Lafe McKee
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1872-01-22
Day of Death
1959-08-10 (87 years old)
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.
Known For
Acting
The Bonanza Buckaroo
as Mr. Andrew Gordon
(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)
When the Daltons Rode
as Doctor
(1940)
Music in My Heart
as Tom - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
(1940)
Son of Roaring Dan
as Frank Brooke
(1940)
Young People
as Man in recital audience
(1940)
Bad Man from Red Butte
as Dan Toddhunter
(1940)
Pioneers of the Frontier
as Mort Saunders
(1940)
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
as Grandpa
(1940)
The Cheyenne Kid
as Roberts--Ranch Owner
(1940)
Pioneer Days
as Sam - Express Agent
(1940)
Wild Horse Valley
as Elmer Kimball
(1940)
Riders of Pasco Basin
as Uncle Dan
(1940)
Covered Wagon Trails
as John Bradford
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)
(1939)
Heroes in Blue
as Watchman
(1939)
The Oregon Trail
as Settler (archive footage)
(1939)
Convict's Code
as Night Watchman
(1939)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Townsman
(1938)
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
(1938)
Six Shootin' Sheriff
as Zeke
(1938)
Rolling Caravans
as Henry Rankin
(1938)
Knight of the Plains
as John Lane
(1938)
I'm from the City
as Colonel Bixby
(1938)
Stagecoach Days
as Tom Larkin
(1937)
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
as Tom Wilson
(1937)
The Feud of the Trail
as John Granger
(1937)
Law of the Ranger
as Mr. Polk
(1937)
North of the Rio Grande
as Juror Joe
(1937)
Santa Fe Rides
as 'Dad' Sheldon
(1937)
Mystery Range
as Jed Travis
(1937)
Melody of the Plains
as Dad Langley
(1937)
Brothers of the West
as Sheriff Bains
(1937)
The Fighting Deputy
as Frank Denton
(1937)
The Rangers Step In
as Jed Warren
(1937)
Lost Ranch
as John Carroll
(1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)
(1936)
Easy Money
as Henchman "Pop"
(1936)
The Bridge of Sighs
as Lester - Taffy Peddler (uncredited)
(1936)
Last of the Warrens
as Sheriff Blake
(1936)
For the Service
as Rancher Johnson (uncredited)
(1936)
Dangerous Waters
as Old Skipper (uncredited)
(1936)
Santa Fe Bound
as Sheriff
(1936)
The Phantom Rider
as Jeff Grayson
(1936)
Silly Billies
as Pioneer
(1936)
Men of the Plains
as Marshal Ed Green
(1936)
The Idaho Kid
as John Endicott
(1936)
The Kid Ranger
as Jim Burton
(1936)
Custer's Last Stand
as Captain Benteen
(1936)
Lightnin' Bill Carson
as Don Costello
(1936)
Step on It
as Captain Bradshaw
(1936)
The Fugitive Sheriff
as Conductor (uncredited)
(1936)
Frontier Justice
as Old card player
(1936)
The Cowboy and the Kid
as Sheriff Bailey
(1936)
The Mysterious Avenger
as Maitland
(1936)
Roamin' Wild
as 'Dad' Parker
(1935)
Rainbow Valley
as Storekeeper
(1935)
What Price Crime
as Night Watchman (uncredited)
(1935)
The Desert Trail
as Poker City Sheriff
(1935)
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Bob Lee [Chs. 1-3]
(1935)
Rio Rattler
as Pop - Hotel Owner
(1935)
The Keeper of the Bees
as Dr. Grayson
(1935)
The Hawk
as Jim King
(1935)
The Last of the Clintons
as Sam Slater
(1935)
The Girl Who Came Back
as Jim, the bank guard (uncredited)
(1935)
The Silver Bullet
as Dad Kane
(1935)
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Sheriff of Pampa
(1935)
Queen of the Jungle
as Kali
(1935)
The Test
as Dad McVey
(1935)
Thunderbolt
as Tom
(1935)
Circumstantial Evidence
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
(1935)
Northern Frontier
as Old Trapper
(1935)
Coyote Trails
as John Baker
(1935)
One in a Million
as 2nd License Clerk
(1935)
Blazing Guns
as John Rickard
(1935)
The Ghost Rider
as Zeke
(1935)
Tracy Rides
as Jim Green
(1935)
The Ivory-Handled Gun
as Sheriff Crane
(1935)
Men of Action
as Rancher
(1935)
Wolf Riders
as John Clark - Indian Agent
(1935)
The Drunkard
as Bartender
(1935)
Kid Courageous
as William Bannister
(1935)
The Law of 45's
as Charlie Hayden (Joan's Father)
(1935)
Big Boy Rides Again
as Tap Smiley
(1935)
Gun Smoke
as Sheriff Rutherford
(1935)
Swifty
as Sandy McGregor
(1935)
On the Run
as Sheriff
(1934)
Blue Steel
as Dan Mason
(1934)
The Man from Utah
as Judge Carter
(1934)
West of the Divide
as Fred Winters
(1934)
Frontier Days
as Hank Wilson
(1934)
The Curtain Falls
as Minor Role
(1934)
Hell Bent for Love
as Dad Daley
(1934)
Honor of the Range
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1934)
City Park
as Matt O'Donnell
(1934)
A Demon for Trouble
as Sheriff
(1934)
Bandits of the Badlands
as Dan Mason
(1934)
Port of Lost Dreams
as Justice of the Peace
(1934)
The Quitter
as Zack
(1934)
Range Warfare
as Wade Callahan
(1934)
The Law of the Wild
as Charles Ingram [Chs. 1, 3, 12]
(1934)
The Boss Cowboy
as Nolan
(1934)
Rawhide Mail
as Sheriff
(1934)
Fighting Fury
as Sheriff Ed Hibbs
(1934)
Western Justice
as Sheriff / King
(1934)
Ridin' Thru
as Elmer 'Dad' Brooks
(1934)
Lighting Bill
as Tom Ross
(1934)
The Fighting Trooper
as Old Trapper
(1934)
Riding Speed
as John Vale (as Lafayette McKee)
(1934)
Rawhide Romance
as Roger Whitney
(1934)
Next Of Kin
as Fred Winters
(1933)
Riders of Destiny
as Sheriff Bill Baxter
(1933)
Only Yesterday
as Father at Train Station (Uncredited)
(1933)
The Telegraph Trail
as Lafe
(1933)
Golden Harvest
as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
(1933)
The Mystery Squadron
as Stephen Gray
(1933)
(1933)
King of the Arena
as Townsman
(1933)
Cross Fire
as Daniel Plummer
(1933)
Under Secret Orders
as Franklyn Lawrence
(1933)
Fighting With Kit Carson
as Luke Foster
(1933)
The Man from Monterey
as Don Jose Castanares
(1933)
Galloping Romeo
as Marshal Gregory
(1933)
Jaws of Justice
as 'Seeker' Dean
(1933)
Deadwood Pass
as Sheriff Rawlins
(1933)
Lightning Range
as Judge Williams
(1933)
Fighting Texans
as Sheriff Jim Carver
(1933)
War of the Range
as Cattle Buyer Cartwright
(1933)
Gun Justice
as Postmaster
(1933)
Terror Trail
as Shay
(1933)
The Whispering Shadow
as Prince Alexander, alias Mr. Jerome
(1933)
Gordon of Ghost City
as Bill Simpson
(1933)
The Trail Drive
as Jameson
(1933)
The Dude Bandit
as Brown - Rancher
(1932)
The Big Stampede
as Cal Brett
(1932)
Ride Him, Cowboy
as Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited)
(1932)
The Riding Tornado
as Hiram Olcott
(1932)
Tombstone Canyon
as Colonel Lee
(1932)
The Man from New Mexico
as Sheriff
(1932)
End of the Trail
as Colonel John Burke
(1932)
Self Defense
as Sandy McKenzie
(1932)
Hello Trouble
as Sheriff Joe Edwards
(1932)
Mark of the Spur
as 'Hardshell' Beckett
(1932)
Gorilla Ship
as Old Man (uncredited)
(1932)
Hell-Fire Austin
as Uncle Joe Brooks
(1932)
Without Honor
as Ranger Captain Frank Henderson
(1932)
Gold
as Jeff Sellers
(1932)
Young Blood
as Colonel Bondage
(1932)
Klondike
as Seth
(1932)
The Boiling Point
as Tom Kirk
(1932)
The Fighting Champ
as Sheriff Jim Cosgrove
(1932)
Heroes of the West
as Townsman
(1932)
The Spirit of the West
as Bowie Moore - Rancher
(1932)
The Secrets of Wu Sin
as Justice of the Peace
(1932)
The Texan
as Jim
(1932)
Fighting for Justice
as Sam Tracy
(1932)
Beauty Parlor
as Reverend Parker
(1931)
The Miracle Woman
as Man in Audience (uncredited)
(1931)
The Galloping Ghost
as Narrator / Police Broadcaster
(1931)
West of Cheyenne
as Lafe Langdon
(1931)
Range Law
as 'Old' Frisco
(1931)
Alias: The Bad Man
as Clem Neville
(1931)
The Hurricane Horseman
as Don Roberto
(1931)
The Vanishing Legion
as T.J. Hornbeck
(1931)
(1931)
The Fighting Marshal
as Clint Wheeler
(1931)
Neck and Neck
as Col. Rickson
(1931)
The Lightning Warrior
as John Hayden
(1931)
Grief Street
as Michael, theater watchman
(1931)
The Two Gun Man
as Joe Kearney
(1931)
The Gay Buckaroo
as Mr. Fields
(1931)
Partners of the Trail
as Sheriff McWade
(1931)
The Lady from Nowhere
as Henchman Snowden
(1931)
Red Fork Range
as Charles Farell / Colonel Leading Wagon Train
(1931)
Hell's Valley
as Don Flores
(1930)
The Cheyenne Kid
as Dad Thorpe
(1930)
Near the Rainbow's End
as Tom Bledsoe
(1930)
Breed of the West
as Colonel Sterner - aka Bradley
(1930)
Under Montana Skies
as Sheriff Pinkie
(1930)
The Lone Rider
as Corwin (uncredited)
(1930)
The Utah Kid
as Parson Joe
(1930)
The Lone Defender
as Sheriff Billings
(1930)
Code of Honor
as Dad Bradfield
(1929)
Evangeline
as Townsman
(1929)
The California Mail
as William Butler
(1929)
The King of the Kongo
as Trader John
(1929)
The Amazing Vagabond
as Phil Dunning
(1928)
(1928)
The Riding Renegade
as Sheriff Jim Taylor
(1928)
The Code of the Scarlet
as Fur Trapper
(1928)
Manhattan Cowboy
as John Steel
(1928)
(1928)
The Upland Rider
as John Graham
(1928)
(1928)
Freckles
as Duncan
(1927)
Daring Deeds
as John Courtney
(1927)
The Ridin' Rowdy
as Doc
(1927)
The Desert of the Lost
as Boat Captain (uncredited)
(1927)
Riding to Fame
as Dr. Lorentz
(1927)
Hell Hounds of the Plains
as Big John Lawson
(1926)
A String of Diamonds
as J. Tiffany Van Den Akar
(1926)
Fangs of Vengeance
as Abner Swaybe
(1926)
Dog of Dogs
as John Harlan
(1926)
Officer '444'
as Capt. Jerry Dugan
(1926)
Dog Scents
as Sheriff
(1926)
The Man from Oklahoma
as Rufus King
(1925)
Kit Carson Over the Great Divide
as Sandy McLeod
(1925)
The Power God
as Prof. Daniel Sturgess
(1925)
Sporting Life
as Stage Doorman (uncredited)
(1925)
On the Go
as Mr. Hall
(1925)
Warrior Gap
as John Folsom
(1925)
A Desperate Chance
as Fred Forman
(1925)
The Mystery Box
as Judd Hampton
(1924)
Bringin' Home the Bacon
as Judge Simpson
(1924)
Thundering Romance
as The Sheriff
(1924)
The Eagle's Claw
as John Sherwood
(1924)
(1924)
Battling Brewster
as Roland Rand
(1924)
Mile-a-Minute Morgan
as Chester Jennings
(1923)
(1923)
(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)
The Adventures of Kathlyn
as Colonel Hare
(1916)
Wives of the Rich
as Robert Baker
(1916)
The Ancient Blood
as Harry Ralston
(1915)
(1915)
The Man with the Iron Heart
as Doyle
(1915)
(1915)
The Jungle Stockade
as Robert Barker - Missionary
(1915)
(1915)
In the King's Service
as Antoine
(1915)
(1915)
(1915)
The Red Blood of Courage
as Lieutenant Tavish
(1915)
The Octopus
as Harris Gordon
(1915)
How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell
as Jim McFarlin
(1915)
The Fork in the Road
as The Innkeeper
(1915)
The Lion's Mate
as The Missionary
(1915)
The Baby and the Leopard
as Fred Herman
(1915)
Lassoing a Lion
as Uncle Paul
(1915)
The Vengeance of Rannah
as General Craddock
(1915)
Young Love
as Professor Hunt
(1915)
A Jungle Revenge
as James Thorpe - Mabel's Father
(1915)
(1915)
The Guardian's Dilemma
as Old Man Cummings
(1915)
The Two Natures Within Him
as Dr. Bishop
(1915)
His Fighting Blood
as Old McTrigger - Hope's Father
(1914)
The Forged Parchment
as Colonel Hare
(1914)
The Royal Slave
as Colonel Hare
(1914)
The Leopard's Foundling
as Wamba - a Native
(1914)
(1914)
To Be Called For
as Silas Brown
(1914)
Rosemary, That's for Remembrance
as Mr. Greerson - Harvey's Father
(1914)
The Cruel Crown
as Colonel Hare
(1914)
(1914)
The Garden of Brides
as Colonel Hare
(1914)
A Colonel in Chains
as Colonel Hare
(1914)
Three Bags of Silver
as Colonel Hare (as Lafayette McKee)
(1914)
(1914)
The Two Ordeals
as Colonel Hare
(1914)
(1914)
The Livid Flame
as R. Hayes Burkhardt
(1914)
The Warrior Maid
as Colonel Hare
(1914)
The Spellbound Multitude
as Colonel Hare
(1914)
The King's Will
as Colonel Hare
(1914)
Wade Brent Pays
as Lawyer Moreley
(1914)
(1914)
If I Were Young Again
as Museum Director Henshaw
(1914)
The Lure of the Windigo
as Hugo Le Clerq - Annette's Father
(1913)
Thor, Lord of the Jungles
as John Brant - Gene's Father
(1913)
The Fifth String
as Satan
(1913)
The Adventures of Kathlyn
as Col. Hare
(1913)
A Jolt for the Janitor
as Mr. Big Family
(1913)
The Post-Impressionists
as George Wilton - Dorothy's Father
(1913)
When May Weds December
as The Banker's Butler
(1913)
The Water Rat
as Watson
(1913)
The Suwanee River
as The Overseer of the Plantation
(1913)
Granny's Old Armchair
as Simon Willard
(1913)
The Lesson
as Murphy
(1913)
The Gold Brick
as Percy Hall
(1913)
The Finger Print
as Dabney - a Crook
(1913)
Roses of Yesterday
as John Ralston
(1913)
Her Way
as Burke - Gates' Brother
(1913)
The Understudy
as Ben Rosenthal - the Manager
(1913)
Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy
as Gen. John Morgan
(1913)
The Open Door
as Mark Boland
(1913)
The Unwelcome Throne
as Colonel Hare
(1913)
A Change of Administration
as John Marshall - Secretary of War
(1913)
The Devil and Tom Walker
as Old Briggs
(1913)
A Husband Won by Election
as A Gangster
(1913)
Through Another Man's Eyes
as Edward Elder - Wallace's Uncle
(1913)
Papa's Dream
as Parson Stanley
(1913)
Dixieland
as The Federal Captain
(1913)
The Cipher Message
as Detective Donald Bryce
(1913)
The Sands of Time
as Father Time
(1913)
Sweeney's Dream
as The Mayor
(1913)
A Loyal Deserter
as Col. Colfax
(1913)
The False Order
as Norman Black - the Telegraph Operator - Jack's Rival
(1912)
Bread Upon the Waters
as Mr. James Preston
(1912)
The Three Valises
as Pittsburg Sam - the Burglar
(1912)
A Detective's Strategy
as Edwin Randall - the Detective
(1912)
Her Bitter Lesson
as Old Jasper Floyd - Aurora's Father
(1912)
The Lost Inheritance
as Mr. Bawn - Molly's Father
(1912)
How the 'Duke of Leisure' Reached His Winter Home
as 2nd Policeman
(1912)
All on Account of Checkers
as Sam - a Fireman
(1912)
The House of His Master
as Gray - Robert's Friend
(1912)
The Awakening
as John Johnson
(1912)
Betty Fools Dear Old Dad
as Betty's Dad
(1912)
The Wreck of the Vega
as Ed Nobles
(1912)
The Fire Cop
as Mr. Wilson