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