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