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