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Born: September 1, 1904 – Died: November 14, 1974
Johnny Mack Brown, born on September 1, 1904, was not only an All-American halfback at the University of Alabama but also a prominent actor who captivated audiences on the silver screen. Despite having the opportunity to pursue a career in football, he chose to embark on a journey in the entertainment industry after graduating. Signing a contract with MGM in 1926, Brown made his debut in "Slide, Kelly, Slide" (1927), showcasing his talent beyond the football field. Throughout his extensive career, he became a beloved cowboy star, known for his heroic roles in numerous western films. With his muscular good looks and undeniable charisma, Brown captivated the hearts of millions, leaving an indelible mark on the entertainment industry.
Early Life and Career
Johnny Mack Brown was born on September 1, 1904, in Dothan, Alabama. He attended the University of Alabama, where he gained recognition as an All-American halfback. However, instead of pursuing a career in football, he decided to enter the entertainment industry.
In 1926, Brown signed a contract with MGM and made his debut in the film "Slide, Kelly, Slide" in 1927. This marked the beginning of his acting career, where he showcased his talent beyond his football background. Throughout his career, Brown appeared in numerous western films, establishing himself as a beloved cowboy star.
Brown's decision to pursue acting proved to be a successful one. His first major successful role came in the film "Billy the Kid" (1930), where he played the titular character. This role helped solidify his status as a leading man in western films.
One of Brown's most notable roles came in the Rough riders series, where he portrayed Nevada Jack McKenzie. This role catapulted him into stardom and made him a hero to millions of young children. From 1942 to 1950, he consistently ranked among the top ten money-makers in westerns.
Brown was married to Cornelia "Connie" Foster and had three children.
Brown's impact on Hollywood and the entertainment industry cannot be overstated. He was considered one of the iconic cowboy stars of his time, leaving an indelible mark on the genre. His muscular good looks, undeniable charisma, and talent as an actor made him a favorite among audiences.
Johnny Mack Brown's career as an actor, particularly in western films, made him a prominent figure in Hollywood. He is remembered as a legendary cowboy star and stands out for his contributions to the entertainment industry.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Apache Uprising | Sheriff Ben Hall |
| 1965 | The Bounty Killer | Sheriff Green |
| 1965 | Requiem for a Gunfighter | Enkoff |
| 1958 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) | Sheriff Eaton |
| 1958 | Perry Mason (TV Series) | Warner Griffith (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1957 | Official Detective (TV Series) | Lt. Coleman (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1953 | The Marshal's Daughter | Johnny Mack Brown - Poker-Game Player |
| 1952 | Canyon Ambush | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1952 | Dead Man's Trail | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1952 | Man from the Black Hills | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1952 | Texas City | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1951 | Texas Lawmen | Marshal Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1951 | Whistling Hills | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1951 | Oklahoma Justice | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1951 | Montana Desperado | Dave Borden |
| 1951 | Blazing Bullets | Marshal Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1951 | Man from Sonora | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1951 | Colorado Ambush | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1950 | Short Grass | Sheriff Ord Keown |
| 1950 | Outlaw Gold | Marshal Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1950 | Law of the Panhandle | U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1950 | Six Gun Mesa | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1950 | Over the Border | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1950 | West of Wyoming | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1949 | Western Renegades | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1949 | Range Justice | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1949 | West of El Dorado | Johnny Mack |
| 1949 | Stampede | Sheriff Aaron Ball |
| 1949 | Trails End | Johnny Mack |
| 1949 | Law of the West | Federal Agent Johnny Mack |
| 1948 | Hidden Danger | Johnny Mack |
| 1948 | Gunning for Justice | Johnny Mack |
| 1948 | Sheriff of Medicine Bow | Sheriff Johnny |
| 1948 | The Fighting Ranger | Ranger Johnny Brown |
| 1948 | Back Trail | Johnny Mack |
| 1948 | Triggerman | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1948 | Frontier Agent | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1948 | Crossed Trails | Johnny Mack |
| 1948 | Overland Trails | Johnny Murdock |
| 1947 | Gun Talk | Johnny McVey |
| 1947 | Prairie Express | Johnny Hudson |
| 1947 | Flashing Guns | Johnny Mack |
| 1947 | Code of the Saddle | John Macklin |
| 1947 | The Law Comes to Gunsight | Johnny Mackey |
| 1947 | Land of the Lawless | Johnny Mack |
| 1947 | Trailing Danger | Johnny |
| 1947 | Valley of Fear | Johnny Williams |
| 1947 | Raiders of the South | Captain Johnny Brownell |
| 1946 | Silver Range | Johnny Bronton |
| 1946 | Shadows on the Range | Steve Mason - Posing as Steve Saunders |
| 1946 | Trigger Fingers | Sam Hurricane Benton |
| 1946 | The Gentleman from Texas | Johnny Macklin |
| 1946 | Under Arizona Skies | Dusty Smith |
| 1946 | The Haunted Mine | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
| 1946 | Drifting Along | Steve Garner |
| 1946 | Border Bandits | Marshal Nevada |
| 1945 | Frontier Feud | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
| 1945 | The Lost Trail | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
| 1945 | Flame of the West | Dr. John Poole |
| 1945 | Stranger from Santa Fe | U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie, posing as Roy Ferris |
| 1945 | Gun Smoke | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
| 1945 | Forever Yours | Maj. Tex O'Connor |
| 1945 | The Navajo Trail | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie - aka Rocky Saunders |
| 1944 | Ghost Guns | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
| 1944 | Law of the Valley | Marshal Nevada McKenzie |
| 1944 | Land of the Outlaws | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
| 1944 | West of the Rio Grande | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
| 1944 | Range Law | U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie |
| 1944 | Law Men | U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
| 1944 | Partners of the Trail | U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
| 1944 | Raiders of the Border | Nevada Jack McKenzie |
| 1943 | The Texas Kid | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
| 1943 | Outlaws of Stampede Pass | Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie |
| 1943 | Crazy House | Johnny Mack Brown |
| 1943 | The Lone Star Trail | Blaze Barker |
| 1943 | Six Gun Gospel | Marshal Jack McKenzie |
| 1943 | The Stranger from Pecos | Nevada Jack McKenzie |
| 1943 | Raiders of San Joaquin | 'Rocky' Morgan |
| 1943 | Cheyenne Roundup | Buck Brandon & Gils Brandon |
| 1943 | The Ghost Rider | Nevada Jack McKenzie |
| 1943 | Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | Wade Benson |
| 1942 | The Old Chisholm Trail | Dusty Gardner |
| 1942 | Little Joe, the Wrangler | Neal Wallace |
| 1942 | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Jim Mallory |
| 1942 | Boss of Hangtown Mesa | Steve Collins |
| 1942 | The Silver Bullet | 'Silver Jim' Donovan |
| 1942 | Stagecoach Buckaroo | Steve Hardin |
| 1942 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Alabam' Brewster |
| 1941 | Fighting Bill Fargo | Bill Fargo |
| 1941 | Arizona Cyclone | Tom Baxter |
| 1941 | The Masked Rider | Larry Prescott |
| 1941 | Man from Montana | Sheriff Bob Dawson |
| 1941 | Rawhide Rangers | Brand Calhoun |
| 1941 | Law of the Range | Steve Howard |
| 1941 | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | Joe Henderson |
| 1940 | Pony Post | Cal Sheridan |
| 1940 | Law and Order | Bill Ralston |
| 1940 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Steve Logan |
| 1940 | Son of Roaring Dan | Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail) |
| 1940 | Bad Man from Red Butte | Gils Brady | Buck Halliday |
| 1940 | Riders of Pasco Basin | Lee Jamison |
| 1940 | Boss of Bullion City | Tom Bryant |
| 1940 | West of Carson City | Jim Bannister |
| 1939 | Chip of the Flying U | 'Chip' Bennett |
| 1939 | Oklahoma Frontier | Jeff McLeod |
| 1939 | Desperate Trails | Steve Hayden (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1939 | The Oregon Trail | Jeff Scott (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1938 | Flaming Frontiers | Tex Houston (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1937 | Wells Fargo | Talbot Carter (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1937 | Born to the West | Tom Fillmore (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1937 | Boothill Brigade | Lon Cardigan |
| 1937 | Wild West Days | Kentucky Wade (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1937 | A Lawman Is Born | Tom Mitchell |
| 1937 | Guns in the Dark | Johnny Darrel |
| 1937 | Bar-Z Bad Men | Jim Waters |
| 1937 | Trail of Vengeance | Ken Early | Dude Ramsey |
| 1937 | The Gambling Terror | Jeff Hayes |
| 1936 | Lawless Land | Jeff Hayden |
| 1936 | Undercover Man | Steve McLain |
| 1936 | The Crooked Trail | Jim Blake |
| 1936 | Everyman's Law | Johnny - aka The Dog Town Kid |
| 1936 | Rogue of the Range | Dan Doran |
| 1936 | Desert Phantom | Billy Donovan |
| 1936 | Valley of the Lawless | Bruce Reynolds |
| 1935 | The Courageous Avenger | Kirk Baxter |
| 1935 | Between Men | Johnny Wellington Jr. |
| 1935 | Branded a Coward | Johnny Hume |
| 1935 | Rustlers of Red Dog | Jack Wood (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1934 | Against the Law | Steve Wayne (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1934 | Belle of the Nineties | Brooks Claybourne (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1934 | Cross Streets | Adam Blythe (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1934 | Marrying Widows | The Husband (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1934 | St. Louis Woman | Jim Warren (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1934 | Three on a Honeymoon | Chuck Wells |
| 1934 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 (Short) | Unknown |
| 1933 | Son of a Sailor | 'Duke' |
| 1933 | Female | Cooper |
| 1933 | Saturday's Millions | Alan Barry |
| 1933 | Fighting with Kit Carson | Kit Carson |
| 1932 | Malay Nights | Jim Wilson (as Johnnie Mack Brown) |
| 1932 | 70,000 Witnesses | Wally Clark |
| 1932 | The Vanishing Frontier | Kirby Tornell |
| 1932 | Flames | Charlie |
| 1931 | Hollywood Halfbacks (Short) | Unknown |
| 1931 | Lasca of the Rio Grande | Miles Kincaid (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1931 | The Last Flight | Bill Talbot (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1931 | The Secret 6 | Hank Rogers (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1931 | The Great Meadow | Berk Jarvis (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1930 | Great Day | Unknown |
| 1930 | Billy the Kid | Billy the Kid (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1930 | Montana Moon | Larry Kerrigan (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1930 | Undertow | Paul Whalen |
| 1929 | Jazz Heaven | Barry Holmes (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1929 | Hurricane | Dan |
| 1929 | The Single Standard | Tommy Hewlett (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1929 | The Valiant | Robert Ward (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1929 | Coquette | Michael Jeffery (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1928 | A Woman of Affairs | David Furness (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1928 | A Lady of Chance | Steve Crandall (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1928 | Annapolis | Bill (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1928 | Our Dancing Daughters | Ben Blaine (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1928 | The Play Girl | Bradley Lane (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1928 | Square Crooks | Larry Scott (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1928 | Soft Living | Stockney Webb (as John Mack Brown) |
| 1928 | The Divine Woman | Jean Lery |
| 1927 | The Fair Co-Ed | Bob |
| 1927 | After Midnight | Party Boy (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Mockery | Russian Officer (uncredited) |
| 1927 | The Bugle Call | Bit (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Slide, Kelly, Slide | John Mack Brown (as John Mack Brown) |
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