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John Mack Brown, Johnnie Mack Brown, The Dothan Antelope, John Brown
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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1904-09-01
- event Death Date 1974-11-14
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 4.1
- info Birth Place Dothan, Alabama, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Johnny Mack Brown
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Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000-01-01
5.8
The Secret Six
1931-04-18
6.4
Our Dancing Daughters
1928-09-01
3
Against the Law
1934-10-25
7
After Midnight
1927-08-20
4.8
Born to the West
1937-12-10
6
Fighting With Kit Carson
1933-07-01
6.3
Female
1933-11-11
6.7
Mockery
1927-08-13
8
The Oregon Trail
1939-07-04
5.8
Belle of the Nineties
1934-09-21
5.6
Coquette
1929-03-30
5.5
Stampede
1949-05-01
4.8
The Crooked Trail
1936-07-25
5
Rawhide Rangers
1941-07-18
6.2
The Single Standard
1929-07-27
6.4
Apache Uprising
1965-12-29
6.9
The Last Flight
1931-08-29
4.6
Montana Moon
1930-03-20
5.1
Wells Fargo
1937-12-31
5.8
The Valiant
1929-05-19
5
Stagecoach Buckaroo
1942-02-13
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Slide, Kelly, Slide
1927-03-12
5
Between Men
1935-10-29
0
Legends of the West
1992-09-08
5.2
The Courageous Avenger
1935-12-12
0
Soft Living
1928-02-05
4.2
Billy the Kid
1930-10-16
5.8
Cross Streets
1934-07-05
5.8
Branded a Coward
1935-07-01
5.5
The Fair Co-Ed
1927-10-22
0
Texas Lawmen
1951-12-02
6.5
A Lady of Chance
1928-12-01
6.9
The Divine Woman
1928-01-13
6
Short Grass
1950-12-24
4
Flames
1932-05-29
0
Malay Nights
1932-11-03
0
Desert Phantom
1936-03-09
4
Rogue of the Range
1936-04-24
3.5
Partners of the Trail
1944-04-28
4.8
The Texas Kid
1943-11-26
9
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976-05-01
4
The Silver Bullet
1942-08-05
0
St. Louis Woman
1934-04-14
4.8
Lawless Land
1937-04-06
2.3
Bar-Z Bad Men
1937-04-21
5.5
Guns in the Dark
1937-05-13
4
A Lawman Is Born
1937-06-21
4.8
Boothill Brigade
1937-08-02
5.5
The Gambling Terror
1937-02-15
5
The Great Meadow
1931-01-24
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Pony Post
1940-12-01
0
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943-02-05
5.2
Flaming Frontiers
1938-07-05
6
Hurricane
1929-09-30
3
Undertow
1930-02-23
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Chip of the Flying U
1939-11-29
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Land of Liberty
1939-06-15
5
Jazz Heaven
1929-11-03
6.6
A Woman of Affairs
1928-12-15
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Wild West Days
1937-07-05
0
The Vanishing Frontier
1933-03-13
0
The Navajo Trail
1945-01-15
5
Law of the Range
1941-06-20
0
Man from Montana
1941-09-05
7
The Masked Rider
1941-10-24
0
The Gentleman from Texas
1946-06-08
3
Annapolis
1928-11-18
5.8
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1942-02-13
5
Son of a Sailor
1933-11-29
5
The Lone Star Trail
1943-08-06
10
Stranger from Santa Fe
1945-05-14
0
Oklahoma Justice
1951-08-18
0
Prairie Express
1947-10-24
0
Blazing Bullets
1951-05-05
0
Whistling Hills
1951-10-06
0
Son of Roaring Dan
1940-07-25
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Overland Trails
1948-01-31
0
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994-08-09
0
Shadows on the Range
1946-10-15
10
Six Gun Mesa
1950-04-30
4
Arizona Cyclone
1941-11-14
0
Trigger Fingers
1946-09-20
0
Valley of the Lawless
1936-01-25
0
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
1940-09-19
5.5
Undercover Man
1936-09-23
0
Dead Man's Trail
1952-07-19
0
Over the Border
1950-03-12
0
Triggerman
1948-06-19
2
West of Carson City
1940-01-19
0
Valley of Fear
1947-09-14
0
West of El Dorado
1949-06-04
0
Trail of Vengeance
1937-03-28
6
Border Bandits
1946-01-12
0
The Lost Trail
1945-10-19
2.7
The Marshal's Daughter
1953-06-25
2
Riders of Pasco Basin
1940-04-04
0
Crossed Trails
1948-04-10
5
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942-09-25
3.8
Gun Smoke
1945-02-16
0
Outlaw Gold
1950-11-26
0
Man from Sonora
1951-03-11
0
Everyman's Law
1936-06-10
5.8
The Bounty Killer
1965-07-30
0
Forever Yours
1945-01-26
0
Oklahoma Frontier
1939-10-09
5
Boss of Bullion City
1940-03-01
5.4
Bad Man from Red Butte
1940-06-01
0
Law and Order
1940-11-28
5
Law Men
1944-04-25
5
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
1941-03-21
4.5
Desperate Trails
1939-09-30
0
Flashing Guns
1947-07-16
0
Silver Range
1946-11-16
5
Canyon Ambush
1952-10-12
6
Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965-06-30
6
Little Joe, the Wrangler
1942-11-13
7
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942-12-11
5.5
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934-12-01
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The Play Girl
1928-04-22
0
Colorado Ambush
1951-01-14
0
Montana Desperado
1951-06-17
0
Law of the Panhandle
1950-09-17
6
Raiders of San Joaquin
1943-05-01
4
Cheyenne Roundup
1943-04-12
0
Man from the Black Hills
1952-03-29
0
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
1942-08-21
6.3
Texas City
1952-01-27
6
Fighting Bill Fargo
1941-12-09
4
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
1943-10-15
0
The Stranger From Pecos
1943-07-10
4.5
Six Gun Gospel
1943-08-03
0
The Ghost Rider
1943-04-02
5.8
Ghost Guns
1944-11-17
0
Land of the Outlaws
1944-09-16
5
Law of the Valley
1944-11-04
0
Raiders of the Border
1944-01-31
0
Range Law
1944-06-24
0
West of the Rio Grande
1944-08-05
6
Flame of the West
1945-06-25
5
Frontier Feud
1945-11-24
0
Under Arizona Skies
1946-05-27
0
Drifting Along
1946-01-26
0
The Haunted Mine
1946-03-02
0
Gun Talk
1947-12-20
0
Raiders of the South
1947-01-18
0
Trailing Danger
1947-05-29
0
Code of the Saddle
1947-06-28
0
Land of the Lawless
1947-04-25
5
The Law Comes to Gunsight
1947-05-24
0
Law of the West
1949-02-20
0
Range Justice
1949-07-16
0
Back Trail
1948-07-18
0
The Fighting Ranger
1948-08-15
0
Hidden Danger
1948-12-12
0
Frontier Agent
1948-05-16
0
Gunning for Justice
1948-11-06
0
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
1948-10-02
0
Trails End
1949-04-02
5
Western Renegades
1949-10-08
6
West of Wyoming
1950-02-19
8
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935-01-01
0
Three on a Honeymoon
1934-03-22
0
Saturday's Millions
1933-09-30
0
The Bugle Call
1927-08-06
5
Starlit Days at the Lido
1935-09-28
4.8
70,000 Witnesses
1932-09-09
5
Crazy House
1943-10-08
7
It's Showtime
1976-03-31
0
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931-12-23
0
Lasca of the Rio Grande
1931-12-01
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
6.6
This Is Your Life
1952-10-01
0
Official Detective
1957-01-01