Lafe McKee
Acting • Born 1872-01-22 – Died 1959-08-10
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
330 credits
The Utah Kid
Movie • 1930
Parson Joe
The Cheyenne Kid
Movie • 1930
Dad Thorpe
Vultures of the Sea
Movie • 1928
The Bridge of Sighs
Movie • 1936
Lester - Taffy Peddler (uncredited)
Roses of Yesterday
Movie • 1913
John Ralston
The Jungle Stockade
Movie • 1915
Robert Barker - Missionary
West of the Divide
Movie • 1934
Fred Winters
The Daredevil
Movie • 1920
Sheriff, Coyote Flats
The Texan
Movie • 1932
Jim
Terror Trail
Movie • 1933
Shay
Code of Honor
Movie • 1930
Dad Bradfield
War of the Range
Movie • 1933
Cattle Buyer Cartwright
Riding Speed
Movie • 1934
John Vale (as Lafayette McKee)
Three Bags of Silver
Movie • 1914
Colonel Hare (as Lafayette McKee)
The Amazing Vagabond
Movie • 1929
Phil Dunning
The Riding Renegade
Movie • 1928
Sheriff Jim Taylor
Thundering Romance
Movie • 1924
The Sheriff
Rio Rattler
Movie • 1935
Pop - Hotel Owner
Tracy Rides
Movie • 1935
Jim Green
Riding to Fame
Movie • 1927
Dr. Lorentz
Thunderbolt
Movie • 1935
Tom
The Fighting Trooper
Movie • 1934
Old Trapper
A Desperate Chance
Movie • 1925
Fred Forman
Breed of the West
Movie • 1930
Colonel Sterner - aka Bradley
Santa Fe Rides
Movie • 1937
'Dad' Sheldon
Fighting Fury
Movie • 1934
Sheriff Ed Hibbs
Neck and Neck
Movie • 1931
Col. Rickson
A String of Diamonds
Movie • 1926
J. Tiffany Van Den Akar
Dog Scents
Movie • 1926
Sheriff
Fangs of Vengeance
Movie • 1926
Abner Swaybe
Dog of Dogs
Movie • 1926
John Harlan
The Lightning Warrior
Movie • 1931
John Hayden
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
Movie • 1937
Tom Wilson
The Big Stampede
Movie • 1932
Cal Brett
The Lone Rider
Movie • 1930
Corwin (uncredited)
Hello Trouble
Movie • 1932
Sheriff Joe Edwards
The Cowboy and the Kid
Movie • 1936
Sheriff Bailey
The Cipher Message
Movie • 1913
Detective Donald Bryce
The Open Door
Movie • 1913
Mark Boland
The Two Ordeals
Movie • 1914
Colonel Hare
The Adventures of Kathlyn
Movie • 1913
Col. Hare
The Unwelcome Throne
Movie • 1913
Colonel Hare
All on Account of Checkers
Movie • 1912
Sam - a Fireman
A Detective's Strategy
Movie • 1912
Edwin Randall - the Detective
The Wreck of the Vega
Movie • 1912
Ed Nobles
The Three Valises
Movie • 1912
Pittsburg Sam - the Burglar
Betty Fools Dear Old Dad
Movie • 1912
Betty's Dad
Bread Upon the Waters
Movie • 1912
Mr. James Preston
Her Bitter Lesson
Movie • 1912
Old Jasper Floyd - Aurora's Father
The Lost Inheritance
Movie • 1912
Mr. Bawn - Molly's Father
The Fire Cop
Movie • 1912
Mr. Wilson
The Awakening
Movie • 1912
John Johnson
The House of His Master
Movie • 1912
Gray - Robert's Friend
How the 'Duke of Leisure' Reached His Winter Home
Movie • 1912
2nd Policeman
The False Order
Movie • 1913
Norman Black - the Telegraph Operator - Jack's Rival
The Lesson
Movie • 1913
Murphy
A Change of Administration
Movie • 1913
John Marshall - Secretary of War
The Understudy
Movie • 1913
Ben Rosenthal - the Manager
A Husband Won by Election
Movie • 1913
A Gangster
Dixieland
Movie • 1913
The Federal Captain
Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy
Movie • 1913
Gen. John Morgan
The Man from Monterey
Movie • 1933
Don Jose Castanares
The Post-Impressionists
Movie • 1913
George Wilton - Dorothy's Father
The Gold Brick
Movie • 1913
Percy Hall
The Suwanee River
Movie • 1913
The Overseer of the Plantation
Papa's Dream
Movie • 1913
Parson Stanley
A Jolt for the Janitor
Movie • 1913
Mr. Big Family
Sweeney's Dream
Movie • 1913
The Mayor
Granny's Old Armchair
Movie • 1913
Simon Willard
Through Another Man's Eyes
Movie • 1913
Edward Elder - Wallace's Uncle
The Devil and Tom Walker
Movie • 1913
Old Briggs
The Royal Slave
Movie • 1914
Colonel Hare
The Garden of Brides
Movie • 1914
Colonel Hare
Her Way
Movie • 1913
Burke - Gates' Brother
A Colonel in Chains
Movie • 1914
Colonel Hare
The Water Rat
Movie • 1913
Watson
When May Weds December
Movie • 1913
The Banker's Butler
The Fifth String
Movie • 1913
Satan
The Finger Print
Movie • 1913
Dabney - a Crook
The Cruel Crown
Movie • 1914
Colonel Hare
Fighting With Kit Carson
Movie • 1933
Luke Foster
The Spellbound Multitude
Movie • 1914
Colonel Hare
The Warrior Maid
Movie • 1914
Colonel Hare
The Forged Parchment
Movie • 1914
Colonel Hare
The King's Will
Movie • 1914
Colonel Hare
The Leopard's Foundling
Movie • 1914
Wamba - a Native
Meller Drammer
Movie • 1914
Jim
Movie • 1914
The Livid Flame
Movie • 1914
R. Hayes Burkhardt
Four Minutes Late
Movie • 1914
To Be Called For
Movie • 1914
Silas Brown
Rosemary, That's for Remembrance
Movie • 1914
Mr. Greerson - Harvey's Father
Garrison's Finish
Movie • 1914
The Soul Mate
Movie • 1914
The Lure of the Windigo
Movie • 1914
Hugo Le Clerq - Annette's Father
Wade Brent Pays
Movie • 1914
Lawyer Moreley
If I Were Young Again
Movie • 1914
Museum Director Henshaw
Lassoing a Lion
Movie • 1915
Uncle Paul
His Fighting Blood
Movie • 1915
Old McTrigger - Hope's Father
The Guardian's Dilemma
Movie • 1915
Old Man Cummings
The Fork in the Road
Movie • 1915
The Innkeeper
The Primitive Way
Movie • 1915
In the Days of Buffalo Bill
Movie • 1922
Gen. Robert E. Lee
The Red Blood of Courage
Movie • 1915
Lieutenant Tavish
The Lion's Mate
Movie • 1915
The Missionary
The Great Experiment
Movie • 1915
The Two Natures Within Him
Movie • 1915
Dr. Bishop
The Girl and the Reporter
Movie • 1915
The Jaguar Trap
Movie • 1915
How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell
Movie • 1915
Jim McFarlin
The Octopus
Movie • 1915
Harris Gordon
The Heart of Paro
Movie • 1915
The Blood Seedling
Movie • 1915
In the King's Service
Movie • 1915
Antoine
The Vengeance of Rannah
Movie • 1915
General Craddock
Young Love
Movie • 1915
Professor Hunt
The Man with the Iron Heart
Movie • 1915
Doyle
A Jungle Revenge
Movie • 1915
James Thorpe - Mabel's Father
The Lad and the Lion
Movie • 1917
James Bankington
The Baby and the Leopard
Movie • 1915
Fred Herman
Gold
Movie • 1932
Jeff Sellers
Wives of the Rich
Movie • 1916
Robert Baker
The Adventures of Kathlyn
Movie • 1916
Colonel Hare
Without Honor
Movie • 1932
Ranger Captain Frank Henderson
The Fugitive Sheriff
Movie • 1936
Conductor (uncredited)
Bandits of the Badlands
Movie • 1934
Dan Mason
Next Of Kin
Movie • 1934
Fred Winters
Battling Brewster
Movie • 1924
Roland Rand
Coyote Trails
Movie • 1935
John Baker
The Drunkard
Movie • 1935
Bartender
Frontier Justice
Movie • 1936
Old card player
Roamin' Wild
Movie • 1936
'Dad' Parker
The Hawk
Movie • 1935
Jim King
Santa Fe Bound
Movie • 1936
Sheriff
The Vanishing Legion
Movie • 1931
T.J. Hornbeck
The Galloping Ghost
Movie • 1931
Narrator / Police Broadcaster
Big Boy Rides Again
Movie • 1935
Tap Smiley
Mystery Range
Movie • 1937
Jed Travis
The Mystery Squadron
Movie • 1933
Stephen Gray
Rainbow Valley
Movie • 1935
Storekeeper
The Desert of the Lost
Movie • 1927
Boat Captain (uncredited)
The Boiling Point
Movie • 1932
Tom Kirk
Red Fork Range
Movie • 1931
Charles Farell / Colonel Leading Wagon Train
Galloping Romeo
Movie • 1933
Marshal Gregory
The Test
Movie • 1935
Dad McVey
The Law of 45's
Movie • 1935
Charlie Hayden (Joan's Father)
The Keeper of the Bees
Movie • 1935
Dr. Grayson
Queen of the Jungle
Movie • 1935
Kali
Hell Bent for Love
Movie • 1934
Dad Daley
Hell Hounds of the Plains
Movie • 1927
Big John Lawson
Lightnin' Bill Carson
Movie • 1936
Don Costello
The Girl Who Came Back
Movie • 1935
Jim, the bank guard (uncredited)
Last of the Warrens
Movie • 1936
Sheriff Blake
Inside the Law
Movie • 1942
Pop Cobb
City Park
Movie • 1934
Matt O'Donnell
The Last of the Clintons
Movie • 1935
Sam Slater
The Idaho Kid
Movie • 1936
John Endicott
Law of the Ranger
Movie • 1937
Mr. Polk
Brothers of the West
Movie • 1937
Sheriff Bains
Lost Ranch
Movie • 1937
John Carroll
A Demon for Trouble
Movie • 1934
Sheriff
The Fighting Deputy
Movie • 1937
Frank Denton
Knight of the Plains
Movie • 1938
John Lane
Deadwood Pass
Movie • 1933
Sheriff Rawlins
The Phantom Rider
Movie • 1936
Jeff Grayson
The King of the Kongo
Movie • 1929
Trader John
Frontier Days
Movie • 1934
Hank Wilson
The Lone Defender
Movie • 1930
Sheriff Billings
Grief Street
Movie • 1931
Michael, theater watchman
Honor of the Range
Movie • 1934
Townsman (uncredited)
Straightaway
Movie • 1933
The Hurricane Horseman
Movie • 1931
Don Roberto
The Lady from Nowhere
Movie • 1931
Henchman Snowden
Tombstone Canyon
Movie • 1932
Colonel Lee
Gun Justice
Movie • 1933
Postmaster
The Trail Drive
Movie • 1933
Jameson
Mark of the Spur
Movie • 1932
'Hardshell' Beckett
Port of Lost Dreams
Movie • 1934
Justice of the Peace
Six Shootin' Sheriff
Movie • 1938
Zeke
Alias: The Bad Man
Movie • 1931
Clem Neville
The California Mail
Movie • 1929
William Butler
The Upland Rider
Movie • 1928
John Graham
The Code of the Scarlet
Movie • 1928
Fur Trapper
The Two Gun Man
Movie • 1931
Joe Kearney
Range Law
Movie • 1931
'Old' Frisco
Hell-Fire Austin
Movie • 1932
Uncle Joe Brooks
Riley of the Rainbow Division
Movie • 1928
The Law of the Wild
Movie • 1934
Charles Ingram [Chs. 1, 3, 12]
Under Montana Skies
Movie • 1930
Sheriff Pinkie
The Boss Cowboy
Movie • 1934
Nolan
The Cowboy and the Bandit
Movie • 1935
Sheriff of Pampa
The Feud of the Trail
Movie • 1937
John Granger
The Curtain Falls
Movie • 1934
Minor Role
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Movie • 1939
Townsman
Partners of the Trail
Movie • 1931
Sheriff McWade
Custer's Last Stand
Movie • 1936
Captain Benteen
The Ridin' Rowdy
Movie • 1927
Doc
The Ballyhoo Buster
Movie • 1928
Convict's Code
Movie • 1939
Night Watchman
One in a Million
Movie • 1935
2nd License Clerk
The Oregon Trail
Movie • 1939
Settler (archive footage)
Northern Frontier
Movie • 1935
Old Trapper
Jaws of Justice
Movie • 1933
'Seeker' Dean
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie • 1939
Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)
Heroes of the West
Movie • 1932
Townsman
Gordon of Ghost City
Movie • 1933
Bill Simpson
Heroes in Blue
Movie • 1939
Watchman
Gun Smoke
Movie • 1935
Sheriff Rutherford
Under Secret Orders
Movie • 1933
Franklyn Lawrence
The Ghost Rider
Movie • 1935
Zeke
The Rangers Step In
Movie • 1937
Jed Warren
Wolf Riders
Movie • 1935
John Clark - Indian Agent
The Kid Ranger
Movie • 1936
Jim Burton
Lighting Bill
Movie • 1934
Tom Ross
Western Justice
Movie • 1934
Sheriff / King
The Cheyenne Kid
Movie • 1940
Roberts--Ranch Owner
Rolling Caravans
Movie • 1938
Henry Rankin
For the Service
Movie • 1936
Rancher Johnson (uncredited)
West of Cheyenne
Movie • 1931
Lafe Langdon
The Secrets of Wu Sin
Movie • 1932
Justice of the Peace
Beauty Parlor
Movie • 1932
Reverend Parker
Evangeline
Movie • 1929
Townsman
Riders of Pasco Basin
Movie • 1940
Uncle Dan
Stagecoach Days
Movie • 1938
Tom Larkin
What Price Crime
Movie • 1935
Night Watchman (uncredited)
Rawhide Mail
Movie • 1934
Sheriff
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Movie • 1936
Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)
The Quitter
Movie • 1934
Zack
Music in My Heart
Movie • 1940
Tom - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
North of the Rio Grande
Movie • 1937
Juror Joe
Covered Wagon Trails
Movie • 1940
John Bradford
Blazing Guns
Movie • 1935
John Rickard
Ride Him, Cowboy
Movie • 1932
Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited)
The Telegraph Trail
Movie • 1933
Lafe
Bad Man from Red Butte
Movie • 1940
Dan Toddhunter
When the Daltons Rode
Movie • 1940
Doctor
Santa Fe Trail
Movie • 1940
Minister (uncredited)
Rawhide Romance
Movie • 1934
Roger Whitney
Lightning Range
Movie • 1933
Judge Williams
Kit Carson Over the Great Divide
Movie • 1925
Sandy McLeod
The Mysterious Avenger
Movie • 1936
Maitland
A Loyal Deserter
Movie • 1913
Col. Colfax
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
Movie • 1940
Grandpa
Melody of the Plains
Movie • 1937
Dad Langley
Young People
Movie • 1940
Man in recital audience
Thor, Lord of the Jungles
Movie • 1913
John Brant - Gene's Father
Men of Action
Movie • 1935
Rancher
The Gay Buckaroo
Movie • 1931
Mr. Fields
Freckles
Movie • 1928
Duncan
Silly Billies
Movie • 1936
Pioneer
Pioneer Days
Movie • 1940
Sam - Express Agent
Pioneers of the Frontier
Movie • 1940
Mort Saunders
The Hoodlum
Movie • 1919
Board of Directors (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
Movie • 1933
Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
Young Blood
Movie • 1932
Colonel Bondage
The Whispering Shadow
Movie • 1933
Prince Alexander, alias Mr. Jerome
King of the Arena
Movie • 1933
Townsman
Rustlers of Red Dog
Movie • 1935
Bob Lee [Chs. 1-3]
The Desert Trail
Movie • 1935
Poker City Sheriff
Little Orphant Annie
Movie • 1918
The Good Squire
Daring Deeds
Movie • 1927
John Courtney
Men of the Plains
Movie • 1936
Marshal Ed Green
The Dude Bandit
Movie • 1933
Brown - Rancher
Wells Fargo Days
Movie • 1944
Pop Lyman
Near the Rainbow's End
Movie • 1930
Tom Bledsoe
Kid Courageous
Movie • 1935
William Bannister
Wild Horse Valley
Movie • 1940
Elmer Kimball
Cross Fire
Movie • 1933
Daniel Plummer
Sporting Life
Movie • 1925
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Blue Steel
Movie • 1934
Dan Mason
I'm from the City
Movie • 1938
Colonel Bixby
The Miracle Woman
Movie • 1931
Man in Audience (uncredited)
The Power God
Movie • 1925
Prof. Daniel Sturgess
Mission to Moscow
Movie • 1943
Radio Listener (uncredited)
Kid Dynamite
Movie • 1943
Pedestrian
Easy Money
Movie • 1936
Henchman "Pop"
Lariats and Six-Shooters
Movie • 1931
Officer '444'
Movie • 1926
Capt. Jerry Dugan
The Man from Oklahoma
Movie • 1926
Rufus King
Blood Test
Movie • 1923
Circus Lure
Movie • 1924
On the Go
Movie • 1925
Mr. Hall
The Eagle's Claw
Movie • 1924
John Sherwood
Manhattan Cowboy
Movie • 1928
John Steel
Only Yesterday
Movie • 1933
Father at Train Station (Uncredited)
Dangerous Waters
Movie • 1936
Old Skipper (uncredited)
Riders of Destiny
Movie • 1933
Sheriff Bill Baxter
Range Warfare
Movie • 1934
Wade Callahan
The Riding Tornado
Movie • 1932
Hiram Olcott
The Fighting Marshal
Movie • 1931
Clint Wheeler
End of the Trail
Movie • 1932
Colonel John Burke
Fighting for Justice
Movie • 1932
Sam Tracy
Step on It
Movie • 1936
Captain Bradshaw
The Ivory-Handled Gun
Movie • 1935
Sheriff Crane
Gold Is Where You Find It
Movie • 1938
Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Gorilla Ship
Movie • 1932
Old Man (uncredited)
Bringin' Home the Bacon
Movie • 1924
Judge Simpson
The Silver Bullet
Movie • 1935
Dad Kane
Ridin' Thru
Movie • 1934
Elmer 'Dad' Brooks
The Spirit of the West
Movie • 1932
Bowie Moore - Rancher
Son of Roaring Dan
Movie • 1940
Frank Brooke
Warrior Gap
Movie • 1925
John Folsom
Swifty
Movie • 1935
Sandy McGregor
The Fighting Champ
Movie • 1932
Sheriff Jim Cosgrove
The Sands of Time
Movie • 1913
Father Time
The Man from New Mexico
Movie • 1932
Sheriff
Self Defense
Movie • 1932
Sandy McKenzie
Klondike
Movie • 1932
Seth
Fighting Texans
Movie • 1933
Sheriff Jim Carver
The Man from Utah
Movie • 1934
Judge Carter
The Bonanza Buckaroo
Movie
Mr. Andrew Gordon
Silver Spurs
Movie • 1922
Jerry Regan
The Ancient Blood
Movie • 1916
Harry Ralston
Circumstantial Evidence
Movie • 1935
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Hell's Valley
Movie • 1931
Don Flores
Mile-a-Minute Morgan
Movie • 1924
Chester Jennings
The Lone Wagon
Movie • 1923
The Mystery Box
Movie • 1925
Judd Hampton
On the Run
Movie • 1935
Sheriff
The City of Purple Dreams
Movie • 1918
Pat Kelly
The Human Tornado
Movie • 1925
Peter Daley
Pursued
Movie • 1925
District Attorney
North of Alaska
Movie • 1924
Triple Action
Movie • 1925
Don Pío Méndez
The Marriage Bargain
Movie • 1935
Squire Davis
South of Arizona
Movie • 1938
Lafe Brown
Hard-Hittin' Hamilton
Movie • 1924
Jim Downing
Roarin' Broncs
Movie • 1927
The Baited Trap
Movie • 1926
Bobbie's Father
A Captain's Courage
Movie • 1926
Obadiah, the recluse