the actor under his former "A-picture" name, John Mack Brown. When Monogram abandoned its brand name in 1952 (in favor of its deluxe division, Allied Artists), Johnny Mack Brown retired from the screen. He returned more than 10 years later to appear in secondary roles in a few Western films. Altogether, Brown appeared in more than 160 movies between 1927 and 1966, as well as a smattering of television shows, in a career spanning almost 40 years. Personal life Brown was married to Cornelia "Connie" Foster from 1926 until his death in 1974, and they had four children. Recognition For his contributions to the film industry, Brown was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 with a motion pictures star at 6101 Hollywood Boulevard. He received a posthumous Golden Boot Award in 2004 for his contributions to the Western entertainment genre. In 1969, Brown was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Brown's hometown holds an annual Johnny Mack Brown Western Festival because “If anyone ever brought attention to Dothan, it was Johnny Mack Brown,” a city official said. In popular culture Brown is mentioned in the novel From Here to Eternity. In a barracks scene, soldiers discuss Western films, and one asks, "Remember Johnny Mack Brown?", resulting in a discussion. From March 1950 to February 1959, Dell Comics published a Johnny Mack Brown series of comic books. He also was included in 21 issues of Dell's Giant Series Western Roundup comics that began in June 1952. In 1974, The Statler Brothers, performing as the fictitious Lester "Roadhog" Moran and the Cadillac Cowboys, released Alive at the Johnny Mack Brown High School, a comedy album set at an equally fictitious school named after Brown. Death Brown died in Woodland Hills, California, of heart failure at the age of 70. His cremated remains are interred in an outdoor Columbarium, in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Selected filmography Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927) as Himself The Bugle Call (1927) bit part (uncredited) Mockery (1927) as Russian Officer (uncredited) After Midnight (1927) as Party Boy (uncredited) The Fair Co-Ed (1927) as Bob The Divine Woman (1928) as Jean Lery Soft Living (1928) as Stockney Webb Square Crooks (1928) as Larry Scott The Play Girl (1928) as Bradley Lane Our Dancing Daughters (1928) as Ben Blaine Annapolis (1928) as Bill A Lady of Chance (1928) as Steve Crandall A Woman of