1934
Silver Range
as Johnny Bronton · 1946
The Bugle Call
as Bit (uncredited) · 1927
Flaming Frontiers
as Tex Houston · 1938
The Gambling Terror
as Jeff Hayes · 1937
Trigger Fingers
as Sam Hurricane Benton · 1946
Gun Smoke
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie · 1945
Ghost Guns
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie · 1944
Everyman's Law
as Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid · 1936
West of Wyoming
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1950
Frontier Feud
as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie · 1945
Cheyenne Roundup
as Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon · 1943
Frontier Agent
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1948
Six Gun Mesa
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1950
Montana Desperado
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1951
The Great Meadow
as Berk Jarvis · 1931
Mockery
as Russian Officer (uncredited) · 1927
Overland Trails
as Johnny Murdock · 1948
Undertow
as Paul Whalen · 1930
Western Renegades
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1949
Hollywood Halfbacks
· 1931
Soft Living
as Stockney Webb · 1928
Law Men
as U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie · 1944
Rawhide Rangers
as Brand Calhoun · 1941
Stampede
as Sheriff Aaron Ball · 1949
The Ghost Rider
as Nevada Jack McKenzie · 1943
Jazz Heaven
as Barry Holmes · 1929
Wild West Days
as Kentucky Wade · 1937
The Navajo Trail
as Marshal Nevada McKenzie · 1945
Drifting Along
as Steve Garner · 1946
Oklahoma Frontier
as Jeff McLeod · 1939
Prairie Express
as Johnny Hudson · 1947
Branded a Coward
as Johnny Hume · 1935
Man from Sonora
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1951
The Texas Kid
as Jack McKenzie · 1943
The Lost Trail
as Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie · 1945
Gun Talk
as Johnny McVey · 1947
Canyon Ambush
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1952
Boothill Brigade
as Lon Cardigan · 1937
Fighting Bill Fargo
as Bill Fargo · 1941
Back Trail
as Johnny Mack · 1948
After Midnight
as Party Boy (uncredited) · 1927
St. Louis Woman
as Jim Warren · 1934
Texas Lawmen
as Marshal Johnny Mack Brown · 1951
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
as Steve Logan · 1940
Slide, Kelly, Slide
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1927
Pony Post
as Cal Sheridan · 1940
Between Men
as Johnny Wellington Jr. · 1935
Blazing Bullets
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1951
Hurricane
as Dan · 1929
Annapolis
as Bill · 1928
Man from Montana
as Sheriff Bob Dawson · 1941
Arizona Cyclone
as Tom Baxter · 1941
Trails End
as Johnny Mack · 1949
Undercover Man
as Steve McLain · 1936
Whistling Hills
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1951
Outlaw Gold
as Johnny Mack Brown · 1950
Crossed Trails
as Johnny Mack · 1948