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Johnny Mack Brown
Acting
01 Sept 1904
† 14 Nov 1974
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 Gr...
Also Known As
John Mack Brown, Johnnie Mack Brown, The Dothan Antelope, John Brown























