Johnny Mack Brown

Acting

Johnny Mack Brown

Born September 1, 1904 · Dothan, Alabama, USA

Died November 14, 1974 · aged 70

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 ap…

Known For

Apache UprisingApache Uprising · 1965
Apache Uprising
★ 6.41965
MovieWestern
Various stage coach passengers and outlaws travelling through Indian country are forced to join forces against the Apaches.
Bar-Z Bad MenBar-Z Bad Men · 1937
Bar-Z Bad Men
★ 4.41937
MovieWestern
Jim Waters arrives at Ed Parks' ranch to find Parks' cattle herd mysteriously increased. Hamp Harvey has been losing cattle and he suspects Parks. But the culprit is Harvey's foreman Brent who gets his orders from the town's leading citizen Sig Barstell. Barstell wants Harvey's ranch and after trying to frame Harvey by killing Parks, Waters takes over and goes after both the killer and the rustlers.
Legends of the WestLegends of the West · 1992
Legends of the West
1992
MovieDocumentary
Host Jack Palance explores how Hollywood has depicted Western legends like George Armstrong Custer, Billy the Kid, Crazy Horse and the O.K. Corral
Marrying WidowsMarrying Widows · 1934
Marrying Widows
★ 8.01934
MovieDrama
After the death of her sewing machine tycoon husband, a young woman is cold-shouldered by her grasping in-laws. She heads to New York City and meets a man, falls in love and gets married. Unknown to her, her new husband is after what he thinks to be her fortune, in revenge for the theft of his father's patents that made the sewing machine profits. Discovering that she is in fact penniless, they both reconcile.
Forever YoursForever Yours · 1945
Forever Yours
★ 7.01945
MovieDrama
A young woman who has been stricken with infantile paralysis gives up hope and is trying to "will herself" to die. A doctor who has been conducting experiments with patients with paralyzed nerves is convinced he can cure her.
The ValiantThe Valiant · 1929
The Valiant
★ 6.11929
MovieDrama
A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives.
Stranger from Santa FeStranger from Santa Fe · 1945
Stranger from Santa Fe
★ 8.51945
MovieWestern
Burly Johnny Mack Brown once again plays undercover U.S. Marshal Nevada McKenzie in this overly complicated series oater from low-budget Monogram. This time, McKenzie, who goes under the alias of Roy Ferris, is waylaid by would-be stage robber Cy Manning (John Merton) en route to the Bar X Ranch.
Ride 'Em CowboyRide 'Em Cowboy · 1942
Ride 'Em Cowboy
★ 6.01942
MovieComedyWestern
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of them knows anything about cowboys, horses, or anything else.

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