Johnny Mack Brown
Acting · Born Sep 1, 1904 · Died Nov 14, 1974 (70) · Dothan, Alabama, USA
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.
Known for
Films
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
200010.0
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
Legends of the West
1992
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
19768.5
It's Showtime
19767.5
Apache Uprising
19656.4
The Bounty Killer
19656.0
Requiem for a Gunfighter
19657.5
The Marshal's Daughter
19534.3
Canyon Ambush
19526.5
Dead Man's Trail
19527.0
Man from the Black Hills
19529.0
Texas City
19526.5
Texas Lawmen
19517.0
Whistling Hills
19517.0
Oklahoma Justice
19519.0
Montana Desperado
19517.0
Blazing Bullets
19517.0
Man from Sonora
19519.0
Colorado Ambush
19517.5
Short Grass
19506.0
Outlaw Gold
195010.0
Law of the Panhandle
1950
Six Gun Mesa
19509.5
Over the Border
19508.0
West of Wyoming
19506.5
Western Renegades
19496.5
Range Justice
19497.0
West of El Dorado
194910.0
Stampede
19496.2
Trails End
194910.0
Law of the West
19497.0
Hidden Danger
19487.0
Gunning for Justice
194810.0
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
19487.0
The Fighting Ranger
19489.0
Back Trail
19488.0
Triggerman
19488.0
Frontier Agent
19488.0
Crossed Trails
19487.0
Overland Trails
19489.0
Gun Talk
19478.0
Prairie Express
1947
Valley of Fear
19478.0
Flashing Guns
19477.0
Code of the Saddle
19477.0
Trailing Danger
19479.0
The Law Comes to Gunsight
19476.7
Land of the Lawless
19477.0
Raiders of the South
19476.5
Silver Range
194610.0
Shadows on the Range
194610.0
Trigger Fingers
19466.5
The Gentleman from Texas
19466.0
Under Arizona Skies
194610.0
The Haunted Mine
194610.0
Drifting Along
194610.0
Border Bandits
19467.0
Frontier Feud
19457.0
The Lost Trail
19457.0
Flame of the West
19457.0
Stranger from Santa Fe
19458.5
Gun Smoke
19455.4
Forever Yours
19457.0
The Navajo Trail
194510.0
Ghost Guns
19446.1
Law of the Valley
19446.0
Land of the Outlaws
19447.0
West of the Rio Grande
19449.0
Range Law
19449.0
Partners of the Trail
19445.0
Law Men
19445.4
Raiders of the Border
194410.0
The Texas Kid
19435.8
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
19437.0
Crazy House
19436.0
The Lone Star Trail
19436.0
Six Gun Gospel
19435.3
The Stranger From Pecos
19437.0
Raiders of San Joaquin
19437.0
Cheyenne Roundup
19437.0
The Ghost Rider
19438.0
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
19439.0
The Old Chisholm Trail
19427.7
Little Joe, the Wrangler
19427.5
Deep in the Heart of Texas
19427.5
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
194210.0
The Silver Bullet
19426.0
Stagecoach Buckaroo
19427.5
Ride 'Em Cowboy
19426.0
Fighting Bill Fargo
19417.0
Arizona Cyclone
19417.0
The Masked Rider
19417.2
Man from Montana
194110.0
Rawhide Rangers
19416.7
Law of the Range
19416.5
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
19416.5
Pony Post
19408.0
Law and Order
19408.0
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
19409.0
Son of Roaring Dan
19408.0
Bad Man from Red Butte
19405.8
Riders of Pasco Basin
19405.5
Boss of Bullion City
19406.0
West of Carson City
19405.5
Chip of the Flying U
19397.5
Oklahoma Frontier
19396.0
Desperate Trails
19395.7
The Oregon Trail
19397.5
Land of Liberty
19399.0
Flaming Frontiers
19385.1
Wells Fargo
19375.5
Born to the West
19374.9
Hell Town
1937
Boothill Brigade
19375.8
Wild West Days
19378.0
A Lawman Is Born
19374.5
Guns in the Dark
19377.0
Bar-Z Bad Men
19374.4
Lawless Land
19375.4
Trail of Vengeance
19379.0
The Gambling Terror
19376.0
Undercover Man
19367.0
The Crooked Trail
19365.7
Everyman's Law
19368.0
Rogue of the Range
19365.0
Desert Phantom
19368.0
Valley of the Lawless
19367.5
The Courageous Avenger
19355.0
Between Men
19356.2
Starlit Days at the Lido
19355.7
Branded a Coward
19356.0
Rustlers of Red Dog
19358.5
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
19346.0
Against the Law
19345.3
Belle of the Nineties
19346.1
Cross Streets
19346.0
Marrying Widows
19348.0
St. Louis Woman
19346.0
Three on a Honeymoon
19347.0
Son of a Sailor
19336.0
Female
19336.3
Saturday's Millions
19337.0
Fighting With Kit Carson
19336.5
The Vanishing Frontier
19338.0
70,000 Witnesses
19325.7
Flames
19324.2
The Last Flight
19316.5
The Secret Six
19315.6
The Great Meadow
19316.0
Billy the Kid
19304.7
Montana Moon
19304.7
Undertow
19306.5
Jazz Heaven
19295.9
Hurricane
19296.5
The Single Standard
19295.8
The Valiant
19296.1
Coquette
19295.9
A Woman of Affairs
19286.5
A Lady of Chance
19286.5
Annapolis
19285.5
Our Dancing Daughters
19286.3
The Play Girl
19289.0
Soft Living
19289.0
The Divine Woman
19287.2
The Fair Co-Ed
19276.7
After Midnight
19278.5
Mockery
19276.9
The Bugle Call
192710.0
Slide, Kelly, Slide
19278.0
