Lafe McKee

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1872-01-22 (87 years old)

Deathday

1959-08-10

Place of Birth

Morrison, Illinois, USA

Lafe McKee

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.

Acting

1930

The Utah Kid

as Parson Joe

1930

The Cheyenne Kid

as Dad Thorpe

1936

The Bridge of Sighs

as Lester - Taffy Peddler (uncredited)

1913

Roses of Yesterday

as John Ralston

1915

The Jungle Stockade

as Robert Barker - Missionary

1934

West of the Divide

as Fred Winters

1920

The Daredevil

as Sheriff, Coyote Flats

1932

The Texan

as Jim

1933

1930

Code of Honor

as Dad Bradfield

1934

Riding Speed

as John Vale (as Lafayette McKee)

1933

War of the Range

as Cattle Buyer Cartwright

1914

Three Bags of Silver

as Colonel Hare (as Lafayette McKee)

1929

The Amazing Vagabond

as Phil Dunning

1928

The Riding Renegade

as Sheriff Jim Taylor

1924

Thundering Romance

as The Sheriff

1935

Rio Rattler

as Pop - Hotel Owner

1935

Tracy Rides

as Jim Green

1927

Riding to Fame

as Dr. Lorentz

1935

1934

The Fighting Trooper

as Old Trapper

1925

A Desperate Chance

as Fred Forman

1930

Breed of the West

as Colonel Sterner - aka Bradley

1937

Santa Fe Rides

as 'Dad' Sheldon

1934

Fighting Fury

as Sheriff Ed Hibbs

1931

Neck and Neck

as Col. Rickson

1926

A String of Diamonds

as J. Tiffany Van Den Akar

1926

Fangs of Vengeance

as Abner Swaybe

1926

Dog Scents

as Sheriff

1926

Dog of Dogs

as John Harlan

1931

The Lightning Warrior

as John Hayden

1932

The Big Stampede

as Cal Brett

1930

The Lone Rider

as Corwin (uncredited)

1932

Hello Trouble

as Sheriff Joe Edwards

1936

The Cowboy and the Kid

as Sheriff Bailey

1913

The Cipher Message

as Detective Donald Bryce

1913

The Open Door

as Mark Boland

1913

The Unwelcome Throne

as Colonel Hare

1914

The Two Ordeals

as Colonel Hare

1912

All on Account of Checkers

as Sam - a Fireman

1912

The Three Valises

as Pittsburg Sam - the Burglar

1912

1912

1912

The House of His Master

as Gray - Robert's Friend

1912

A Detective's Strategy

as Edwin Randall - the Detective

1912

Bread Upon the Waters

as Mr. James Preston

1912

The Awakening

as John Johnson

1912

Her Bitter Lesson

as Old Jasper Floyd - Aurora's Father

1912

The Lost Inheritance

as Mr. Bawn - Molly's Father

1912

The Fire Cop

as Mr. Wilson

1913

The False Order

as Norman Black - the Telegraph Operator - Jack's Rival

1913

The Lesson

as Murphy

1913

The Understudy

as Ben Rosenthal - the Manager

1913

1913

1913

A Change of Administration

as John Marshall - Secretary of War

1913

Dixieland

as The Federal Captain

1933

The Man from Monterey

as Don Jose Castanares

1913

The Post-Impressionists

as George Wilton - Dorothy's Father

1913

The Suwanee River

as The Overseer of the Plantation

1913

The Gold Brick

as Percy Hall

1913

Papa's Dream

as Parson Stanley

1913

A Jolt for the Janitor

as Mr. Big Family

1913

Sweeney's Dream

as The Mayor

1913

Granny's Old Armchair

as Simon Willard

1913

Through Another Man's Eyes

as Edward Elder - Wallace's Uncle

1913

1914

The Royal Slave

as Colonel Hare

1914

A Colonel in Chains

as Colonel Hare

1914

The Garden of Brides

as Colonel Hare

1913

The Water Rat

as Watson

1913

Her Way

as Burke - Gates' Brother

1913

1913

The Finger Print

as Dabney - a Crook

1913

When May Weds December

as The Banker's Butler

1914

The Cruel Crown

as Colonel Hare

1933

1914

1914

The Warrior Maid

as Colonel Hare

1914

The Forged Parchment

as Colonel Hare

1914

The King's Will

as Colonel Hare

1914

The Leopard's Foundling

as Wamba - a Native

1914

To Be Called For

as Silas Brown

1914

1914

The Livid Flame

as R. Hayes Burkhardt

1914

Rosemary, That's for Remembrance

as Mr. Greerson - Harvey's Father

1914

If I Were Young Again

as Museum Director Henshaw

1914

The Lure of the Windigo

as Hugo Le Clerq - Annette's Father

1914

Wade Brent Pays

as Lawyer Moreley

1915

Lassoing a Lion

as Uncle Paul

1915

His Fighting Blood

as Old McTrigger - Hope's Father

1915

The Red Blood of Courage

as Lieutenant Tavish

1915

The Guardian's Dilemma

as Old Man Cummings

1922

In the Days of Buffalo Bill

as Gen. Robert E. Lee

1915

The Fork in the Road

as The Innkeeper

1915

The Lion's Mate

as The Missionary

1915

The Octopus

as Harris Gordon

1915

1915

The Vengeance of Rannah

as General Craddock

1915

Young Love

as Professor Hunt

1915

A Jungle Revenge

as James Thorpe - Mabel's Father

1917

The Lad and the Lion

as James Bankington

1915

1932

Gold

as Jeff Sellers

1916

1916

Wives of the Rich

as Robert Baker

1932

Without Honor

as Ranger Captain Frank Henderson

1936

The Fugitive Sheriff

as Conductor (uncredited)

1934

1934

Next Of Kin

as Fred Winters

1924

Battling Brewster

as Roland Rand

1935

Coyote Trails

as John Baker

1935

The Drunkard

as Bartender

1936

Frontier Justice

as Old card player

1936

Roamin' Wild

as 'Dad' Parker

1935

The Hawk

as Jim King

1936

Santa Fe Bound

as Sheriff

1931

The Vanishing Legion

as T.J. Hornbeck

1931

The Galloping Ghost

as Narrator / Police Broadcaster

1935

Big Boy Rides Again

as Tap Smiley

1937

Mystery Range

as Jed Travis

1933

The Mystery Squadron

as Stephen Gray

1935

Rainbow Valley

as Storekeeper

1927

The Desert of the Lost

as Boat Captain (uncredited)

1932

1931

Red Fork Range

as Charles Farell / Colonel Leading Wagon Train

1933

Galloping Romeo

as Marshal Gregory

1935

The Test

as Dad McVey

1935

The Law of 45's

as Charlie Hayden (Joan's Father)

1935

1934

Hell Bent for Love

as Dad Daley

1927

Hell Hounds of the Plains

as Big John Lawson

1936

Lightnin' Bill Carson

as Don Costello

1935

The Girl Who Came Back

as Jim, the bank guard (uncredited)

1936

Last of the Warrens

as Sheriff Blake

1942

Inside the Law

as Pop Cobb

1934

City Park

as Matt O'Donnell

1935

1936

The Idaho Kid

as John Endicott

1937

1937

Brothers of the West

as Sheriff Bains

1937

Lost Ranch

as John Carroll

1934

1937

The Fighting Deputy

as Frank Denton

1938

1933

Deadwood Pass

as Sheriff Rawlins

1936

The Phantom Rider

as Jeff Grayson

1929

The King of the Kongo

as Trader John

1934

Frontier Days

as Hank Wilson

1930

The Lone Defender

as Sheriff Billings

1931

Grief Street

as Michael, theater watchman

1934

Honor of the Range

as Townsman (uncredited)

1931

The Lady from Nowhere

as Henchman Snowden

1931

1932

Tombstone Canyon

as Colonel Lee

1932

Mark of the Spur

as 'Hardshell' Beckett

1933

The Trail Drive

as Jameson

1933

Gun Justice

as Postmaster

1934

Port of Lost Dreams

as Justice of the Peace

1931

Alias: The Bad Man

as Clem Neville

1929

The California Mail

as William Butler

1928

The Upland Rider

as John Graham

1928

1931

The Two Gun Man

as Joe Kearney

1931

Range Law

as 'Old' Frisco

1932

Hell-Fire Austin

as Uncle Joe Brooks

1934

The Law of the Wild

as Charles Ingram [Chs. 1, 3, 12]

1930

Under Montana Skies

as Sheriff Pinkie

1935

The Cowboy and the Bandit

as Sheriff of Pampa

1934

1937

The Feud of the Trail

as John Granger

1934

The Curtain Falls

as Minor Role

1931

Partners of the Trail

as Sheriff McWade

1936

Custer's Last Stand

as Captain Benteen

1939

Convict's Code

as Night Watchman

1935

One in a Million

as 2nd License Clerk

1939

The Oregon Trail

as Settler (archive footage)

1935

Northern Frontier

as Old Trapper

1933

Jaws of Justice

as 'Seeker' Dean

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)

1932

1933

Gordon of Ghost City

as Bill Simpson

1939

Heroes in Blue

as Watchman

1935

Gun Smoke

as Sheriff Rutherford

1933

Under Secret Orders

as Franklyn Lawrence

1935

1937

The Rangers Step In

as Jed Warren

1935

Wolf Riders

as John Clark - Indian Agent

1936

The Kid Ranger

as Jim Burton

1934

Lighting Bill

as Tom Ross

1934

Western Justice

as Sheriff / King

1940

The Cheyenne Kid

as Roberts--Ranch Owner

1938

Rolling Caravans

as Henry Rankin

1936

For the Service

as Rancher Johnson (uncredited)

1931

West of Cheyenne

as Lafe Langdon

1932

The Secrets of Wu Sin

as Justice of the Peace

1932

Beauty Parlor

as Reverend Parker

1929

Evangeline

as Townsman

1940

1938

Stagecoach Days

as Tom Larkin

1935

What Price Crime

as Night Watchman (uncredited)

1934

Rawhide Mail

as Sheriff

1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

1934

1940

Music in My Heart

as Tom - Stage Doorman (uncredited)

1937

1940

Covered Wagon Trails

as John Bradford

1935

Blazing Guns

as John Rickard

1932

Ride Him, Cowboy

as Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited)

1940

Bad Man from Red Butte

as Dan Toddhunter

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as Minister (uncredited)

1933

Lightning Range

as Judge Williams

1934

Rawhide Romance

as Roger Whitney

1936

1913

A Loyal Deserter

as Col. Colfax

1937

Melody of the Plains

as Dad Langley

1940

Young People

as Man in recital audience

1913

Thor, Lord of the Jungles

as John Brant - Gene's Father

1935

Men of Action

as Rancher

1931

The Gay Buckaroo

as Mr. Fields

1928

Freckles

as Duncan

1936

Silly Billies

as Pioneer

1940

Pioneer Days

as Sam - Express Agent

1940

Pioneers of the Frontier

as Mort Saunders

1919

The Hoodlum

as Board of Directors (uncredited)

1933

Golden Harvest

as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

1932

Young Blood

as Colonel Bondage

1933

The Whispering Shadow

as Prince Alexander, alias Mr. Jerome

1933

1935

Rustlers of Red Dog

as Bob Lee [Chs. 1-3]

1935

The Desert Trail

as Poker City Sheriff

1918

Little Orphant Annie

as The Good Squire

1927

Daring Deeds

as John Courtney

1936

Men of the Plains

as Marshal Ed Green

1933

The Dude Bandit

as Brown - Rancher

1944

Wells Fargo Days

as Pop Lyman

1930

1935

Kid Courageous

as William Bannister

1940

Wild Horse Valley

as Elmer Kimball

1933

Cross Fire

as Daniel Plummer

1925

Sporting Life

as Stage Doorman (uncredited)

1934

Blue Steel

as Dan Mason

1938

I'm from the City

as Colonel Bixby

1931

The Miracle Woman

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

1925

The Power God

as Prof. Daniel Sturgess

1943

Mission to Moscow

as Radio Listener (uncredited)

1943

Kid Dynamite

as Pedestrian

1936

Easy Money

as Henchman "Pop"

1926

Officer '444'

as Capt. Jerry Dugan

1926

1925

On the Go

as Mr. Hall

1924

The Eagle's Claw

as John Sherwood

1928

Manhattan Cowboy

as John Steel

1933

Only Yesterday

as Father at Train Station (Uncredited)

1936

Dangerous Waters

as Old Skipper (uncredited)

1933

Riders of Destiny

as Sheriff Bill Baxter

1934

Range Warfare

as Wade Callahan

1932

The Riding Tornado

as Hiram Olcott

1931

The Fighting Marshal

as Clint Wheeler

1932

1932

End of the Trail

as Colonel John Burke

1936

Step on It

as Captain Bradshaw

1935

The Ivory-Handled Gun

as Sheriff Crane

1938

Gold Is Where You Find It

as Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)

1932

Gorilla Ship

as Old Man (uncredited)

1924

Bringin' Home the Bacon

as Judge Simpson

1935

1934

Ridin' Thru

as Elmer 'Dad' Brooks

1932

The Spirit of the West

as Bowie Moore - Rancher

1940

Son of Roaring Dan

as Frank Brooke

1925

Warrior Gap

as John Folsom

1935

Swifty

as Sandy McGregor

1932

The Fighting Champ

as Sheriff Jim Cosgrove

1913

The Sands of Time

as Father Time

1932

Self Defense

as Sandy McKenzie

1932

Klondike

as Seth

1933

Fighting Texans

as Sheriff Jim Carver

1934

The Man from Utah

as Judge Carter

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The Bonanza Buckaroo

as Mr. Andrew Gordon

1922

Silver Spurs

as Jerry Regan

1916

The Ancient Blood

as Harry Ralston

1935

Circumstantial Evidence

as Jury Foreman (uncredited)

1931

Hell's Valley

as Don Flores

1924

Mile-a-Minute Morgan

as Chester Jennings

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