Johnny Mack Brown
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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Filmes (174)
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000 · (archive footage)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Legends of the West
1992 · Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976 · Self (archive footage)
Apache Uprising
1965 · Sheriff Ben Hall
The Bounty Killer
1965 · Sheriff Green
Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965 · Enkoff
The Marshal's Daughter
1953 · Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
Canyon Ambush
1952 · Johnny Mack Brown
Dead Man's Trail
1952 · Johnny Mack Brown
Man from the Black Hills
1952 · Johnny Mack Brown
Texas City
1952 · Johnny Mack Brown
Texas Lawmen
1951 · Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
Whistling Hills
1951 · Johnny Mack Brown
Oklahoma Justice
1951 · Johnny Mack Brown
Montana Desperado
1951 · Johnny Mack Brown
Blazing Bullets
1951 · Johnny Mack Brown
Man from Sonora
1951 · Johnny Mack Brown
Colorado Ambush
1951 · Johnny Mack Brown
Short Grass
1950 · Sheriff Ord Keown
Outlaw Gold
1950 · Johnny Mack Brown
Law of the Panhandle
1950 · U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
Six Gun Mesa
1950 · Johnny Mack Brown
Over the Border
1950 · Johnny Mack Brown
West of Wyoming
1950 · Johnny Mack Brown
Western Renegades
1949 · Johnny Mack Brown
Range Justice
1949 · Johnny Mack Brown
West of El Dorado
1949 · Johnny Mack
Stampede
1949 · Sheriff Aaron Ball
Trails End
1949 · Johnny Mack
Law of the West
1949 · Federal Agent Johnny Mack
Hidden Danger
1948 · Johnny Mack
Gunning for Justice
1948 · Johnny Mack
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
1948 · Johnny Mack Brown
The Fighting Ranger
1948 · Johnny Brown
Back Trail
1948 · Johnny Mack
Triggerman
1948 · Johnny Mack Brown
Frontier Agent
1948 · Johnny Mack Brown
Crossed Trails
1948 · Johnny Mack
Overland Trails
1948 · Johnny Murdock
Gun Talk
1947 · Johnny McVey
Prairie Express
1947 · Johnny Hudson
Valley of Fear
1947 · Johnny Williams
Flashing Guns
1947 · Johnny Mack
Code of the Saddle
1947 · John Macklin
Trailing Danger
1947 · Johnny
The Law Comes to Gunsight
1947 · Johnny Mackey
Land of the Lawless
1947 · Johnny Mack
Raiders of the South
1947 · Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
Silver Range
1946 · Johnny Bronton
Shadows on the Range
1946 · Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
Trigger Fingers
1946 · Sam Hurricane Benton
The Gentleman from Texas
1946 · Johnny Macklin
Under Arizona Skies
1946 · Dusty Smith
The Haunted Mine
1946 · Nevada Jack McKenzie
Drifting Along
1946 · Steve Garner
Border Bandits
1946 · Marshal Nevada
Frontier Feud
1945 · Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
The Lost Trail
1945 · Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
Flame of the West
1945 · Dr. John Poore
Stranger from Santa Fe
1945 · U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
Gun Smoke
1945 · Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Forever Yours
1945 · Maj. Tex O'Connor
The Navajo Trail
1945 · Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Ghost Guns
1944 · Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Law of the Valley
1944 · Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Land of the Outlaws
1944 · Marshal Nevada McKenzie
West of the Rio Grande
1944 · U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Range Law
1944 · U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
Partners of the Trail
1944 · Jack McKenzie
Law Men
1944 · U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Raiders of the Border
1944 · Nevada Jack McKenzie
The Texas Kid
1943 · Jack McKenzie
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
1943 · Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
Crazy House
1943 · Johnny Mack Brown
The Lone Star Trail
1943 · Blaze Barker
Six Gun Gospel
1943 · Marshal Jack McKenzie
The Stranger From Pecos
1943 · Nevada Jack McKenzie
Raiders of San Joaquin
1943 · Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
Cheyenne Roundup
1943 · Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
The Ghost Rider
1943 · Nevada Jack McKenzie
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943 · Wade Benson
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942 · Dusty Gardner
Little Joe, the Wrangler
1942 · Neal Wallace
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942 · Jim Mallory
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
1942 · Steve Collins
The Silver Bullet
1942 · Silver Jim Donovan
Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942 · Steve Hardin
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1942 · Alabam' Brewster
Fighting Bill Fargo
1941 · Bill Fargo
Arizona Cyclone
1941 · Tom Baxter
The Masked Rider
1941 · Larry Prescott
Man from Montana
1941 · Sheriff Bob Dawson
Rawhide Rangers
1941 · Brand Calhoun
Law of the Range
1941 · Steve Howard
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941 · Joe Henderson
Pony Post
1940 · Cal Sheridan
Law and Order
1940 · Bill Ralston
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
1940 · Steve Logan
Son of Roaring Dan
1940 · Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
Bad Man from Red Butte
1940 · Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
Riders of Pasco Basin
1940 · Lee Jamison
Boss of Bullion City
1940 · Tom Bryant
West of Carson City
1940 · Jim Bannister
Chip of the Flying U
1939 · 'Chip' Bennett
Oklahoma Frontier
1939 · Jeff McLeod
Desperate Trails
1939 · Steve Hayden
The Oregon Trail
1939 · Jeff Scott
Land of Liberty
1939 · Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
Flaming Frontiers
1938 · Tex Houston
Wells Fargo
1937 · Talbot Carter
Born to the West
1937 · Tom Fillmore
Hell Town
1937 · Tom Fillmore
Boothill Brigade
1937 · Lon Cardigan
Wild West Days
1937 · Kentucky Wade
A Lawman Is Born
1937 · Tom Mitchell
Guns in the Dark
1937 · Johnny Darrel
Bar-Z Bad Men
1937 · Jim Waters
Lawless Land
1937 · Ranger Jeff Hayden
Trail of Vengeance
1937 · Dude Ramsay
The Gambling Terror
1937 · Jeff Hayes
Undercover Man
1936 · Steve McLain
The Crooked Trail
1936 · Jim Blake
Everyman's Law
1936 · Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
Rogue of the Range
1936 · Dan Doran
Desert Phantom
1936 · Billy Donovan
Valley of the Lawless
1936 · Bruce Reynolds
The Courageous Avenger
1935 · Kirk Baxter
Between Men
1935 · Johnny Wellington Jr.
Starlit Days at the Lido
1935 · Self
Branded a Coward
1935 · Johnny Hume
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935 · Jack Wood
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934 · Self
Against the Law
1934 · Steve Wayne
Belle of the Nineties
1934 · Brooks Clayburn
Cross Streets
1934 · Adam Blythe
Marrying Widows
1934 · The Husband
St. Louis Woman
1934 · Jim Warren
Three on a Honeymoon
1934 · Chuck Wells
Son of a Sailor
1933 · 'Duke'
Female
1933 · George P. Cooper
Saturday's Millions
1933 · Alan Barry
Fighting With Kit Carson
1933 · Kit Carson
The Vanishing Frontier
1933 · Kirby Tornell
Malay Nights
1932 · Jim Wilson
70,000 Witnesses
1932 · Wally Clark
Flames
1932 · Charlie
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
Lasca of the Rio Grande
1931 · Miles Kincaid
The Last Flight
1931 · Bill Talbot
The Secret Six
1931 · Hank Rogers
The Great Meadow
1931 · Berk Jarvis
Billy the Kid
1930 · Billy the Kid
Montana Moon
1930 · Larry
Undertow
1930 · Paul Whalen
Jazz Heaven
1929 · Barry Holmes
Hurricane
1929 · Dan
The Single Standard
1929 · Tommy Hewlett
The Valiant
1929 · Robert Ward
Coquette
1929 · Michael Jeffery
A Woman of Affairs
1928 · David Furness
A Lady of Chance
1928 · Steve Crandall
Annapolis
1928 · Bill
Our Dancing Daughters
1928 · Ben Blaine
The Play Girl
1928 · Bradley Lane
Square Crooks
1928 · Larry Scott
Soft Living
1928 · Stockney Webb
The Divine Woman
1928 · Jean Lery
The Fair Co-Ed
1927 · Bob
After Midnight
1927 · Party Boy (uncredited)
Mockery
1927 · Russian Officer (uncredited)
The Bugle Call
1927 · Bit (uncredited)
Slide, Kelly, Slide
1927 · Johnny Mack Brown
