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