Personal Info
Birth date
1904-09-01 (120 Years)
Day of death
1974-11-14
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Dothan, Alabama, USA
Also known as
John Mack Brown
Johnnie Mack Brown
The Dothan Antelope
John Brown
Johnny Mack Brown
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.
Filmography
Perry Mason
7.719
Overview:
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.This Is Your Life
6.417
Overview:
This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.The Marshal's Daughter
3.5
Overview:
To fully appreciate the western comedy The Marshal's Daughter, one must be aware that its star, a zaftig, wide-eyed lass named Laurie Anders, was in 1953 a popular TV personality. A regular on The Ken Murray Show, Anders had risen to fame with the Southern-fried catchphrase "Ah love the wi-i-i-ide open spaces!" Striking while the iron was hot, the entrepreneurial Murray produced this inexpensive oater, which cast Anders as Laurie Dawson, the singing daughter of a U.S. marshal (Hoot Gibson). Teaming with her dad to capture outlaw Trigger Gans (Bob Duncan), Laurie briefly disguises herself as a masked bandit. Amidst much stock footage from earlier westerns and a plethora of lame jokes and dreadful puns, The Marshal's Daughter is a treat for trivia buffs, featuring such virile actors as Preston S. Foster, Johnny Mack Brown, Jimmy Wakely and Buddy Baer as "themselves."A Woman of Affairs
6.7
Overview:
Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Neville have long been smitten with each other, but her father disapproves of the relationship, resulting in her eventual marriage to David. It's not long after their wedding, however, that tragedy strikes, sending Diana on a downward spiral. When Neville reappears in her life, will he be able to save her from her own misery?Born to the West
4.476
Overview:
Dare Rudd takes a shine to his cattleman cousin Tom's girlfriend who asks Tom to hire Dare to head the big cattle drive. Dare loses the money for the drive to cardsharps, but Tom wins it back, but Dare must save Tom's life.Pony Post
NYR
Overview:
Atkins is the boss of one of the Pony Express relay stations. He has been causing trouble and is replaced with Cal Sheridan. Atkins now gets the Richard brothers to raid one of the relay stations and they kill Norma's father. Cal sees that the horse of one of the raiders has a broken shoe and Norma sets out to find that horse.The Secret Six
5.8
Overview:
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.The Last Flight
6.417
Overview:
Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet Nikki, an eccentric and wealthy young woman. Nikki is drawn to Cary, and the five friends, tagged by the boorish reporter, Frink, drink their way from Paris to Lisbon.Wells Fargo
5.2
Overview:
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.Man from the Black Hills
NYR
Overview:
As other "B"-western series kept dropping like flies in 1952, Johnny Mack Brown kept grinding 'em out for Monogram. In Man From Black Hills, Johnny tries to help locate his saddle pal Jim Fallan's (James Ellison) long-lost father. Arriving in a small mining town, Johnny and Jim discover that Jim's father has established a financial empire--and that a local opportunist (Randy Brooks) has capitalized on this by claiming to be the old man's son.The Bounty Killer
5.8
Overview:
Willie Duggans, a tenderfoot from the east, arrives in the wild west and soon experiences its violence. Willie discovers the easy money in bounty killing and must choose between that violent lifestyle and the love of a beautiful saloon singer.Branded a Coward
5.8
Overview:
Safely from behind some shrubbery, Johnny Hume, a boy of 6 or 7, witnesses the slaughter of his mother, father and brother by the guns of a gang led by "the Cat". Twenty years later finds Johnny grown to manhood, an expert bronc rider and target shooter - but paralyzed with fearful memories in an actual gunfight. This is brought home to him when some outlaws stick up the local saloon and Johnny ends up cowering behind the bar.Rustlers of Red Dog
8
Overview:
A movie serial in 12 chapters: After gold is discovered in the town of Nugget, the titular band of thieves and cutthroats inundates the frontier settlement. A group of three compatriots -- upstanding ex-sheriff Jack Woods, his harmonica-playing friend Laramie and tricky, smooth-talking gambler Deacon -- combine their respective skills in a fateful struggle to deceive and disarm the gang.The Valiant
6
Overview:
A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives.The Old Chisholm Trail
7
Overview:
Dusty Gardner, and other Texas ranchers, are driving a herd of cattle to Abilene, Kansas along the Chisholm Trail. Desperate need of water takes them to the Turner ranch, where Belle Turner demands exorbitant prices for the water. Dusty learns that Belle is also trying to oust Mary Lee and Montana Smith from the trading post Mary operates. The sheriff sides with Belle following a fight between the two women. Belle knows there is artesian springs under the land the trading post occupies and intends to get the property by any means.Annapolis
3
Overview:
Bill is a young man who arrives at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. He is an incorrigible know-all, and emerges a sober man. Meanwhile, Bill is accused of a crime committed by his friend, and because he doesn't squeal, he wins the heart and hand of the blond Betty. She is his friend's girl.Son of Roaring Dan
NYR
Overview:
In this exciting western, Roaring Dan is the meanest old cuss around. He and his "son" are constantly bickering. But things are not as they seem as the young man is only pretending to be Dan's son so they can find the killers of the young man's real father. Among the guilty are two women.Border Bandits
6
Overview:
Johnny Mack Brown dons a marshal's badge in the Monogram western Border Bandits. Brown's sworn duty is to bring in a gang of crooks whose hideout is on the other side of the Mexican border. Aiding Brown in his task are faithful sidekicks Raymond Hatton and Riley Hill. For reasons unknown, Brown is allowed to sing on occasion, despite the indifference of millions. Border Bandits benefits from the assured direction of veteran horse-opera helmsman Lambert Hillyer. Read more at http://www.allmovie.com/movie/border-bandits-v6698#KZjtZou6qvrzIxzI.99Desert Phantom
NYR
Overview:
Billy Donovan arrives looking for his sister's killer. When he hires on at the Halloran ranch where the mysterious Phantom has killed all the hands, it's not long before the Phantom shoots him.Apache Uprising
6.2
Overview:
Various stage coach passengers and outlaws travelling through Indian country are forced to join forces against the Apaches.Deep in the Heart of Texas
5
Overview:
Hoping to increase its box-office allure by adopting the title of a popular song, Deep in the Heart of Texas (clap!clap!clap!clap!) was the first Johnny Mack Brown western of the 1942-43 season. The plot concerns a group of insurrectionists who intend to keep Texas separate from the rest of the USA.Overland Trails
NYR
Overview:
Johnny Mack Brown stars in this above-average B-Western from Monogram, penned under the pseudonym of Jess Bowers by veteran genre specialist Adele Buffington. Mack Brown plays Johnny Murdoch, a drifter arriving in Gold Flats in search of his prospector father. From old-timer Dusty Hanover (Raymond Hatton), Johnny learns that Old Man Murdoch was murdered for his claim by Rex Hillman (Holly Bane), a hireling of Carter Morgan (Bill Kennedy).Under Arizona Skies
NYR
Overview:
Dusty Smith arrives and takes a job on a ranch that is losing cattle to rustlers. When the rustlers strike again the cattle cannot be found but Dusty shoots one of the rustlers. Arrested for murder, Dusty is broken out of jail and the real outlaws put in the cell. Dusty then has them released figuring they will lead him to the hideout and the missing cattle.Frontier Feud
5
Overview:
Johnny Mack Brown is back as Nevada Jack McKenzie in Frontier Feud. Once again, Nevada and his grizzled sidekick Sandy (Raymond Hatton) are US marshals posing as drifters. Rancher Joe (Dennis Moore) is accused of a series of murders, but Nevada and Sandy manage to prove that another man is the guilty party.Canyon Ambush
5
Overview:
A mysterious masked rider and his gang are murdering ranchers and robbing stages. Government Agent Johnny Mack Brown has been called in to help the Sheriff.Wild West Days
NYR
Overview:
Retired lawman Kentucky Wade and his three buddies, Mike Morales, "Dude" Hanford and "Trigger" Benton come to Brimstone and help their friends Larry Munro and his sister, Lucy , in their fight to retain control of Larry's rich ore mine. "Doc" Hardy , as an old friend of Wade's, joins them in their efforts to keep Matt Keeler , the scheming owner of "The Brimstone News", from his efforts to wrest control of Munro's property and mine. Keller employs a legion of henchmen, and sidelines at running runs guns to Red Hatchet and his tribe so they can also get in on the fray against the Munro's and Kentucky and friends.Texas City
6.3
Overview:
Johnny Mack Brown substitutes brains for brawn during most of Texas City. Cast once more as a U.S. marshal, Johnny investigates when several government gold shipments are hijacked. Someone has been tipping of the outlaws as to when and where the supposedly secret shipments will take place. The principal suspect is dishonorably discharged cavalry officer Kirby (James Ellison), but Johnny has a gut feeling that Kirby is innocent on all counts.Acting
2000Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs as (archive footage)
1994Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her as Self (archive footage)
1992Legends of the West as Billy the Kid in 'Billy the Kid'
1976Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch as (archive footage)
1976It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
1965Apache Uprising as Sheriff Ben Hall
1965The Bounty Killer as Sheriff Green
1965Requiem for a Gunfighter as Enkoff
1957Perry Mason (1 Episode) as Warner Griffith
1957Official Detective (1 Episode) as Unknown
1953The Marshal's Daughter as Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player
1952Canyon Ambush as Johnny Mack Brown
1952This Is Your Life (1 Episode) as Self
1952Dead Man's Trail as Johnny Mack Brown
1952Man from the Black Hills as Johnny Mack Brown
1952Texas City as Johnny Mack Brown
1951Texas Lawmen as Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
1951Whistling Hills as Johnny Mack Brown
1951Oklahoma Justice as Johnny Mack Brown
1951Montana Desperado as Johnny Mack Brown
1951Blazing Bullets as Johnny Mack Brown
1951Man from Sonora as Johnny Mack Brown
1951Colorado Ambush as Johnny Mack Brown
1950Short Grass as Sheriff Ord Keown
1950Outlaw Gold as Johnny Mack Brown
1950Law of the Panhandle as U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown
1950Six Gun Mesa as Johnny Mack Brown
1950Over the Border as Johnny Mack Brown
1950West of Wyoming as Johnny Mack Brown
1949Western Renegades as Johnny Mack Brown
1949Range Justice as Johnny Mack Brown
1949West of El Dorado as Johnny Mack
1949Stampede as Sheriff Aaron Ball
1949Trails End as Johnny Mack
1949Law of the West as Federal Agent Johnny Mack
1948Hidden Danger as Johnny Mack
1948Gunning for Justice as Johnny Mack
1948The Sheriff of Medicine Bow as Johnny Mack Brown
1948The Fighting Ranger as Johnny Brown
1948Back Trail as Johnny Mack
1948Triggerman as Johnny Mack Brown
1948Frontier Agent as Johnny Mack Brown
1948Crossed Trails as Johnny Mack
1948Overland Trails as Johnny Murdock
1947Gun Talk as Johnny McVey
1947Prairie Express as Johnny Hudson
1947Valley of Fear as Johnny Williams
1947Flashing Guns as Johnny Mack
1947Code of the Saddle as John Macklin
1947Trailing Danger as Johnny
1947The Law Comes to Gunsight as Johnny Mackey
1947Land of the Lawless as Johnny Mack
1947Raiders of the South as Captain Brownell posing Johnny Langdon
1946Silver Range as Johnny Bronton
1946Shadows on the Range as Steve Mason posing as Steve Saunders
1946Trigger Fingers as Sam Hurricane Benton
1946The Gentleman from Texas as Johnny Macklin
1946Under Arizona Skies as Dusty Smith
1946The Haunted Mine as Nevada Jack McKenzie
1946Drifting Along as Steve Garner
1946Border Bandits as Marshal Nevada
1945Frontier Feud as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1945The Lost Trail as Marshal 'Nevada Jack' McKenzie
1945Flame of the West as Dr. John Poore
1945Stranger from Santa Fe as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris
1945Gun Smoke as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1945Forever Yours as Maj. Tex O'Connor
1945The Navajo Trail as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944Ghost Guns as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944Law of the Valley as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944Land of the Outlaws as Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944West of the Rio Grande as U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944Range Law as U. S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie
1944Partners of the Trail as Jack McKenzie
1944Law Men as U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1944Raiders of the Border as Nevada Jack McKenzie
1943The Texas Kid as Jack McKenzie
1943Outlaws of Stampede Pass as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie
1943Crazy House as Johnny Mack Brown
1943The Lone Star Trail as Blaze Barker
1943Six Gun Gospel as Marshal Jack McKenzie
1943The Stranger From Pecos as Nevada Jack McKenzie
1943Raiders of San Joaquin as Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider
1943Cheyenne Roundup as Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon
1943The Ghost Rider as Nevada Jack McKenzie
1943Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground as Wade Benson
1942The Old Chisholm Trail as Dusty Gardner
1942Little Joe, the Wrangler as Neal Wallace
1942Deep in the Heart of Texas as Jim Mallory
1942Boss of Hangtown Mesa as Steve Collins
1942The Silver Bullet as Silver Jim Donovan
1942Stagecoach Buckaroo as Steve Hardin
1942Ride 'Em Cowboy as Alabam' Brewster
1941Fighting Bill Fargo as Bill Fargo
1941Arizona Cyclone as Tom Baxter
1941The Masked Rider as Larry Prescott
1941Man from Montana as Sheriff Bob Dawson
1941Rawhide Rangers as Brand Calhoun
1941Law of the Range as Steve Howard
1941Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie as Joe Henderson
1940Pony Post as Cal Sheridan
1940Law and Order as Bill Ralston
1940Ragtime Cowboy Joe as Steve Logan
1940Son of Roaring Dan as Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)
1940Bad Man from Red Butte as Gils Brady / Buck Halliday
1940Riders of Pasco Basin as Lee Jamison
1940Boss of Bullion City as Tom Bryant
1940West of Carson City as Jim Bannister
1939Chip of the Flying U as 'Chip' Bennett
1939Oklahoma Frontier as Jeff McLeod
1939Desperate Trails as Steve Hayden
1939The Oregon Trail as Jeff Scott
1939Land of Liberty as Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid')
1938Flaming Frontiers as Tex Houston
1937Wells Fargo as Talbot Carter
1937Born to the West as Tom Fillmore
1937Boothill Brigade as Lon Cardigan
1937Wild West Days as Kentucky Wade
1937A Lawman Is Born as Tom Mitchell
1937Guns in the Dark as Johnny Darrel
1937Bar-Z Bad Men as Jim Waters
1937Lawless Land as Ranger Jeff Hayden
1937Trail of Vengeance as Dude Ramsay
1937The Gambling Terror as Jeff Hayes
1936Undercover Man as Steve McLain
1936The Crooked Trail as Jim Blake
1936Everyman's Law as Johnny- aka The Dog Town Kid
1936Rogue of the Range as Dan Doran
1936Desert Phantom as Billy Donovan
1936Valley of the Lawless as Bruce Reynolds
1935The Courageous Avenger as Kirk Baxter
1935Between Men as Johnny Wellington Jr.
1935Starlit Days at the Lido as Self
1935Branded a Coward as Johnny Hume
1935Rustlers of Red Dog as Jack Wood
1934Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove as Self
1934Against the Law as Steve Wayne
1934Belle of the Nineties as Brooks Clayburn
1934Cross Streets as Adam Blythe
1934St. Louis Woman as Jim Warren
1934Three on a Honeymoon as Chuck Wells
1933Son of a Sailor as 'Duke'
1933Female as George P. Cooper
1933Saturday's Millions as Alan Barry
1933Fighting With Kit Carson as Kit Carson
1933The Vanishing Frontier as Kirby Tornell
1932Malay Nights as Jim Wilson
193270,000 Witnesses as Wally Clark
1932Flames as Charlie
1931Hollywood Halfbacks as Unknown
1931Lasca of the Rio Grande as Miles Kincaid
1931The Last Flight as Bill Talbot
1931The Secret Six as Hank Rogers
1931The Great Meadow as Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown)
1930Billy the Kid as Billy the Kid
1930Montana Moon as Larry
1930Undertow as Paul Whalen
1929Jazz Heaven as Barry Holmes
1929Hurricane as Dan
1929The Single Standard as Tommy Hewlett
1929The Valiant as Robert Ward
1929Coquette as Michael Jeffery
1928A Woman of Affairs as David Furness
1928A Lady of Chance as Steve Crandall
1928Annapolis as Bill
1928Our Dancing Daughters as Ben Blaine
1928The Play Girl as Bradley Lane
1928Soft Living as Stockney Webb
1928The Divine Woman as Jean Lery
1927The Fair Co-Ed as Bob
1927After Midnight as Party Boy (uncredited)
1927Mockery as Russian Officer (uncredited)
1927The Bugle Call as Bit (uncredited)
1927Slide, Kelly, Slide as Johnny Mack Brown