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