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 , in 1953, as the days of the "B" western came to an end.
Interred at Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA, in the Court of Freedom, Columbarium of Heavenly Peace.
Daughters: Jane Harriet (died 1997), Cynthia, Sally and son John Lachlan (Locky).
In his westerns, his horse was named Rebel.
Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957.
There is a film festival every year in his honor in Dothan, Alabama.
Inducted into the State of Alabama Stage & Screen Hall of Fame in 2004.
Inducted into the World Cowboy Gunspinning Hall of Fame in 2003.
Inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museums Hall of Great Western Performers in 2008.
Inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 2000.
Inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1969.
Received the Motion Picture & Television Funds Golden Boot Award in 2004 (in memoriam award).
