Portrait of Lafe McKee

Lafe McKee

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.

Born: January 22, 1872

Place of Birth: Morrison, Illinois, USA

Filmography

1944
Wells Fargo Days

as Pop Lyman

1943
Mission to Moscow

as Radio Listener (uncredited)

1943
Kid Dynamite

as Pedestrian

1942
Inside the Law

as Pop Cobb

1940
Santa Fe Trail

as Minister (uncredited)

1940
Young People

as Man in recital audience

1940
Son of Roaring Dan

as Frank Brooke

1940
Bad Man from Red Butte

as Dan Toddhunter

1940
Covered Wagon Trails

as John Bradford

1940
1940
Wild Horse Valley

as Elmer Kimball

1940
The Cheyenne Kid

as Roberts--Ranch Owner

1940
Pioneers of the Frontier

as Mort Saunders

1940
Pioneer Days

as Sam - Express Agent

1940
Music in My Heart

as Tom - Stage Doorman (uncredited)

1939
Heroes in Blue

as Watchman

1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)

1939
The Oregon Trail

as Settler (archive footage)

1939
Convict's Code

as Night Watchman

1938
I'm from the City

as Colonel Bixby

1938
Stagecoach Days

as Tom Larkin

1938
1938
Rolling Caravans

as Henry Rankin

1938
Gold Is Where You Find It

as Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)

1937
The Fighting Deputy

as Frank Denton

1937
The Rangers Step In

as Jed Warren

1937
Lost Ranch

as John Carroll

1937
Brothers of the West

as Sheriff Bains

1937
1937
1937
Mystery Range

as Jed Travis

1937
Melody of the Plains

as Dad Langley

1937
The Feud of the Trail

as John Granger

1937
Santa Fe Rides

as 'Dad' Sheldon

1936
The Fugitive Sheriff

as Conductor (uncredited)

1936
Frontier Justice

as Old card player

1936
Men of the Plains

as Marshal Ed Green

1936
Santa Fe Bound

as Sheriff

1936
The Idaho Kid

as John Endicott

1936
The Phantom Rider

as Jeff Grayson

1936
The Cowboy and the Kid

as Sheriff Bailey

1936
Easy Money

as Henchman "Pop"

1936
For the Service

as Rancher Johnson (uncredited)

1936
Last of the Warrens

as Sheriff Blake

1936
Roamin' Wild

as 'Dad' Parker

1936
Lightnin' Bill Carson

as Don Costello

1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

1936
Silly Billies

as Pioneer

1936
The Bridge of Sighs

as Lester - Taffy Peddler (uncredited)

1936
Dangerous Waters

as Old Skipper (uncredited)

1936
The Kid Ranger

as Jim Burton

1936
1936
Custer's Last Stand

as Captain Benteen

1936
Step on It

as Captain Bradshaw

1935
1935
Swifty

as Sandy McGregor

1935
The Law of 45's

as Charlie Hayden (Joan's Father)

1935
1935
The Ivory-Handled Gun

as Sheriff Crane

1935
The Girl Who Came Back

as Jim, the bank guard (uncredited)

1935
Rio Rattler

as Pop - Hotel Owner

1935
1935
Men of Action

as Rancher

1935
What Price Crime

as Night Watchman (uncredited)

1935
The Hawk

as Jim King

1935
1935
The Test

as Dad McVey

1935
Gun Smoke

as Sheriff Rutherford

1935
On the Run

as Sheriff

1935
The Desert Trail

as Poker City Sheriff

1935
1935
The Drunkard

as Bartender

1935
The Cowboy and the Bandit

as Sheriff of Pampa

1935
Circumstantial Evidence

as Jury Foreman (uncredited)

1935
One in a Million

as 2nd License Clerk

1935
Rainbow Valley

as Storekeeper

1935
Tracy Rides

as Jim Green

1935
Blazing Guns

as John Rickard

1935
Kid Courageous

as William Bannister

1935
Wolf Riders

as John Clark - Indian Agent

1935
Coyote Trails

as John Baker

1935
Northern Frontier

as Old Trapper

1935
Big Boy Rides Again

as Tap Smiley

1935
Rustlers of Red Dog

as Bob Lee [Chs. 1-3]

1934
Western Justice

as Sheriff / King

1934
Range Warfare

as Wade Callahan

1934
Frontier Days

as Hank Wilson

1934
The Fighting Trooper

as Old Trapper

1934
Fighting Fury

as Sheriff Ed Hibbs

1934
Port of Lost Dreams

as Justice of the Peace

1934
The Curtain Falls

as Minor Role

1934
The Law of the Wild

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

1934
1934
Rawhide Mail

as Sheriff

1934
1934
Next Of Kin

as Fred Winters

1934
Hell Bent for Love

as Dad Daley

1934
The Man from Utah

as Judge Carter

1934
Blue Steel

as Dan Mason

1934
City Park

as Matt O'Donnell

1934
Honor of the Range

as Townsman (uncredited)

1934
Rawhide Romance

as Roger Whitney

1934
Ridin' Thru

as Elmer 'Dad' Brooks

1934
Riding Speed

as John Vale (as Lafayette McKee)

1934
West of the Divide

as Fred Winters

1934
1934
1933
The Mystery Squadron

as Stephen Gray

1933
Gun Justice

as Postmaster

1933
Jaws of Justice

as 'Seeker' Dean

1933
Lightning Range

as Judge Williams

1933
Only Yesterday

as Father at Train Station (Uncredited)

1933
Riders of Destiny

as Sheriff Bill Baxter

1933
Golden Harvest

as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

1933
War of the Range

as Cattle Buyer Cartwright

1933
The Trail Drive

as Jameson

1933
Gordon of Ghost City

as Bill Simpson

1933
Galloping Romeo

as Marshal Gregory

1933
The Man from Monterey

as Don Jose Castanares

1933
1933
Fighting Texans

as Sheriff Jim Carver

1933
1933
Cross Fire

as Daniel Plummer

1933
Deadwood Pass

as Sheriff Rawlins

1933
The Whispering Shadow

as Prince Alexander, alias Mr. Jerome

1933
The Dude Bandit

as Brown - Rancher

1933
1932
Tombstone Canyon

as Colonel Lee

1932
End of the Trail

as Colonel John Burke

1932
The Secrets of Wu Sin

as Justice of the Peace

1932
The Fighting Champ

as Sheriff Jim Cosgrove

1932
Self Defense

as Sandy McKenzie

1932
Young Blood

as Colonel Bondage

1932
The Big Stampede

as Cal Brett

1932
Gold

as Jeff Sellers

1932
Klondike

as Seth

1932
1932
Ride Him, Cowboy

as Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited)

1932
Gorilla Ship

as Old Man (uncredited)

1932
Hello Trouble

as Sheriff Joe Edwards

1932
1932
1932
Beauty Parlor

as Reverend Parker

1932
The Riding Tornado

as Hiram Olcott

1932
Hell-Fire Austin

as Uncle Joe Brooks

1932
The Spirit of the West

as Bowie Moore - Rancher

1932
Mark of the Spur

as 'Hardshell' Beckett

1932
The Texan

as Jim

1932
Without Honor

as Ranger Captain Frank Henderson

1931
The Gay Buckaroo

as Mr. Fields

1931
The Fighting Marshal

as Clint Wheeler

1931
Neck and Neck

as Col. Rickson

1931
The Lightning Warrior

as John Hayden

1931
1931
Range Law

as 'Old' Frisco

1931
Grief Street

as Michael, theater watchman

1931
The Galloping Ghost

as Narrator / Police Broadcaster

1931
The Lady from Nowhere

as Henchman Snowden

1931
Partners of the Trail

as Sheriff McWade

1931
The Miracle Woman

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

1931
Alias: The Bad Man

as Clem Neville

1931
The Vanishing Legion

as T.J. Hornbeck

1931
The Two Gun Man

as Joe Kearney

1931
West of Cheyenne

as Lafe Langdon

1931
Red Fork Range

as Charles Farell / Colonel Leading Wagon Train

1930
Breed of the West

as Colonel Sterner - aka Bradley

1930
The Utah Kid

as Parson Joe

1930
Code of Honor

as Dad Bradfield

1930
Under Montana Skies

as Sheriff Pinkie

1930
The Lone Rider

as Corwin (uncredited)

1930
1930
The Cheyenne Kid

as Dad Thorpe

1930
The Lone Defender

as Sheriff Billings

1929
The King of the Kongo

as Trader John

1929
Evangeline

as Townsman

1929
The Amazing Vagabond

as Phil Dunning

1929
The California Mail

as William Butler

1928
Manhattan Cowboy

as John Steel

1928
1928
The Upland Rider

as John Graham

1928
Freckles

as Duncan

1928
The Riding Renegade

as Sheriff Jim Taylor

1927
The Desert of the Lost

as Boat Captain (uncredited)

1927
Hell Hounds of the Plains

as Big John Lawson

1927
Daring Deeds

as John Courtney

1926
Dog of Dogs

as John Harlan

1926
1926
Dog Scents

as Sheriff

1926
Fangs of Vengeance

as Abner Swaybe

1926
Officer '444'

as Capt. Jerry Dugan

1926
A String of Diamonds

as J. Tiffany Van Den Akar

1925
Sporting Life

as Stage Doorman (uncredited)

1925
Pursued

as District Attorney

1925
The Human Tornado

as Peter Daley

1925
The Mystery Box

as Judd Hampton

1925
The Power God

as Prof. Daniel Sturgess

1925
Warrior Gap

as John Folsom

1924
Thundering Romance

as The Sheriff

1924
Battling Brewster

as Roland Rand

1924
Bringin' Home the Bacon

as Judge Simpson

1924
The Eagle's Claw

as John Sherwood

1922
In the Days of Buffalo Bill

as Gen. Robert E. Lee

1922
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

1917
The Lad and the Lion

as James Bankington

1916
1914
Rosemary, That's for Remembrance

as Mr. Greerson - Harvey's Father

1914
The Leopard's Foundling

as Wamba - a Native

1914
The King's Will

as Colonel Hare

1914
The Forged Parchment

as Colonel Hare

1914
The Warrior Maid

as Colonel Hare

1914
1914
The Cruel Crown

as Colonel Hare

1914
Three Bags of Silver

as Colonel Hare (as Lafayette McKee)

1914
A Colonel in Chains

as Colonel Hare

1914
The Two Ordeals

as Colonel Hare

1913
The Unwelcome Throne

as Colonel Hare

1913
The Open Door

as Mark Boland

1913
Thor, Lord of the Jungles

as John Brant - Gene's Father

1913
When May Weds December

as The Banker's Butler

1913
The Finger Print

as Dabney - a Crook

1913
1913
Her Way

as Burke - Gates' Brother

1913
The Water Rat

as Watson

1913
1913
Granny's Old Armchair

as Simon Willard

1913
Sweeney's Dream

as The Mayor

1913
Papa's Dream

as Parson Stanley

1913
The Gold Brick

as Percy Hall

1913
A Jolt for the Janitor

as Mr. Big Family

1913
The Suwanee River

as The Overseer of the Plantation

1913
Roses of Yesterday

as John Ralston

1913
Dixieland

as The Federal Captain

1913
A Change of Administration

as John Marshall - Secretary of War

1913
The Sands of Time

as Father Time

1913
1913
The Understudy

as Ben Rosenthal - the Manager

1913
The Lesson

as Murphy

1913
The False Order

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

1913
A Loyal Deserter

as Col. Colfax

1912
The Fire Cop

as Mr. Wilson

1912
Her Bitter Lesson

as Old Jasper Floyd - Aurora's Father

1912
The Awakening

as John Johnson

1912
Bread Upon the Waters

as Mr. James Preston

1912
A Detective's Strategy

as Edwin Randall - the Detective

1912
The House of His Master

as Gray - Robert's Friend

1912
1912
1912
The Three Valises

as Pittsburg Sam - the Burglar