Johnny Mack Brown
Acting
🎂 1904-09-01
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.
Cast credits(174)
Warner Griffith
1957
Sheriff Ben Hall
1965
Self
1952
Tommy Hewlett
1929
Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
1943
Maj. Tex O'Connor
1945
Jeff Scott
1939
Self
1934
Tom Baxter
1941
Chuck Wells
1934
Tex Houston
1938
'Duke'
1933
1957
Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
1936
(archive footage)
2000
Steve McLain
1936
Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
1945
Bit (uncredited)
1927
Self (archive footage)
1976
Kit Carson
1933
Sheriff Green
1965
Johnny Mack Brown
1952
Jack Wood
1935
Dude Ramsay
1937
Johnny Hume
1935
Alabam' Brewster
1942
Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
1940
Michael Jeffery
1929
Bill Fargo
1941
Larry
1930
Lee Jamison
1940
Johnny Mack Brown
1951
Self (archive footage)
1994
Johnny Mack
1948
Johnny Mack Brown
1951
Johnny Mack Brown
1952
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1945
Johnny Mack
1948
Russian Officer (uncredited)
1927
Kirby Tornell
1933
Johnny Brown
1948
(archive footage)
1976
Cal Sheridan
1940
Bruce Reynolds
1936
Nevada Jack McKenzie
1946
Steve Hardin
1942
Johnny Wellington Jr.
1935
Johnny Mack Brown
1943
Self
1935
Jim Wilson
1932
Bob
1927
Silver Jim Donovan
1942
Talbot Carter
1937
Blaze Barker
1943
Charlie
1932
Tom Fillmore
1937
Johnny
1947
Johnny Mack
1948
Johnny Mack
1949
Hank Rogers
1931
Ben Blaine
1928
Steve Collins
1942
Nevada Jack McKenzie
1944
Johnny Mack Brown
1952
Billy the Kid
1930
Kirk Baxter
1935
George P. Cooper
1933
Federal Agent Johnny Mack
1949
Sheriff Ord Keown
1950
Jeff Hayes
1937
Steve Howard
1941
Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
1943
Larry Prescott
1941
Tom Bryant
1940
Jack McKenzie
1944
Sheriff Aaron Ball
1949
Johnny Mack Brown
1950
Steve Wayne
1934
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1943
Brooks Clayburn
1934
Bill
1928
Barry Holmes
1929
Bill Talbot
1931
Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
1953
Alan Barry
1933
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944
Wally Clark
1932
1931
Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
1951
Johnny Mack Brown
1951
Johnny Mack Brown
1949
Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
1939
Dan Doran
1936
Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid'
1992
Robert Ward
1929
Jim Mallory
1942
Steve Crandall
1928
Johnny Hudson
1947
Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1945
Johnny Mack Brown
1927
Johnny Mack
1949
John Macklin
1947
Jeff McLeod
1939
Stockney Webb
1928
Johnny Mack Brown
1948
Johnny Mack Brown
1952
Sam Hurricane Benton
1946
'Chip' Bennett
1939
Kentucky Wade
1937
Ranger Jeff Hayden
1937
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1945
Lon Cardigan
1937
Brand Calhoun
1941
Johnny Bronton
1946
Sheriff Bob Dawson
1941
Dan
1929
Party Boy (uncredited)
1927
U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944
Johnny Darrel
1937
Miles Kincaid
1931
Billy Donovan
1936
Bill Ralston
1940
Johnny Macklin
1946
Jack McKenzie
1943
Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
1940
Johnny Mack Brown
1951
Jim Warren
1934
U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1944
Dr. John Poore
1945
Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
1947
David Furness
1928
Bradley Lane
1928
Dusty Smith
1946
Johnny Murdock
1948
Johnny Mack Brown
1950
Johnny Mack Brown
1951
Johnny Mack
1947
Jean Lery
1928
Johnny McVey
1947
U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944
Johnny Williams
1947
Wade Benson
1943
Neal Wallace
1942
Johnny Mackey
1947
Paul Whalen
1930
Enkoff
1965
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944
Dusty Gardner
1942
Adam Blythe
1934
Marshal Nevada
1946
Johnny Mack Brown
1948
Nevada Jack McKenzie
1943
Johnny Mack Brown
1950
Steve Logan
1940
Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)
1931
Johnny Mack Brown
1951
Jim Waters
1937
Johnny Mack Brown
1949
U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
1950
Marshal Jack McKenzie
1943
Jim Blake
1936
U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
1945
Joe Henderson
1941
Johnny Mack Brown
1948
Johnny Mack
1947
Tom Mitchell
1937
Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
1946
Johnny Mack Brown
1950
Steve Garner
1946
Jim Bannister
1940
Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944
Johnny Mack
1948
Steve Hayden
1939
Nevada Jack McKenzie
1943