Cast

Johnny Mack Brown

Acting

Cast

Johnny Mack Brown

Known for

Acting

Born

1904-09-01

From

Dothan, Alabama, USA

Died

1974-11-14

Also known as John Mack Brown, Johnnie Mack Brown, The Dothan Antelope

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.

Johnny Mack Brown

Johnny Mack Brown

Biography

Hell Town

Malay Nights

Flashing Guns

Cross Streets

Oklahoma Justice

Colorado Ambush

Code of the Saddle

Belle of the Nineties

Desert Phantom

Born to the West

Forever Yours

Triggerman

It's Showtime

The Courageous Avenger

Border Bandits

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

Square Crooks

Flames

The Play Girl

Land of Liberty

Wells Fargo

Ride 'Em Cowboy

The Crooked Trail

Lawless Land

The Valiant

Range Law

Guns in the Dark

Valley of the Lawless

Law of the Range

Our Dancing Daughters

The Single Standard

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove

Legends of the West

Raiders of the Border

Land of the Outlaws

The Masked Rider

Crazy House

Cheyenne Roundup

Apache Uprising

The Bounty Killer

Short Grass

The Lone Star Trail

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

Female

Boss of Bullion City

A Woman of Affairs

Coquette

Rustlers of Red Dog

The Secret Six

Requiem for a Gunfighter

Stagecoach Buckaroo

Mockery

The Last Flight

Billy the Kid

Son of a Sailor

Man from the Black Hills

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Rogue of the Range

The Oregon Trail

Western Renegades

Montana Moon

Stampede

Frontier Agent

Arizona Cyclone

Hollywood Halfbacks

Rawhide Rangers

Ghost Guns

The Old Chisholm Trail

Law of the West

Branded a Coward

Raiders of the South

Land of the Lawless

Outlaws of Stampede Pass

Montana Desperado

The Great Meadow

Raiders of San Joaquin

Annapolis