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