Acting

Lafe McKee

Born 1872-01-22

Morrison, Illinois, USA

Department: 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.

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

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Santa Fe Trail

1940

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The Miracle Woman

1931

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Blue Steel

1934

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Riders of Destiny

1933

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West of the Divide

1934

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The Man from Utah

1934

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The Desert Trail

1935

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Rainbow Valley

1935

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (336 titles)

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