Lafe McKee
Born: 1872-01-22 in Morrison, Illinois, USA
Died: 1959-08-10
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1944
- Wells Fargo Days as Pop Lyman
1943
- Mission to Moscow as Radio Listener (uncredited)
- Kid Dynamite as Pedestrian
1942
- Inside the Law as Pop Cobb
1940
- Santa Fe Trail as Minister (uncredited)
- When the Daltons Rode as Doctor
- Young People as Man in Recital Audience (uncredited)
- Music in My Heart as Tom - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
- Riders of Pasco Basin as Uncle Dan
- Son of Roaring Dan as Frank Brooke
- Pioneers of the Frontier as Mort Saunders
- Bad Man from Red Butte as Dan Toddhunter
- Dr. Christian Meets the Women as Grandpa
- Pioneer Days as Sam - Express Agent
- Wild Horse Valley as Elmer Kimball
- The Cheyenne Kid as Roberts--Ranch Owner
- Covered Wagon Trails as John Bradford
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)
- The Lone Ranger Rides Again as Townsman
- Convict's Code as Night Watchman
- The Oregon Trail as Settler (archive footage)
- Heroes in Blue as Watchman
1938
- Gold Is Where You Find It as Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
- Knight of the Plains as John Lane
- Stagecoach Days as Tom Larkin
- I'm from the City as Colonel Bixby
- South of Arizona as Lafe Brown
- Six Shootin' Sheriff as Zeke
- Rolling Caravans as Henry Rankin
1937
- Melody of the Plains as Dad Langley
- North of the Rio Grande as Juror Joe
- Law of the Ranger as Mr. Polk
- The Feud of the Trail as John Granger
- The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen as Tom Wilson
- Brothers of the West as Sheriff Bains
- The Rangers Step In as Jed Warren
- The Fighting Deputy as Frank Denton
- Santa Fe Rides as 'Dad' Sheldon
- Mystery Range as Jed Travis
- Lost Ranch as John Carroll
1936
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)
- The Bridge of Sighs as Lester - Taffy Peddler (uncredited)
- Custer's Last Stand as Captain Benteen
- Men of the Plains as Marshal Ed Green
- Last of the Warrens as Sheriff Blake
- Silly Billies as Pioneer
- The Cowboy and the Kid as Sheriff Bailey
- Santa Fe Bound as Sheriff
- Dangerous Waters as Old Skipper (uncredited)
- For the Service as Rancher Johnson (uncredited)
- The Kid Ranger as Jim Burton
- Easy Money as Henchman "Pop"
- The Fugitive Sheriff as Conductor (uncredited)
- Frontier Justice as Old card player
- The Phantom Rider as Jeff Grayson
- Step on It as Captain Bradshaw
- Lightnin' Bill Carson as Don Costello
- The Idaho Kid as John Endicott
- The Mysterious Avenger as Maitland
- Roamin' Wild as 'Dad' Parker
1935
- The Girl Who Came Back as Jim, the bank guard (uncredited)
- The Desert Trail as Poker City Sheriff
- The Last of the Clintons as Sam Slater
- Big Boy Rides Again as Tap Smiley
- The Law of 45's as Charlie Hayden (Joan's Father)
- Queen of the Jungle as Kali
- The Keeper of the Bees as Dr. Grayson
- One in a Million as 2nd License Clerk
- The Cowboy and the Bandit as Sheriff of Pampa
- Rustlers of Red Dog as Bob Lee [Chs. 1-3]
- The Ivory-Handled Gun as Sheriff Crane
- Men of Action as Rancher
- On the Run as Sheriff
- Rainbow Valley as Storekeeper
- What Price Crime as Night Watchman (uncredited)
- Northern Frontier as Old Trapper
- The Silver Bullet as Dad Kane
- The Marriage Bargain as Squire Davis
- Coyote Trails as John Baker
- The Ghost Rider as Zeke
- Circumstantial Evidence as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
- Tracy Rides as Jim Green
- Wolf Riders as John Clark - Indian Agent
- The Hawk as Jim King
- Gun Smoke as Sheriff Rutherford
- The Test as Dad McVey
- Kid Courageous as William Bannister
- The Drunkard as Bartender
- Thunderbolt as Tom
- Swifty as Sandy McGregor
- Rio Rattler as Pop - Hotel Owner
- Blazing Guns as John Rickard
1934
- The Man from Utah as Judge Carter
- Ridin' Thru as Elmer 'Dad' Brooks
- West of the Divide as Fred Winters
- Rawhide Mail as Sheriff
- Range Warfare as Wade Callahan
- Blue Steel as Dan Mason
- Lighting Bill as Tom Ross
- Hell Bent for Love as Dad Daley
- The Quitter as Zack
- The Law of the Wild as Charles Ingram [Chs. 1, 3, 12]
- Port of Lost Dreams as Justice of the Peace
- Frontier Days as Hank Wilson
- Fighting Fury as Sheriff Ed Hibbs
- A Demon for Trouble as Sheriff
- Honor of the Range as Townsman (uncredited)
- Bandits of the Badlands as Dan Mason
- Riding Speed as John Vale (as Lafayette McKee)
- City Park as Matt O'Donnell
- The Curtain Falls as Minor Role
- Next Of Kin as Fred Winters
- The Boss Cowboy as Nolan
- The Fighting Trooper as Old Trapper
- Western Justice as Sheriff / King
- Rawhide Romance as Roger Whitney
1933
- Gordon of Ghost City as Bill Simpson
- Only Yesterday as Father at Train Station (Uncredited)
- Fighting With Kit Carson as Luke Foster
- The Man from Monterey as Don Jose Castanares
- Golden Harvest as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
- King of the Arena as Townsman
- Riders of Destiny as Sheriff Bill Baxter
- War of the Range as Cattle Buyer Cartwright
- Straightaway
- The Telegraph Trail as Lafe
- The Mystery Squadron as Stephen Gray
- The Whispering Shadow as Prince Alexander, alias Mr. Jerome
- Terror Trail as Shay
- Gun Justice as Postmaster
- The Dude Bandit as Brown - Rancher
- Cross Fire as Daniel Plummer
- Fighting Texans as Sheriff Jim Carver
- The Trail Drive as Jameson
- Deadwood Pass as Sheriff Rawlins
- Lightning Range as Judge Williams
- Under Secret Orders as Franklyn Lawrence
- Jaws of Justice as 'Seeker' Dean
- Galloping Romeo as Marshal Gregory
1932
- Hello Trouble as Sheriff Joe Edwards
- The Texan as Jim
- Beauty Parlor as Reverend Parker
- End of the Trail as Colonel John Burke
- Ride Him, Cowboy as Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited)
- Young Blood as Colonel Bondage
- Heroes of the West as Townsman
- The Big Stampede as Cal Brett
- The Spirit of the West as Bowie Moore - Rancher
- The Man from New Mexico as Sheriff
- The Secrets of Wu Sin as Justice of the Peace
- Mark of the Spur as 'Hardshell' Beckett
- The Riding Tornado as Hiram Olcott
- Hell-Fire Austin as Uncle Joe Brooks
- The Boiling Point as Tom Kirk
- Gold as Jeff Sellers
- Self Defense as Sandy McKenzie
- Fighting for Justice as Sam Tracy
- Gorilla Ship as Old Man (uncredited)
- Tombstone Canyon as Colonel Lee
- The Fighting Champ as Sheriff Jim Cosgrove
- Without Honor as Ranger Captain Frank Henderson
- Klondike as Seth
1931
- The Miracle Woman as Man in Audience (uncredited)
- Lariats and Six-Shooters
- Alias: The Bad Man as Clem Neville
- The Two Gun Man as Joe Kearney
- Partners of the Trail as Sheriff McWade
- The Lady from Nowhere as Henchman Snowden
- The Galloping Ghost as Narrator / Police Broadcaster
- The Lightning Warrior as John Hayden
- The Cyclone Kid as Harvey Comstock
- Neck and Neck as Col. Rickson
- The Vanishing Legion as T.J. Hornbeck
- West of Cheyenne as Lafe Langdon
- The Hurricane Horseman as Don Roberto
- Grief Street as Michael, theater watchman
- The Gay Buckaroo as Mr. Fields
- Red Fork Range as Charles Farell / Colonel Leading Wagon Train
- Range Law as 'Old' Frisco
- The Fighting Marshal as Clint Wheeler
- Hell's Valley as Don Flores
1930
- The Code of Honor as Dad Bradfield
- Breed of the West as Colonel Sterner - aka Bradley
- Near the Rainbow's End as Tom Bledsoe
- The Lone Defender as Sheriff Billings
- Under Montana Skies as Sheriff Pinkie
- The Utah Kid as Parson Joe
- The Lonesome Trail as Sheriff
- The Lone Rider as Corwin
- The Cheyenne Kid as Dad Thorpe
1929
- The King of the Kongo as Trader John
- Evangeline as Townsman
- The California Mail as William Butler
- The Amazing Vagabond as Phil Dunning
1928
- Painted Trail as Dan Winters
- The Code of the Scarlet as Fur Trapper
- Trail Raiders
- Trailin’ Back
- Vultures of the Sea
- Riley of the Rainbow Division
- The Ballyhoo Buster
- The Upland Rider as John Graham
- The Riding Renegade as Sheriff Jim Taylor
- Freckles as Duncan
- Manhattan Cowboy as John Steel
1927
- Hell Hounds of the Plains as Big John Lawson
- Roarin' Broncs
- The Desert of the Lost as Boat Captain (uncredited)
- The Ridin' Rowdy as Doc
- The Red Raiders as Lafe (uncredited)
- Daring Deeds as John Courtney
- Riding to Fame as Dr. Lorentz
1926
- Dog Scents as Sheriff
- A Captain's Courage as Obadiah, the recluse
- Officer '444' as Capt. Jerry Dugan
- A String of Diamonds as J. Tiffany Van Den Akar
- The Man from Oklahoma as Rufus King
- The Baited Trap as Bobbie's Father
- Dog of Dogs as John Harlan
- Fangs of Vengeance as Abner Swaybe
1925
- Triple Action as Don Pío Méndez
- Pursued as District Attorney
- Kit Carson Over the Great Divide as Sandy McLeod
- The Human Tornado as Peter Daley
- Sporting Life as Stage Doorman (uncredited)
- A Desperate Chance as Fred Forman
- The Power God as Prof. Daniel Sturgess
- On the Go as Mr. Hall
- Warrior Gap as John Folsom
- The Mystery Box as Judd Hampton
1924
- Battling Brewster as Roland Rand
- Thundering Romance as The Sheriff
- Circus Lure
- The Eagle's Claw as John Sherwood
- Bringin' Home the Bacon as Judge Simpson
- North of Alaska
- Hard-Hittin' Hamilton as Jim Downing
- Mile-a-Minute Morgan as Chester Jennings
1923
1922
- Silver Spurs as Jerry Regan
- In the Days of Buffalo Bill as Gen. Robert E. Lee
- The Jungle Goddess as Chief Obar Sen
1920
- The Daredevil as Sheriff, Coyote Flats
1919
- The Hoodlum as Board of Directors (uncredited)
1918
- Little Orphant Annie as The Good Squire
- The City of Purple Dreams as Pat Kelly
1917
- The Lad and the Lion as James Bankington
1916
- The Adventures of Kathlyn as Colonel Hare
- Wives of the Rich as Robert Baker
- The Ancient Blood as Harry Ralston
1915
- The Man with the Iron Heart as Doyle
- The Girl and the Reporter
- The Baby and the Leopard as Fred Herman
- The Red Blood of Courage as Lieutenant Tavish
- The Lion's Mate as The Missionary
- The Octopus as Harris Gordon
- The Guardian's Dilemma as Old Man Cummings
- Young Love as Professor Hunt
- The Vengeance of Rannah as General Craddock
- The Blood Seedling
- The Heart of Paro
- In the King's Service as Antoine
- How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell as Jim McFarlin
- The Two Natures Within Him as Dr. Bishop
- The Jungle Stockade as Robert Barker - Missionary
- The Jaguar Trap
- Lassoing a Lion as Uncle Paul
- His Fighting Blood as Old McTrigger - Hope's Father
- The Fork in the Road as The Innkeeper
- The Great Experiment
- The Primitive Way
- A Jungle Revenge as James Thorpe - Mabel's Father
1914
- Meller Drammer
- The Leopard's Foundling as Wamba - a Native
- Jim
- A Colonel in Chains as Colonel Hare
- Rosemary, That's for Remembrance as Mr. Greerson - Harvey's Father
- The Lure of the Windigo as Hugo Le Clerq - Annette's Father
- To Be Called For as Silas Brown
- If I Were Young Again as Museum Director Henshaw
- Three Bags of Silver as Colonel Hare (as Lafayette McKee)
- The King's Will as Colonel Hare
- Four Minutes Late
- Garrison's Finish
- The Soul Mate
- The Garden of Brides as Colonel Hare
- Wade Brent Pays as Lawyer Moreley
- The Livid Flame as R. Hayes Burkhardt
- The Warrior Maid as Colonel Hare
- The Cruel Crown as Colonel Hare
- The Forged Parchment as Colonel Hare
- The Spellbound Multitude as Colonel Hare
- The Royal Slave as Colonel Hare
- The Two Ordeals as Colonel Hare
1913
- The Understudy as Ben Rosenthal - the Manager
- Her Way as Burke - Gates' Brother
- A Jolt for the Janitor as Mr. Big Family
- A Husband Won by Election as A Gangster
- Dixieland as The Federal Captain
- The Sands of Time as Father Time
- Granny's Old Armchair as Simon Willard
- Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy as Gen. John Morgan
- The Devil and Tom Walker as Old Briggs
- The False Order as Norman Black - the Telegraph Operator - Jack's Rival
- When May Weds December as The Banker's Butler
- The Adventures of Kathlyn as Col. Hare
- Sweeney's Dream as The Mayor
- Thor, Lord of the Jungles as John Brant - Gene's Father
- The Suwanee River as The Overseer of the Plantation
- The Gold Brick as Percy Hall
- A Change of Administration as John Marshall - Secretary of War
- Through Another Man's Eyes as Edward Elder - Wallace's Uncle
- The Post-Impressionists as George Wilton - Dorothy's Father
- Roses of Yesterday as John Ralston
- The Lesson as Murphy
- Papa's Dream as Parson Stanley
- A Loyal Deserter as Col. Colfax
- The Cipher Message as Detective Donald Bryce
- The Finger Print as Dabney - a Crook
- The Water Rat as Watson
- The Unwelcome Throne as Colonel Hare
- The Fifth String as Satan
- The Open Door as Mark Boland
1912
- All on Account of Checkers as Sam - a Fireman
- Betty Fools Dear Old Dad as Betty's Dad
- The Awakening as John Johnson
- Bread Upon the Waters as Mr. James Preston
- The Wreck of the Vega as Ed Nobles
- A Detective's Strategy as Edwin Randall - the Detective
- The House of His Master as Gray - Robert's Friend
- How the 'Duke of Leisure' Reached His Winter Home as 2nd Policeman
- The Fire Cop as Mr. Wilson
- The Lost Inheritance as Mr. Bawn - Molly's Father
- Her Bitter Lesson as Old Jasper Floyd - Aurora's Father
- The Three Valises as Pittsburg Sam - the Burglar