Acting
Johnny Mack Brown
Born Sep 1, 1904 · Dothan, Alabama, USA · Died Nov 14, 1974
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.
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Acting
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
Documentary · Western
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
Documentary · TV Movie
Legends of the West
1992
Documentary
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
Western · Comedy · Family
It's Showtime
1976
Documentary
Apache Uprising
1965
Western
The Bounty Killer
1965
Western
Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965
Western
Perry Mason
1957
Mystery · Drama · Crime
Official Detective
1957
Mystery
The Marshal's Daughter
1953
Western
Canyon Ambush
1952
Western
Dead Man's Trail
1952
Western
Man from the Black Hills
1952
Western · Drama
Texas City
1952
Western
Texas Lawmen
1951
Western
Whistling Hills
1951
Western
Oklahoma Justice
1951
Western
Montana Desperado
1951
Western
Blazing Bullets
1951
Western
Man from Sonora
1951
Western
Colorado Ambush
1951
Western
Short Grass
1950
Western
Outlaw Gold
1950
Western
Law of the Panhandle
1950
Western
Six Gun Mesa
1950
Western
Over the Border
1950
Western
West of Wyoming
1950
Western
Western Renegades
1949
Western
Range Justice
1949
Western
West of El Dorado
1949
Western
Stampede
1949
Western
Trails End
1949
Western
Law of the West
1949
Western
Hidden Danger
1948
Western
Gunning for Justice
1948
Western
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
1948
Western
The Fighting Ranger
1948
Western
Back Trail
1948
Western
Triggerman
1948
Western
Frontier Agent
1948
Western
Crossed Trails
1948
Drama · Western · Action
Overland Trails
1948
Western
Gun Talk
1947
Western
Prairie Express
1947
Western
Valley of Fear
1947
Western
Flashing Guns
1947
Western
Code of the Saddle
1947
Western
Trailing Danger
1947
Western
The Law Comes to Gunsight
1947
Western
Land of the Lawless
1947
Western
Raiders of the South
1947
Western
Silver Range
1946
Western · Action
Shadows on the Range
1946
Western
Trigger Fingers
1946
Western
The Gentleman from Texas
1946
Western
Under Arizona Skies
1946
Western
The Haunted Mine
1946
Western
Drifting Along
1946
Western
Border Bandits
1946
Western
Frontier Feud
1945
Western
The Lost Trail
1945
Western
Flame of the West
1945
Western
Stranger from Santa Fe
1945
Western
Gun Smoke
1945
Western
Forever Yours
1945
Drama
The Navajo Trail
1945
Western
Ghost Guns
1944
Western
Law of the Valley
1944
Western
Land of the Outlaws
1944
Western
West of the Rio Grande
1944
Western
Range Law
1944
Western
Partners of the Trail
1944
Western
Law Men
1944
Western
Raiders of the Border
1944
Western
The Texas Kid
1943
Western
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
1943
Western
Crazy House
1943
Music · Comedy
The Lone Star Trail
1943
Romance · Western
Six Gun Gospel
1943
Western
The Stranger From Pecos
1943
Western
Raiders of San Joaquin
1943
Western
Cheyenne Roundup
1943
Western
The Ghost Rider
1943
Western
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943
Western
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942
Action · Music · Western
Little Joe, the Wrangler
1942
Western
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942
Western
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
1942
Western
The Silver Bullet
1942
Western
Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942
Action · Music · Western
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1942
Comedy · Western
Fighting Bill Fargo
1941
Western
Arizona Cyclone
1941
Western
The Masked Rider
1941
Drama · Music · Western
Man from Montana
1941
Western
Rawhide Rangers
1941
Western
Law of the Range
1941
Music · Western
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941
Western
Pony Post
1940
Western
Law and Order
1940
Western
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
1940
Western
Son of Roaring Dan
1940
Music · Western
Bad Man from Red Butte
1940
Western
Riders of Pasco Basin
1940
Music · Western
Boss of Bullion City
1940
Western · Crime
West of Carson City
1940
Western
Chip of the Flying U
1939
Western · Romance
Oklahoma Frontier
1939
Western
Desperate Trails
1939
Western
The Oregon Trail
1939
Action · Western
Land of Liberty
1939
History
Flaming Frontiers
1938
Action · Western
Wells Fargo
1937
History · Western
Born to the West
1937
Western · Action · Romance
Hell Town
1937
Western
Boothill Brigade
1937
Western
Wild West Days
1937
Action · Adventure · Western
A Lawman Is Born
1937
Western
Guns in the Dark
1937
Western
Bar-Z Bad Men
1937
Western
Lawless Land
1937
Western
Trail of Vengeance
1937
Western · Romance
The Gambling Terror
1937
Western
Undercover Man
1936
Western
The Crooked Trail
1936
Western
Everyman's Law
1936
Western
Rogue of the Range
1936
Western
Desert Phantom
1936
Western
Valley of the Lawless
1936
Western
The Courageous Avenger
1935
Western
Between Men
1935
Western
Starlit Days at the Lido
1935
Documentary
Branded a Coward
1935
Western
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
Western · Action
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934
Music
Against the Law
1934
Drama
Belle of the Nineties
1934
Comedy · Drama
Cross Streets
1934
Drama
Marrying Widows
1934
Drama
St. Louis Woman
1934
Drama
Three on a Honeymoon
1934
Romance · Comedy
Son of a Sailor
1933
Comedy · Adventure
Female
1933
Romance · Comedy
Saturday's Millions
1933
Drama
Fighting With Kit Carson
1933
Western · Action
The Vanishing Frontier
1933
Western
70,000 Witnesses
1932
Mystery
Flames
1932
Lasca of the Rio Grande
1931
Western
The Last Flight
1931
Drama
The Secret Six
1931
Crime · Drama
The Great Meadow
1931
Western · Drama
Billy the Kid
1930
Western
Montana Moon
1930
Drama · Western · Romance
Undertow
1930
Drama · Romance
Jazz Heaven
1929
Comedy
Hurricane
1929
Adventure · Drama
The Single Standard
1929
Drama · Romance
The Valiant
1929
Drama
Coquette
1929
Drama
A Woman of Affairs
1928
Drama · Romance
A Lady of Chance
1928
Comedy · Romance · Drama
Annapolis
1928
Comedy · Drama
Our Dancing Daughters
1928
Drama · Romance
The Play Girl
1928
Romance · Comedy
Soft Living
1928
Comedy · Romance
The Divine Woman
1928
Drama · Romance
The Fair Co-Ed
1927
Comedy
After Midnight
1927
Drama
Mockery
1927
Drama
The Bugle Call
1927
Adventure · Drama
Slide, Kelly, Slide
1927
Comedy