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Lafe McKee
Lafe McKee

Lafe McKee

ActingBorn January 22, 1872Died August 10, 1959 (age 87)Morrison, Illinois, USA

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.

Filmography

1944
Wells Fargo Days

as Pop Lyman

Movie
1943
Mission to Moscow

as Radio Listener (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Kid Dynamite

as Pedestrian

Movie
1942
Inside the Law

as Pop Cobb

Movie
1940
Santa Fe Trail

as Minister (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Young People

as Man in recital audience

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Son of Roaring Dan

as Frank Brooke

Movie
1940
Bad Man from Red Butte

as Dan Toddhunter

Movie
1940
Covered Wagon Trails

as John Bradford

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Wild Horse Valley

as Elmer Kimball

Movie
1940
The Cheyenne Kid

as Roberts--Ranch Owner

Movie
1940
Pioneers of the Frontier

as Mort Saunders

Movie
1940
Pioneer Days

as Sam - Express Agent

Movie
1940
Music in My Heart

as Tom - Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Heroes in Blue

as Watchman

Movie
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)

Movie
1939
The Oregon Trail

as Settler (archive footage)

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Convict's Code

as Night Watchman

Movie
1938
I'm from the City

as Colonel Bixby

Movie
1938
South of Arizona

as Lafe Brown

Movie
1938
Stagecoach Days

as Tom Larkin

Movie
1938Movie
1938Movie
1938
Rolling Caravans

as Henry Rankin

Movie
1938
Gold Is Where You Find It

as Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)

Movie
1937
The Fighting Deputy

as Frank Denton

Movie
1937
The Rangers Step In

as Jed Warren

Movie
1937
Lost Ranch

as John Carroll

Movie
1937
Brothers of the West

as Sheriff Bains

Movie
1937Movie
1937Movie
1937
Mystery Range

as Jed Travis

Movie
1937
Melody of the Plains

as Dad Langley

Movie
1937
The Feud of the Trail

as John Granger

Movie
1937
Santa Fe Rides

as 'Dad' Sheldon

Movie
1936
The Fugitive Sheriff

as Conductor (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Frontier Justice

as Old card player

Movie
1936
Men of the Plains

as Marshal Ed Green

Movie
1936
Santa Fe Bound

as Sheriff

Movie
1936
The Idaho Kid

as John Endicott

Movie
1936
The Phantom Rider

as Jeff Grayson

Movie
1936
The Cowboy and the Kid

as Sheriff Bailey

Movie
1936
Easy Money

as Henchman "Pop"

Movie
1936
For the Service

as Rancher Johnson (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Last of the Warrens

as Sheriff Blake

Movie
1936
Roamin' Wild

as 'Dad' Parker

Movie
1936
Lightnin' Bill Carson

as Don Costello

Movie
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Silly Billies

as Pioneer

Movie
1936
The Bridge of Sighs

as Lester - Taffy Peddler (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Dangerous Waters

as Old Skipper (uncredited)

Movie
1936
The Kid Ranger

as Jim Burton

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Custer's Last Stand

as Captain Benteen

Movie
1936
Step on It

as Captain Bradshaw

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Swifty

as Sandy McGregor

Movie
1935
The Law of 45's

as Charlie Hayden (Joan's Father)

Movie
1935Movie
1935
The Ivory-Handled Gun

as Sheriff Crane

Movie
1935
The Girl Who Came Back

as Jim, the bank guard (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Rio Rattler

as Pop - Hotel Owner

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Men of Action

as Rancher

Movie
1935
What Price Crime

as Night Watchman (uncredited)

Movie
1935
The Hawk

as Jim King

Movie
1935Movie
1935
The Test

as Dad McVey

Movie
1935
Gun Smoke

as Sheriff Rutherford

Movie
1935
On the Run

as Sheriff

Movie
1935
The Desert Trail

as Poker City Sheriff

Movie
1935Movie
1935Movie
1935
The Drunkard

as Bartender

Movie
1935
The Cowboy and the Bandit

as Sheriff of Pampa

Movie
1935
Circumstantial Evidence

as Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Movie
1935
One in a Million

as 2nd License Clerk

Movie
1935
Rainbow Valley

as Storekeeper

Movie
1935
Tracy Rides

as Jim Green

Movie
1935
The Marriage Bargain

as Squire Davis

Movie
1935
Blazing Guns

as John Rickard

Movie
1935
Wolf Riders

as John Clark - Indian Agent

Movie
1935
Kid Courageous

as William Bannister

Movie
1935
Coyote Trails

as John Baker

Movie
1935
Northern Frontier

as Old Trapper

Movie
1935
Big Boy Rides Again

as Tap Smiley

Movie
1935
Rustlers of Red Dog

as Bob Lee [Chs. 1-3]

Movie
1934
Western Justice

as Sheriff / King

Movie
1934
Range Warfare

as Wade Callahan

Movie
1934
Frontier Days

as Hank Wilson

Movie
1934
The Fighting Trooper

as Old Trapper

Movie
1934
Fighting Fury

as Sheriff Ed Hibbs

Movie
1934
Port of Lost Dreams

as Justice of the Peace

Movie
1934
The Curtain Falls

as Minor Role

Movie
1934
The Law of the Wild

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

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Rawhide Mail

as Sheriff

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Next Of Kin

as Fred Winters

Movie
1934
Hell Bent for Love

as Dad Daley

Movie
1934
The Man from Utah

as Judge Carter

Movie
1934
Blue Steel

as Dan Mason

Movie
1934
City Park

as Matt O'Donnell

Movie
1934
Honor of the Range

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Rawhide Romance

as Roger Whitney

Movie
1934
Ridin' Thru

as Elmer 'Dad' Brooks

Movie
1934
Riding Speed

as John Vale (as Lafayette McKee)

Movie
1934
West of the Divide

as Fred Winters

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Lighting Bill

as Tom Ross

Movie
1934Movie
1933Movie
1933
The Mystery Squadron

as Stephen Gray

Movie
1933
Gun Justice

as Postmaster

Movie
1933
Under Secret Orders

as Franklyn Lawrence

Movie
1933
Jaws of Justice

as 'Seeker' Dean

Movie
1933
Lightning Range

as Judge Williams

Movie
1933
Only Yesterday

as Father at Train Station (Uncredited)

Movie
1933
Riders of Destiny

as Sheriff Bill Baxter

Movie
1933
War of the Range

as Cattle Buyer Cartwright

Movie
1933
Golden Harvest

as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

Movie
1933
The Trail Drive

as Jameson

Movie
1933
Gordon of Ghost City

as Bill Simpson

Movie
1933
Galloping Romeo

as Marshal Gregory

Movie
1933
The Man from Monterey

as Don Jose Castanares

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Fighting Texans

as Sheriff Jim Carver

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Cross Fire

as Daniel Plummer

Movie
1933
Deadwood Pass

as Sheriff Rawlins

Movie
1933
The Whispering Shadow

as Prince Alexander, alias Mr. Jerome

Movie
1933
The Dude Bandit

as Brown - Rancher

Movie
1933Movie
1933Movie
1932
Tombstone Canyon

as Colonel Lee

Movie
1932
End of the Trail

as Colonel John Burke

Movie
1932
The Secrets of Wu Sin

as Justice of the Peace

Movie
1932
The Fighting Champ

as Sheriff Jim Cosgrove

Movie
1932
Self Defense

as Sandy McKenzie

Movie
1932
Young Blood

as Colonel Bondage

Movie
1932
The Big Stampede

as Cal Brett

Movie
1932
Gold

as Jeff Sellers

Movie
1932
Klondike

as Seth

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Ride Him, Cowboy

as Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Gorilla Ship

as Old Man (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Hello Trouble

as Sheriff Joe Edwards

Movie
1932Movie
1932Movie
1932
Beauty Parlor

as Reverend Parker

Movie
1932
The Riding Tornado

as Hiram Olcott

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Hell-Fire Austin

as Uncle Joe Brooks

Movie
1932
The Spirit of the West

as Bowie Moore - Rancher

Movie
1932
Mark of the Spur

as 'Hardshell' Beckett

Movie
1932
The Texan

as Jim

Movie
1932
Without Honor

as Ranger Captain Frank Henderson

Movie
1931
The Gay Buckaroo

as Mr. Fields

Movie
1931
The Fighting Marshal

as Clint Wheeler

Movie
1931
Neck and Neck

as Col. Rickson

Movie
1931
The Lightning Warrior

as John Hayden

Movie
1931
The Cyclone Kid

as Harvey Comstock

Movie
1931Movie
1931
Range Law

as 'Old' Frisco

Movie
1931
Grief Street

as Michael, theater watchman

Movie
1931
The Galloping Ghost

as Narrator / Police Broadcaster

Movie
1931
The Lady from Nowhere

as Henchman Snowden

Movie
1931
Partners of the Trail

as Sheriff McWade

Movie
1931
The Miracle Woman

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

Movie
1931
Alias: The Bad Man

as Clem Neville

Movie
1931
The Vanishing Legion

as T.J. Hornbeck

Movie
1931
The Two Gun Man

as Joe Kearney

Movie
1931
Hell's Valley

as Don Flores

Movie
1931
West of Cheyenne

as Lafe Langdon

Movie
1931
Red Fork Range

as Charles Farell / Colonel Leading Wagon Train

Movie
1930
Breed of the West

as Colonel Sterner - aka Bradley

Movie
1930
The Utah Kid

as Parson Joe

Movie
1930
Code of Honor

as Dad Bradfield

Movie
1930
Under Montana Skies

as Sheriff Pinkie

Movie
1930Movie
1930Movie
1930
The Cheyenne Kid

as Dad Thorpe

Movie
1930
The Lone Defender

as Sheriff Billings

Movie
1929
The King of the Kongo

as Trader John

Movie
1929
Evangeline

as Townsman

Movie
1929
The Amazing Vagabond

as Phil Dunning

Movie
1929
The California Mail

as William Butler

Movie
1928
Manhattan Cowboy

as John Steel

Movie
1928Movie
1928
The Upland Rider

as John Graham

Movie
1928Movie
1928
Freckles

as Duncan

Movie
1928
The Riding Renegade

as Sheriff Jim Taylor

Movie
1928
Painted Trail

as Dan Winters

Movie
1927
The Desert of the Lost

as Boat Captain (uncredited)

Movie
1927
Riding to Fame

as Dr. Lorentz

Movie
1927
Hell Hounds of the Plains

as Big John Lawson

Movie
1927
Daring Deeds

as John Courtney

Movie
1927Movie
1926
Dog of Dogs

as John Harlan

Movie
1926Movie
1926
A Captain's Courage

as Obadiah, the recluse

Movie
1926
Dog Scents

as Sheriff

Movie
1926
The Baited Trap

as Bobbie's Father

Movie
1926
Fangs of Vengeance

as Abner Swaybe

Movie
1926
Officer '444'

as Capt. Jerry Dugan

Movie
1926
A String of Diamonds

as J. Tiffany Van Den Akar

Movie
1925
Triple Action

as Don Pío Méndez

Movie
1925
Sporting Life

as Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Movie
1925Movie
1925
Pursued

as District Attorney

Movie
1925
A Desperate Chance

as Fred Forman

Movie
1925
The Human Tornado

as Peter Daley

Movie
1925
The Mystery Box

as Judd Hampton

Movie
1925
The Power God

as Prof. Daniel Sturgess

Movie
1925
On the Go

as Mr. Hall

Movie
1925
Warrior Gap

as John Folsom

Movie
1924
Thundering Romance

as The Sheriff

Movie
1924
Battling Brewster

as Roland Rand

Movie
1924
Bringin' Home the Bacon

as Judge Simpson

Movie
1924
Hard-Hittin' Hamilton

as Jim Downing

Movie
1924Movie
1924
The Eagle's Claw

as John Sherwood

Movie
1924
Mile-a-Minute Morgan

as Chester Jennings

Movie
1923Movie
1922
In the Days of Buffalo Bill

as Gen. Robert E. Lee

Movie
1922
The Jungle Goddess

as Chief Obar Sen

Movie
1922
Silver Spurs

as Jerry Regan

Movie
1920
The Daredevil

as Sheriff, Coyote Flats

Movie
1919
The Hoodlum

as Board of Directors (uncredited)

Movie
1918
Little Orphant Annie

as The Good Squire

Movie
1918Movie
1917
The Lad and the Lion

as James Bankington

Movie
1916
The Ancient Blood

as Harry Ralston

Movie
1916
Wives of the Rich

as Robert Baker

Movie
1916Movie
1915Movie
1915
A Jungle Revenge

as James Thorpe - Mabel's Father

Movie
1915
Young Love

as Professor Hunt

Movie
1915
The Vengeance of Rannah

as General Craddock

Movie
1915Movie
1915
The Octopus

as Harris Gordon

Movie
1915Movie
1915Movie
1915
The Lion's Mate

as The Missionary

Movie
1915
The Jungle Stockade

as Robert Barker - Missionary

Movie
1915
The Fork in the Road

as The Innkeeper

Movie
1915
The Guardian's Dilemma

as Old Man Cummings

Movie
1915
The Red Blood of Courage

as Lieutenant Tavish

Movie
1915
His Fighting Blood

as Old McTrigger - Hope's Father

Movie
1915
Lassoing a Lion

as Uncle Paul

Movie
1914
Wade Brent Pays

as Lawyer Moreley

Movie
1914
The Lure of the Windigo

as Hugo Le Clerq - Annette's Father

Movie
1914Movie
1914
If I Were Young Again

as Museum Director Henshaw

Movie
1914
Rosemary, That's for Remembrance

as Mr. Greerson - Harvey's Father

Movie
1914
The Livid Flame

as R. Hayes Burkhardt

Movie
1914Movie
1914
To Be Called For

as Silas Brown

Movie
1914
The Leopard's Foundling

as Wamba - a Native

Movie
1914
The King's Will

as Colonel Hare

Movie
1914
The Forged Parchment

as Colonel Hare

Movie
1914
The Warrior Maid

as Colonel Hare

Movie
1914Movie
1914
The Cruel Crown

as Colonel Hare

Movie
1914
The Garden of Brides

as Colonel Hare

Movie
1914
Three Bags of Silver

as Colonel Hare (as Lafayette McKee)

Movie
1914
A Colonel in Chains

as Colonel Hare

Movie
1914
The Royal Slave

as Colonel Hare

Movie
1914
The Two Ordeals

as Colonel Hare

Movie
1913Movie
1913
The Unwelcome Throne

as Colonel Hare

Movie
1913
The Open Door

as Mark Boland

Movie
1913
The Cipher Message

as Detective Donald Bryce

Movie
1913
Thor, Lord of the Jungles

as John Brant - Gene's Father

Movie
1913
When May Weds December

as The Banker's Butler

Movie
1913
The Finger Print

as Dabney - a Crook

Movie
1913Movie
1913
Her Way

as Burke - Gates' Brother

Movie
1913
The Water Rat

as Watson

Movie
1913Movie
1913
Through Another Man's Eyes

as Edward Elder - Wallace's Uncle

Movie
1913
Granny's Old Armchair

as Simon Willard

Movie
1913
Sweeney's Dream

as The Mayor

Movie
1913
Papa's Dream

as Parson Stanley

Movie
1913
The Gold Brick

as Percy Hall

Movie
1913
A Jolt for the Janitor

as Mr. Big Family

Movie
1913
The Suwanee River

as The Overseer of the Plantation

Movie
1913
The Post-Impressionists

as George Wilton - Dorothy's Father

Movie
1913
Roses of Yesterday

as John Ralston

Movie
1913
Dixieland

as The Federal Captain

Movie
1913
A Change of Administration

as John Marshall - Secretary of War

Movie
1913Movie
1913
The Sands of Time

as Father Time

Movie
1913Movie
1913
The Understudy

as Ben Rosenthal - the Manager

Movie
1913
The Lesson

as Murphy

Movie
1913
The False Order

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

Movie
1913
A Loyal Deserter

as Col. Colfax

Movie
1912
The Fire Cop

as Mr. Wilson

Movie
1912
The Lost Inheritance

as Mr. Bawn - Molly's Father

Movie
1912
Her Bitter Lesson

as Old Jasper Floyd - Aurora's Father

Movie
1912
The Awakening

as John Johnson

Movie
1912
Bread Upon the Waters

as Mr. James Preston

Movie
1912
A Detective's Strategy

as Edwin Randall - the Detective

Movie
1912
The House of His Master

as Gray - Robert's Friend

Movie
1912Movie
1912Movie
1912
The Three Valises

as Pittsburg Sam - the Burglar

Movie
1912
All on Account of Checkers

as Sam - a Fireman

Movie
The Bonanza Buckaroo

as Mr. Andrew Gordon

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 22, 1872
Day of DeathAugust 10, 1959
Place of BirthMorrison, Illinois, USA
Popularity0.4