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Johnny Mack Brown

Actor

Johnny Mack Brown

Acting
1927 — 1941 · 13 films
Lived
1 September 1904 — d. 1974
From
Dothan, Alabama, USA

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).

Career Signature

How Johnny Mack Brown’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.