Date of birth: 1904-09-01
Place of birth: Dothan, Alabama, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: John Mack Brown, Johnnie Mack Brown, The Dothan Antelope, John Brown

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.

2000-01-01
This documentary traces the history of the B-Western from it's silent movie origins to its demise in

1931-04-18
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, mastermind

1928-09-01
A flapper who's secretly a good girl and a gold-digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie f

1934-10-25
Steve Wayne, a daring young ambulance driver for a large hospital in Los Angeles, is a rival with hi

1927-08-20
When Joe, a hold-up man, tries to rob Mary, a nightclub hostess, she winds winds up knocking him out

1937-12-10
Dare Rudd takes a shine to his cattleman cousin Tom's girlfriend who asks Tom to hire Dare to head t

1933-07-01
In this Western, comprised of 12 chapters from a serial, Kit leads a group carrying a large gold shi

1933-11-11
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of bu

1927-08-13
There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. One day while dim-witted peasant Sergei is

1939-07-04
Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Orego

1934-09-21
Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly popular

1929-03-30
A Southern belle's flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.

1949-05-01
In 1887 Arizona, in the context of the settler-vs-cattleman struggle, two rancher brothers fall in-l

1936-07-25
After Jim Blake saves Harve Tarlton's life, they become partners in a gold mining claim. After a whi

1941-07-18
A group of frontier businessmen set up a protective organization for the purpose of extorting money

1929-07-27
A bored socialite finds fleeting romance with an artist.

1965-12-29
Various stage coach passengers and outlaws travelling through Indian country are forced to join forc

1931-08-29
Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devast

1930-03-20
A wild-partying flapper marries a cowboy and tries to adjust to life on a western ranch.

1937-12-31
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, wil

1929-05-19
A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and t

1942-02-13
Saved from a lynching party by a pair of young women, an itinerant cowpuncher signs on as a stagecoa

1927-03-12
A minor league pitcher lets pride get the better of him after he joins the New York Yankees.

1935-10-29
When his young son is shot, John Wellington kills the culprit and flees. But his son Johnny recovers

1992-09-08
Host Jack Palance explores how Hollywood has depicted Western legends like George Armstrong Custer,

1935-12-12
Kirk Baxter has been sent to investigate murder and robbery involving gold shipments. Identifying a

1928-02-05
Nancy Woods, secretary to a divorce lawyer, is tantalized by the idea of collecting alimony payments

1930-10-16
Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted

1934-07-05
A man falls in love with a young woman, only to discover that she's the daughter of an ex-girlfriend

1935-07-01
Safely from behind some shrubbery, Johnny Hume, a boy of 6 or 7, witnesses the slaughter of his moth

1927-10-22
Marion go off to college where she joins the basketball team to be near the coach, Bob. She instantl

1951-12-02
A Texas Ranger goes up against the Morrow outlaw gang.

1928-12-01
A con woman working the Atlantic City hotels targets a visiting businessman from Alabama.

1928-01-13
[For 9 minute surviving fragment] Lucian, a soldier in Paris, is to ship out for Algiers at 9 that e

1950-12-24
Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense, left Willow Creek and went on

1932-05-29
Brown is a confident young firefighter. He and his buddy become interested in two girls, after savin
1932-11-03
The owner of a pearl bed falls in love with a bitter young girl who had been taken advantage of by a

1936-03-09
Billy Donovan arrives looking for his sister's killer. When he hires on at the Halloran ranch where

1936-04-24
Doran and the Sheriff have a scheme to bring in an outlaw gang. Doran is sent to prison so he and th

1943-11-26
Marshals Nevada and Sandy are after Scully and his gang who have been robbing stage-coaches. The Tex

1944-04-28
A United States marshal uncovers a plot to steal the valuable gold-laden property of ranchers.

1976-05-01
A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.

1942-08-05
A cowboy heads for the town where his father was murdered to find out who was responsible.

1934-04-14
Johnny Mack Brown stars as medical student and football star who was expelled after a night club bra

1937-04-06
Jeff arrives in town to see the Sheriff only to find him just killed. The culprit is Clay Wheeler. W

1937-04-21
Jim Waters arrives at Ed Parks' ranch to find Parks' cattle herd mysteriously increased. Hamp Harvey

1937-05-13
When Johnny and Mendez argue, the lights go out, and in the ensuing gunfight Johnny thinks he killed

1937-06-21
An outlaw falsely accused of murder realizes the only way to clear himself is to become a lawman.

1937-08-02
Rancher Reynolds has fired his men and hired killers and is now using a crooked land deal to put the

1937-02-15
Brett runs a protection racket for an unknown boss. When Jeff Hayes arrives and opens a gambling den

1931-01-24
Pioneers and a family man leave Virginia for Kentucky during the Revolutionary War.

1940-12-01
Atkins is the boss of one of the Pony Express relay stations. He has been causing trouble and is rep

1943-02-05
In order to obtain a stage coach mail contract, a new road must be built. A gang of outlaws try to p

1938-07-05
Tom Grant has found a rich gold vein and Bart Eaton is after it. Tom's sister Mary heads for the gol

1929-09-30
Captain Black and his motley crew of pirates are shipwrecked on a South Sea island, where they hold

1930-02-23
Johnny Mack Brown stars as Paul, who wants nothing more out of life than to take charge of a lighth

1939-11-29
Chip of the Flying U was Johnny Mack Brown's first western entry for 1940. Brown essays the title ro

1939-06-15
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.

1929-11-03
A young songwriter struggles to make good in New York.

1928-12-15
Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Nevill

1937-07-05
Retired lawman Kentucky Wade and his three buddies, Mike Morales, "Dude" Hanford and "Trigger" Bento

1933-03-13
Its 1850 and California is under ruthless military rule. Kirby Tornell's rancho has been taken over

1945-01-15
U.S. Marshals Nevada Jack McKenzie and Sandy Hopkins are working undercover to capture a gang steali

1941-06-20
The Wolverine Kid kills a man and it looks like Steve Howard did it. But Steve's father recognizes t

1941-09-05
A sheriff tries to prevent a range war between cattlemen and homesteaders.

1941-10-24
The beautiful owner of a silver mine in Mexico asks an employee for help when bandits keep robbing h

1946-06-08
In one of his better Monogram Westerns, Johnny Mack Brown goes up against a crooked saloon owner wit

1928-11-18
Bill is a young man who arrives at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. He is an incorrigible know-all, a

1941-11-17
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train h

1933-11-29
A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.

1943-08-06
Rancher Blaze Barker returns to Dead Falls after being framed by land-grabbers and spending two year

1945-05-14
Burly Johnny Mack Brown once again plays undercover U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie in this overly comp

1947-10-24
Johnny Mack Brown comes to the aid of a beleaguered female freight line operator in this standard Mo

1951-08-18
Johnny Mack Brown goes up against a lady bank robber in this average Mack Brown series late-entry fr

1951-05-05
Following his refusal to let his daughter Carol marry cowhand Bill Grant, rancher John Roberts is ki

1951-10-06
Johnny Mack Brown was recruited by Chet Norman, the owner of a stagecoach line, to end the heist per

1940-07-25
In this exciting western, Roaring Dan is the meanest old cuss around. He and his "son" are constantl

1946-10-15
Johnny Mack Brown stars in the formula oater Shadows on the Range. The film was made at a time when

1948-01-31
Johnny Mack Brown stars in this above-average B-Western from Monogram, penned under the pseudonym of

1994-08-09
As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, se

1950-04-30
To get the herd on Six Gun Mesa, Carson has the owner and hands killed. But one hand, Dave Emmett wa

1941-11-14
Crenshaw and Randolph are competing freight haulers and Randolph's lead man Tom Baxter has given him

1946-09-20
Blacksmith Pinto Peters calls on his old friend, Sam "Hurricane" Benton, to help him clear his son,

1936-01-25
Johnny Mack Brown goes in search of a treasure map tattooed on the chest of a man who once betrayed

1940-09-19
Universal's Ragtime Cowboy Joe is a modern western with a dash of music, not unlike the standard far

1936-09-23
An operative from the Wells Fargo company goes undercover to trap a crooked sheriff and his equally

1952-07-19
Johnny Mack Brown was nearing the end of his starring career when he appeared in the Monogram oater

1950-03-12
Bringing Bart Calhoun (Marshall Reed) to justice for his complicity in a robbery/murder, Johnny assu

1948-06-19
Johnny Mack (Johnny Mack Brown ) is hired by Lois Benton (Virginia Carroll) as a hand on her ranch,

1947-09-14
Johnny Williams (Johnny Mack Brown) returns to his home town of Beaufort, and finds himself when bei

1940-01-19
West of Carson City remains one of the best of Johnny Mack Brown's Universal westerns. The story tak

1949-06-04
Johnny and Alibi try to straighten out a hostile young boy whose older brother was a notorious stage

1937-03-28
There is a range war between the ranchers led by Tilden and the outlaw gang of Link Carson. Wanted o

1946-01-12
Johnny Mack Brown dons a marshal's badge in the Monogram western Border Bandits. Brown's sworn duty

1945-10-19
Having briefly abandoned his standard "Nevada Jack McKenzie" characterization in Flame of the West,

1953-06-25
To fully appreciate the western comedy The Marshal's Daughter, one must be aware that its star, a za

1940-04-04
Kirby and Evans are pulling off an irrigation project swindle and newspaper editor Scott realizes it

1948-04-10
A cowboy frees a rancher framed for murder by outlaws after his ranch.

1942-09-25
Hoping to increase its box-office allure by adopting the title of a popular song, Deep in the Heart

1945-02-16
U. S. Marshals Nevada Jack McKenzie and Sandy Hopkins come upon an overturned stagecoach with the dr

1950-11-26
Johnny Mack Brown dodges bullets while he tries to figure out who stole the Mexican gold and who kil

1951-03-11
Someone stole Johnny Mack Brown's horse. If he can locate his missing horse, then he can prove they

1936-06-10
Texas Ranger Johnny, poses as a hired gunman called The Dog Town Kid in order to infiltrate the outl

1965-07-30
Willie Duggans, a tenderfoot from the east, arrives in the wild west and soon experiences its violen

1945-01-26
A young woman who has been stricken with infantile paralysis gives up hope and is trying to "will he

1939-10-09
It's the opening of the Cherokee strip and the Rankins are after a particular section. Frazier is al

1940-03-01
A lawman sets out to disrupt the operations of a crooked town boss.

1940-06-01
A cowboy arrives in a town, and is immediately mistaken for his twin brother who is wanted for murde

1940-11-28
Bill Ralston arrives in town planning to settle down but quickly gets caught up in the fight between

1944-04-25
U.S. Marshals "Nevada" Jack McKenzie and "Sandy" Hopkins go undercover to bust a gang of stagecoach

1941-03-21
A young mining engineer sets out to catch the killers of both his brother and a beautiful young girl

1939-09-30
A young man helps a marshal in his battle against outlaws.

1946-11-16
Veteran cowboy star Johnny Mack Brown plays a cattle buyer turned prairie sleuth in this low-budget

1947-07-16
After a brief mid-1940s burst of originality, Monogram's Johnny Mack Brown western series settled ba

1952-10-12
A mysterious masked rider and his gang are murdering ranchers and robbing stages. Government Agent J

1965-06-30
A gunfighter takes the identity of a murdered judge in order to avenge his death.

1942-11-13
Mining executive Neal Wallace arrives to investigate the losses at a gold mine and is immediately fr

1942-12-11
Dusty Gardner, and other Texas ranchers, are driving a herd of cattle to Abilene, Kansas along the C

1934-12-01
Several members of MGM's 'galaxy of stars' attend an evening of music and a fashion show.

1928-04-22
When Madge, a clerk in a flower shop, is sent to a bachelor's apartment to deliver and arrange a bou

1951-01-14
As was customary in his late Monogram westerns, Johnny Mack Brown plays an undercover agent in Color

1951-06-17
The story concerns a fierce struggle over water rights. Complicating the plot is the presence of a m

1950-09-17
Johnny Mack Brown follows his tried-and-true western formula in Law of the Panhandle. This time, U.S

1943-05-01
In this western, two cowboys ride to the rescue of ranchers who are fighting to keep a land-grabber

1943-04-12
Johnny Mack Brown's Universal western series was drawing to a close when Cheyenne Roundup was releas

1952-03-30
As other "B"-western series kept dropping like flies in 1952, Johnny Mack Brown kept grinding 'em ou

1942-08-21
It is now an accepted fact that the best of Johnny Mack Brown's Universal westerns were directed by

1952-01-27
Johnny Mack Brown substitutes brains for brawn during most of Texas City. Cast once more as a U.S. m

1941-12-09
Johnny Mack Brown essays the title role in Universal's Fighting Bill Forgo. Returning to his home to

1943-10-15
Tom Evans (Jon Dawson), nephew of U.S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton), has just trailed his

1943-08-03
U.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown once again goes undercover in this Nevada Mckenzie series entry from

1943-07-10
Brown fights a swindler and his pal, Hatton, finds a way to help a robbery victim buy back his prope

1943-04-02
The first of a long-running series of Monogram-produced westerns starring Johnny Mack Brown and Raym

1944-11-17
Supernatural events on the range prompt an investigation by cowboy Brown in this western.

1944-09-16
The old bromide about the western town run by outlaws as a hideout for their fellow crooks makes a r

1944-11-04
Dan Stanton and Condon are foreclosing on a group of ranchers in order to gain a land-monopoly. They

1944-01-31
Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton return to the screen as saddle pals Nevada and Sandy in Monogra

1944-06-24
Range Law stars Johnny Mack Brown as "Nevada" and Raymond Hatton as "Sandy", the same characters the

1944-08-05
Two-fisted cowboys fight for law and order in their encounters with outlaws.

1945-06-25
Flame of the West has always attracted more attention than most of Johnny Mack Brown's Monogram west

1945-11-24
Johnny Mack Brown is back as Nevada Jack McKenzie in Frontier Feud. Once again, Nevada and his grizz

1946-05-27
Dusty Smith arrives and takes a job on a ranch that is losing cattle to rustlers. When the rustlers

1946-01-26
Monogram added several songs and a barn dance to this otherwise standard Johnny Mack Brown hay burne

1946-03-02
U.S. Marshals "Nevada Jack" McKenzie and "Sandy" Hopkins, working undercover, investigate a plot to

1947-12-20
In this western, a hero prevents a stagecoach robbery and wins the respect and confidence of a mine

1947-01-18
Johnny Brownell, former Confederate officer turned Federal agent, is sent to Texas during the recons

1947-05-29
Convicted killer Jim Holden is rescued from the sheriff by his gang, led by Mason and Riley. He is o

1947-06-28
Smokin' guns, swingin' fists, and a lovable side-kick can be found in this western.

1947-04-25
Johnny Mack Brown goes up against a female boss villain in this unusual Western from Monogram. Hired

1947-05-24
Brown arrives in the town of, yes, Gunsight, in the company of saddle pal Raymond Hatton. Like a new

1949-02-20
With the railroad coming, Nixon is after the ranchers land. Using a stooge land agent, his method is

1949-07-16
Johnny Mack goes to work on "Ma" Curtis' ranch, to the disapproval of his friends, rancher Glenn Had

1948-07-18
Back Trail is one of the livelier entries in Monogram's Johnny Mack Brown western series. Brown ride

1948-08-15
A Texas Ranger and his partner gallop after a band of desperadoes.

1948-05-16
Johnny Mack Brown is sent to the badlands to round up an elusive outlaw gang.

1948-11-06
Three fellows band together to help a woman find her uncle's cache of gold in this western. All they

1948-12-12
Johnny and Banty come in contact with a cattlemen's protective organization. Ostensibly an honest v

1948-10-02

1949-04-02
Cowhand Drake discovers gold on the ranch of his boss, Joe Stuart and makes a deal with crooked lawy

1949-10-08
Brown's principal antagonist this time is the town boss, an outlaw who has killed the community's le

1950-02-19
The Johnny Mack Brown West of Wyoming concerns the efforts by cattle baron Simon (Stanley Andrews) t

1935-01-01
A movie serial in 12 chapters: After gold is discovered in the town of Nugget, the titular band of

1934-03-22
This romantic comedy takes place on an ocean liner. One of the few unattached passengers is heiress

1933-09-30
Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's fath

1927-08-06
Tale of a young bugler whose stepmother attempts to supplant the mother who only lives in his memory

1935-09-28
Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is

1932-09-09
College football player is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother. He refuses,

1943-10-08
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie.

1976-03-31
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
1931-12-23
Johnny Harron is watching the Hollywood fire department football team playing a game and decides tha
1931-12-01
A Texas Ranger who loves a dance hall girl must bring her in when she is charged with murder.