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John Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an American college football player and film actor billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. He acted and starred mainly in Western films.
Johnny Mack Brown. Actor: Valley of Fear. 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.
- September 1, 1904
- November 14, 1974
Johnny Mack Brown. Actor: Valley of Fear. 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.
- January 1, 1
- Dothan, Alabama, USA
- January 1, 1
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Dec 30, 2023 · “Johnny Mack Brown represents an uncommonly full and fulfilling story of celebrity at the intersection of life with not one, but two, powerful myths of American manhood,” historian Philip D...
Aug 22, 2022 · Johnny Mack Brown, one of the University of Alabama's first marquee football players, went on to become a matinee idol during the golden age of western films.
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.
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Died: November 14, 1974 (Los Angeles, California) Notable Films: Billy the Kid, The Vanishing Frontier, Flaming Frontiers, Flame of the West. John Mack Brown (billed throughout his career as John, Johnnie, and Johnny Mack Brown) gained renown as a college football player during the mid-1920s.