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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

as (archive footage)

1976
The Bounty Killer

as Sheriff Green

1965
Texas Lawmen

as Marshal Johnny Mack Brown

1951
Blazing Bullets

as Johnny Mack Brown

1951
Short Grass

as Sheriff Ord Keown

1950
Outlaw Gold

as Johnny Mack Brown

1950
Stampede

as Sheriff Aaron Ball

1949
Crossed Trails

as Johnny Mack

1948
Land of the Lawless

as Johnny Mack

1947
The Gentleman from Texas

as Johnny Macklin

1946
Gun Smoke

as Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie

1945
Partners of the Trail

as Jack McKenzie

1944
Raiders of the Border

as Nevada Jack McKenzie

1944
The Lone Star Trail

as Blaze Barker

1943
The Texas Kid

as Jack McKenzie

1943
Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Alabam' Brewster

1942
Stagecoach Buckaroo

as Steve Hardin

1942
The Silver Bullet

as Silver Jim Donovan

1942
Deep in the Heart of Texas

as Jim Mallory

1942
Law of the Range

as Steve Howard

1941
The Masked Rider

as Larry Prescott

1941
Arizona Cyclone

as Tom Baxter

1941
Pony Post

as Cal Sheridan

1940
Son of Roaring Dan

as Jim Reardon (Posing as Horace McPhail)

1940
Riders of Pasco Basin

as Lee Jamison

1940
The Oregon Trail

as Jeff Scott

1939
Chip of the Flying U

as 'Chip' Bennett

1939
Flaming Frontiers

as Tex Houston

1938
Johnny Mack Brown Johnny Mack Brown

Birthday

1904-09-01

Place of Birth

Dothan, Alabama, USA

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.
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