Lafe McKee

Lafe McKee

1872-01-22 Morrison, Illinois, USA Male 324 Known Credits

Biography

Born Lafayette Stocking McKee, Lafe McKee began working in Hollywood around 1913. He usually played the likeable father of the heroine, the distressed businessman, or the ranch owner on the verge of losing his homestead or cattle to the villains. The majority of his films were westerns and he supported such actors as Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Gene Autry, Tim McCoy, Tom Tyler, and others.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1872-01-22

Place of Birth

Morrison, Illinois, USA

Known Credits

324

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Lafayette Stocking McKee, Lafayette S. McKee, Lafayette McKee, L.S. McKee, L. D. McKee, Lafe M. McKee, Luke McKee, Lafe M. Kee, Frank McKee, Lafayette S. "Lafe" McKee

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Movie Credits

Gun Justice

1933

Postmaster

Without Honor

1932

Ranger Captain Frank Henderson

Sporting Life

1925

Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Mystery Range

1937

Jed Travis

Frontier Days

1934

Hank Wilson

Lightning Range

1933

Judge Williams

The Hawk

1935

Jim King

Range Law

1931

'Old' Frisco

The Test

1935

Dad McVey

In the Days of Buffalo Bill

1922

Gen. Robert E. Lee

Circumstantial Evidence

1935

Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Self Defense

1932

Sandy McKenzie

Golden Harvest

1933

Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

The Fighting Champ

1932

Sheriff Jim Cosgrove

The Hoodlum

1919

Board of Directors (uncredited)

The Lesson

1913

Murphy

War of the Range

1933

Cattle Buyer Cartwright

The Miracle Woman

1931

Man in Audience (uncredited)

Big Boy Rides Again

1935

Tap Smiley

Grief Street

1931

Michael, theater watchman

The Oregon Trail

1939

Settler (archive footage)

The Boiling Point

1932

Tom Kirk

The Fighting Trooper

1934

Old Trapper

Custer's Last Stand

1936

Captain Benteen

Lost Ranch

1937

John Carroll

The Fighting Marshal

1931

Clint Wheeler

The Leopard's Foundling

1914

Wamba - a Native

Last of the Warrens

1936

Sheriff Blake

The Kid Ranger

1936

Jim Burton

The King of the Kongo

1929

Trader John

The Water Rat

1913

Watson

Pioneers of the Frontier

1940

Mort Saunders

The Cheyenne Kid

1940

Roberts--Ranch Owner

Fighting Texans

1933

Sheriff Jim Carver

The Keeper of the Bees

1935

Dr. Grayson

Law of the Ranger

1937

Mr. Polk

The Fighting Deputy

1937

Frank Denton

End of the Trail

1932

Colonel John Burke

Hell-Fire Austin

1932

Uncle Joe Brooks

Bringin' Home the Bacon

1924

Judge Simpson

Silver Spurs

1922

Jerry Regan

For the Service

1936

Rancher Johnson (uncredited)

The Cowboy and the Bandit

1935

Sheriff of Pampa

Lighting Bill

1934

Tom Ross

The Bridge of Sighs

1936

Lester - Taffy Peddler (uncredited)

The Lightning Warrior

1931

John Hayden

Knight of the Plains

1938

John Lane

The Silver Bullet

1935

Dad Kane

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)

The Code of the Scarlet

1928

Fur Trapper

Inside the Law

1942

Pop Cobb

Riding to Fame

1927

Dr. Lorentz

The Garden of Brides

1914

Colonel Hare

Riders of Destiny

1933

Sheriff Bill Baxter

The Law of the Wild

1934

Charles Ingram [Chs. 1, 3, 12]

What Price Crime

1935

Night Watchman (uncredited)

Range Warfare

1934

Wade Callahan

Manhattan Cowboy

1928

John Steel

The Livid Flame

1914

R. Hayes Burkhardt

Wells Fargo Days

1944

Pop Lyman

Beauty Parlor

1932

Reverend Parker

The Idaho Kid

1936

John Endicott

Code of Honor

1930

Dad Bradfield

Ridin' Thru

1934

Elmer 'Dad' Brooks

The Desert of the Lost

1927

Boat Captain (uncredited)

Next Of Kin

1934

Fred Winters

The Riding Tornado

1932

Hiram Olcott

Under Montana Skies

1930

Sheriff Pinkie

Coyote Trails

1935

John Baker

Fighting Fury

1934

Sheriff Ed Hibbs

Ride Him, Cowboy

1932

Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited)

The Spellbound Multitude

1914

Colonel Hare

The Warrior Maid

1914

Colonel Hare

Blue Steel

1934

Dan Mason

The Law of 45's

1935

Charlie Hayden (Joan's Father)

The Amazing Vagabond

1929

Phil Dunning

Wives of the Rich

1916

Robert Baker

Heroes of the West

1932

Townsman

Breed of the West

1930

Colonel Sterner - aka Bradley

Alias: The Bad Man

1931

Clem Neville

Wild Horse Valley

1940

Elmer Kimball

The Girl Who Came Back

1935

Jim, the bank guard (uncredited)

The Bonanza Buckaroo

Mr. Andrew Gordon

Tombstone Canyon

1932

Colonel Lee

The King's Will

1914

Colonel Hare

Young People

1940

Man in recital audience

Rawhide Romance

1934

Roger Whitney

Lightnin' Bill Carson

1936

Don Costello

The Big Stampede

1932

Cal Brett

The Cheyenne Kid

1930

Dad Thorpe

The House of His Master

1912

Gray - Robert's Friend

Officer '444'

1926

Capt. Jerry Dugan

Honor of the Range

1934

Townsman (uncredited)

Roamin' Wild

1936

'Dad' Parker

Gun Smoke

1935

Sheriff Rutherford

A Desperate Chance

1925

Fred Forman

The Fire Cop

1912

Mr. Wilson

Step on It

1936

Captain Bradshaw

The Hurricane Horseman

1931

Don Roberto

Dog of Dogs

1926

John Harlan

The Two Gun Man

1931

Joe Kearney

The California Mail

1929

William Butler

The Drunkard

1935

Bartender

Men of Action

1935

Rancher

Battling Brewster

1924

Roland Rand

Santa Fe Bound

1936

Sheriff

Mile-a-Minute Morgan

1924

Chester Jennings

Brothers of the West

1937

Sheriff Bains

Kid Courageous

1935

William Bannister

A Colonel in Chains

1914

Colonel Hare

Hell Hounds of the Plains

1927

Big John Lawson

Hell Bent for Love

1934

Dad Daley

Partners of the Trail

1931

Sheriff McWade

The Desert Trail

1935

Poker City Sheriff

Rio Rattler

1935

Pop - Hotel Owner

Only Yesterday

1933

Father at Train Station (Uncredited)

The Lost Inheritance

1912

Mr. Bawn - Molly's Father

Terror Trail

1933

Shay

The Jungle Stockade

1915

Robert Barker - Missionary

The Eagle's Claw

1924

John Sherwood

Heroes in Blue

1939

Watchman

The Awakening

1912

John Johnson

The Gay Buckaroo

1931

Mr. Fields

The Sands of Time

1913

Father Time

Jim

1914

The Cipher Message

1913

Detective Donald Bryce

All on Account of Checkers

1912

Sam - a Fireman

The Ivory-Handled Gun

1935

Sheriff Crane

Bread Upon the Waters

1912

Mr. James Preston

Sweeney's Dream

1913

The Mayor

West of Cheyenne

1931

Lafe Langdon

The Octopus

1915

Harris Gordon

The Vengeance of Rannah

1915

General Craddock

Kid Dynamite

1943

Pedestrian

The Texan

1932

Jim

Santa Fe Trail

1940

Minister (uncredited)

Music in My Heart

1940

Tom - Stage Doorman (uncredited)

A Jungle Revenge

1915

James Thorpe - Mabel's Father

The Dude Bandit

1933

Brown - Rancher

Pioneer Days

1940

Sam - Express Agent

West of the Divide

1934

Fred Winters

Young Blood

1932

Colonel Bondage

The Understudy

1913

Ben Rosenthal - the Manager

The Lad and the Lion

1917

James Bankington

Men of the Plains

1936

Marshal Ed Green

A Change of Administration

1913

John Marshall - Secretary of War

The Phantom Rider

1936

Jeff Grayson

A Detective's Strategy

1912

Edwin Randall - the Detective

Klondike

1932

Seth

Rawhide Mail

1934

Sheriff

Thundering Romance

1924

The Sheriff

Roses of Yesterday

1913

John Ralston

The Man from Oklahoma

1926

Rufus King

Dog Scents

1926

Sheriff

Galloping Romeo

1933

Marshal Gregory

Swifty

1935

Sandy McGregor

The Lady from Nowhere

1931

Henchman Snowden

Hell's Valley

1931

Don Flores

The Red Blood of Courage

1915

Lieutenant Tavish

King of the Arena

1933

Townsman

Lassoing a Lion

1915

Uncle Paul

The Royal Slave

1914

Colonel Hare

Thunderbolt

1935

Tom

Tracy Rides

1935

Jim Green

Little Orphant Annie

1918

The Good Squire

Gold

1932

Jeff Sellers

The Curtain Falls

1934

Minor Role

I'm from the City

1938

Colonel Bixby

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

Hello Trouble

1932

Sheriff Joe Edwards

The Two Ordeals

1914

Colonel Hare

Three Bags of Silver

1914

Colonel Hare (as Lafayette McKee)

The Post-Impressionists

1913

George Wilton - Dorothy's Father

Neck and Neck

1931

Col. Rickson

Blazing Guns

1935

John Rickard

The Lone Defender

1930

Sheriff Billings

Young Love

1915

Professor Hunt

The Man from Utah

1934

Judge Carter

Rosemary, That's for Remembrance

1914

Mr. Greerson - Harvey's Father

Stagecoach Days

1938

Tom Larkin

Freckles

1928

Duncan

Papa's Dream

1913

Parson Stanley

Evangeline

1929

Townsman

Pursued

1925

District Attorney

The Guardian's Dilemma

1915

Old Man Cummings

Wade Brent Pays

1914

Lawyer Moreley

The Vanishing Legion

1931

T.J. Hornbeck

Riding Speed

1934

John Vale (as Lafayette McKee)

When May Weds December

1913

The Banker's Butler

The Gold Brick

1913

Percy Hall

The False Order

1913

Norman Black - the Telegraph Operator - Jack's Rival

The Lion's Mate

1915

The Missionary

Rainbow Valley

1935

Storekeeper

The Suwanee River

1913

The Overseer of the Plantation

Melody of the Plains

1937

Dad Langley

The Ancient Blood

1916

Harry Ralston

The Human Tornado

1925

Peter Daley

The Whispering Shadow

1933

Prince Alexander, alias Mr. Jerome

His Fighting Blood

1915

Old McTrigger - Hope's Father

The Fork in the Road

1915

The Innkeeper

Her Bitter Lesson

1912

Old Jasper Floyd - Aurora's Father

Under Secret Orders

1933

Franklyn Lawrence

Mission to Moscow

1943

Radio Listener (uncredited)

Dixieland

1913

The Federal Captain

Granny's Old Armchair

1913

Simon Willard

The Mystery Squadron

1933

Stephen Gray

Convict's Code

1939

Night Watchman

The Feud of the Trail

1937

John Granger

Thor, Lord of the Jungles

1913

John Brant - Gene's Father

Northern Frontier

1935

Old Trapper

Port of Lost Dreams

1934

Justice of the Peace

The Galloping Ghost

1931

Narrator / Police Broadcaster

The Fugitive Sheriff

1936

Conductor (uncredited)

Son of Roaring Dan

1940

Frank Brooke

Easy Money

1936

Henchman "Pop"

The Secrets of Wu Sin

1932

Justice of the Peace

A Jolt for the Janitor

1913

Mr. Big Family

Silly Billies

1936

Pioneer

The Man from Monterey

1933

Don Jose Castanares

Fangs of Vengeance

1926

Abner Swaybe

Gold Is Where You Find It

1938

Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)

The Power God

1925

Prof. Daniel Sturgess

Rustlers of Red Dog

1935

Bob Lee [Chs. 1-3]

If I Were Young Again

1914

Museum Director Henshaw

Her Way

1913

Burke - Gates' Brother

Dangerous Waters

1936

Old Skipper (uncredited)

Daring Deeds

1927

John Courtney

Santa Fe Rides

1937

'Dad' Sheldon

Cross Fire

1933

Daniel Plummer

Gordon of Ghost City

1933

Bill Simpson

Bad Man from Red Butte

1940

Dan Toddhunter

The Lone Rider

1930

Corwin (uncredited)

Deadwood Pass

1933

Sheriff Rawlins

Western Justice

1934

Sheriff / King

Frontier Justice

1936

Old card player

Jaws of Justice

1933

'Seeker' Dean

Covered Wagon Trails

1940

John Bradford

The Spirit of the West

1932

Bowie Moore - Rancher

The Mystery Box

1925

Judd Hampton

The Lure of the Windigo

1914

Hugo Le Clerq - Annette's Father

A Loyal Deserter

1913

Col. Colfax

The Quitter

1934

Zack

Near the Rainbow's End

1930

Tom Bledsoe

The Trail Drive

1933

Jameson

Rolling Caravans

1938

Henry Rankin

On the Run

1935

Sheriff

The Rangers Step In

1937

Jed Warren

The Daredevil

1920

Sheriff, Coyote Flats

Gorilla Ship

1932

Old Man (uncredited)

A String of Diamonds

1926

J. Tiffany Van Den Akar

Warrior Gap

1925

John Folsom

The Adventures of Kathlyn

1916

Colonel Hare

Red Fork Range

1931

Charles Farell / Colonel Leading Wagon Train

Mark of the Spur

1932

'Hardshell' Beckett

The Utah Kid

1930

Parson Joe

The Cruel Crown

1914

Colonel Hare

The Three Valises

1912

Pittsburg Sam - the Burglar

To Be Called For

1914

Silas Brown

On the Go

1925

Mr. Hall

The Forged Parchment

1914

Colonel Hare

Wolf Riders

1935

John Clark - Indian Agent

One in a Million

1935

2nd License Clerk

Through Another Man's Eyes

1913

Edward Elder - Wallace's Uncle

The Unwelcome Throne

1913

Colonel Hare

The Upland Rider

1928

John Graham

Fighting for Justice

1932

Sam Tracy

The Cowboy and the Kid

1936

Sheriff Bailey

The Riding Renegade

1928

Sheriff Jim Taylor

City Park

1934

Matt O'Donnell

The Open Door

1913

Mark Boland

Triple Action

1925

Don Pío Méndez

The Finger Print

1913

Dabney - a Crook

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