Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

314

Gender

Male

Birthday

1872-01-22

Deathday

1959-08-10 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Morrison, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Lafayette Stocking McKee
Lafayette S. McKee
Lafayette McKee
L.S. McKee
L. D. McKee
Lafe M. McKee
Luke McKee
Lafe M. Kee
Frank McKee
Lafayette S. "Lafe" McKee

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

7.9%

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Oct 19, 1939

7.5%

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Apr 9, 1936

5.7%

Santa Fe Trail

Dec 20, 1940

6.6%

The Miracle Woman

Jul 17, 1931

4.8%

Blue Steel

May 10, 1934

5.2%

Riders of Destiny

Oct 10, 1933

5.0%

West of the Divide

Feb 15, 1934

4.6%

The Desert Trail

Apr 21, 1935

4.7%

The Man from Utah

May 15, 1934

4.8%

Rainbow Valley

Mar 15, 1935

6.0%

When the Daltons Rode

Aug 23, 1940

4.7%

The Telegraph Trail

Mar 18, 1933

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Acting

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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		Young People as Man in recital audience
1940		When the Daltons Rode as Doctor
1940		Dr. Christian Meets the Women as Grandpa
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		Riders of Pasco Basin as Uncle Dan
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		The Lone Ranger Rides Again as Townsman
1939		Convict's Code as Night Watchman

1938		I'm from the City as Colonel Bixby
1938		Stagecoach Days as Tom Larkin
1938		Six Shootin' Sheriff as Zeke
1938		Knight of the Plains as John Lane
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		The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen as Tom Wilson
1937		Lost Ranch as John Carroll
1937		Brothers of the West as Sheriff Bains
1937		North of the Rio Grande as Juror Joe
1937		Law of the Ranger as Mr. Polk
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 in Line and Courtroom (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		The Mysterious Avenger as Maitland
1936		Custer's Last Stand as Captain Benteen
1936		Step on It as Captain Bradshaw

1935		Thunderbolt as Tom
1935		Swifty as Sandy McGregor
1935		The Law of 45's as Charlie Hayden (Joan's Father)
1935		The Last of the Clintons as Sam Slater
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		The Keeper of the Bees as Dr. Grayson
1935		Men of Action as Rancher
1935		What Price Crime as Night Watchman (uncredited)
1935		The Hawk as Jim King
1935		The Silver Bullet as Dad Kane
1935		The Test as Dad McVey
1935		Gun Smoke as Sheriff Rutherford
1935		The Desert Trail as Poker City Sheriff
1935		Queen of the Jungle as Kali
1935		The Ghost Rider as Zeke
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		A Demon for Trouble as Sheriff
1934		Rawhide Mail as Sheriff
1934		Bandits of the Badlands as Dan Mason
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		The Quitter as Zack
1934		Lighting Bill as Tom Ross
1934		The Boss Cowboy as Nolan

1933		Straightaway
1933		The Mystery Squadron as Stephen Gray
1933		Gun Justice as Postmaster
1933		Under Secret Orders as Franklyn Lawrence
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		Fighting With Kit Carson as Luke Foster
1933		Fighting Texans as Sheriff Jim Carver
1933		King of the Arena as Townsman
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		The Telegraph Trail as Lafe
1933		Terror Trail as Shay

1932		Tombstone Canyon as Colonel Lee
1932		End of the Trail as Colonel John Burke
1932		The Fighting Champ as Sheriff Jim Cosgrove
1932		The Secrets of Wu Sin as Justice of the Peace
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		Fighting for Justice as Sam Tracy
1932		Ride Him, Cowboy as Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited)
1932		Gorilla Ship as Old Man (uncredited)
1932		Hello Trouble as Sheriff Joe Edwards
1932		The Boiling Point as Tom Kirk
1932		Heroes of the West as Townsman
1932		Beauty Parlor as Reverend Parker
1932		The Riding Tornado as Hiram Olcott
1932		The Man from New Mexico as Sheriff
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 Honors 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		Lariats and Six-Shooters
1931		The Hurricane Horseman as Don Roberto
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		Near the Rainbow's End as Tom Bledsoe
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		Riley of the Rainbow Division
1928		The Code of the Scarlet as Fur Trapper
1928		The Upland Rider as John Graham
1928		Freckles as Duncan
1928		Vultures of the Sea
1928		The Riding Renegade as Sheriff Jim Taylor
1928		The Ballyhoo Buster

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
1927		Daring Deeds as John Courtney
1927		The Ridin' Rowdy as Doc

1926		Dog of Dogs as John Harlan
1926		The Man from Oklahoma as Rufus King
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		Kit Carson Over the Great Divide as Sandy McLeod
1925		A Desperate Chance as Fred Forman
1925		The Power God as Prof. Daniel Sturgess
1925		On the Go as Mr. Hall
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		Circus Lure
1924		The Eagle's Claw as John Sherwood

1923

Blood Test

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 Ancient Blood as Harry Ralston
1916		Wives of the Rich as Robert Baker
1916		The Adventures of Kathlyn as Colonel Hare

1915		The Baby and the Leopard as Fred Herman
1915		A Jungle Revenge as James Thorpe - Mabel's Father
1915		Young Love as Professor Hunt
1915		The Vengeance of Rannah as General Craddock
1915		The Blood Seedling
1915		The Man with the Iron Heart as Doyle
1915		In the King's Service as Antoine
1915		The Heart of Paro
1915		The Octopus as Harris Gordon
1915		The Girl and the Reporter
1915		How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell as Jim McFarlin
1915		The Jaguar Trap
1915		The Two Natures Within Him as Dr. Bishop
1915		The Lion's Mate as The Missionary
1915		The Great Experiment
1915		The Jungle Stockade as Robert Barker - Missionary
1915		The Fork in the Road as The Innkeeper
1915		The Guardian's Dilemma as Old Man Cummings
1915		The Red Blood of Courage as Lieutenant Tavish
1915		The Primitive Way
1915		His Fighting Blood as Old McTrigger - Hope's Father
1915		Lassoing a Lion as Uncle Paul

1914		Wade Brent Pays as Lawyer Moreley
1914		The Lure of the Windigo as Hugo Le Clerq - Annette's Father
1914		The Soul Mate
1914		If I Were Young Again as Museum Director Henshaw
1914		Rosemary, That's for Remembrance as Mr. Greerson - Harvey's Father
1914		Garrison's Finish
1914		Four Minutes Late
1914		The Livid Flame as R. Hayes Burkhardt
1914		Jim
1914		To Be Called For as Silas Brown
1914		Meller Drammer
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		The Spellbound Multitude as Colonel Hare
1914		The Cruel Crown as Colonel Hare
1914		The Garden of Brides as Colonel Hare
1914		Three Bags of Silver as Colonel Hare (as Lafayette McKee)
1914		A Colonel in Chains as Colonel Hare
1914		The Royal Slave as Colonel Hare
1914		The Two Ordeals as Colonel Hare

1913		The Adventures of Kathlyn as Col. Hare
1913		The Unwelcome Throne as Colonel Hare
1913		The Open Door as Mark Boland
1913		The Cipher Message as Detective Donald Bryce
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		The Fifth String as Satan
1913		Her Way as Burke - Gates' Brother
1913		The Water Rat as Watson
1913		The Devil and Tom Walker as Old Briggs
1913		Through Another Man's Eyes as Edward Elder - Wallace's Uncle
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		The Post-Impressionists as George Wilton - Dorothy's Father
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		Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy as Gen. John Morgan
1913		The Sands of Time as Father Time
1913		A Husband Won by Election as A Gangster
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		How the 'Duke of Leisure' Reached His Winter Home as 2nd Policeman
1912		The Fire Cop as Mr. Wilson
1912		The Lost Inheritance as Mr. Bawn - Molly's Father
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		Betty Fools Dear Old Dad as Betty's Dad
1912		The Wreck of the Vega as Ed Nobles
1912		The Three Valises as Pittsburg Sam - the Burglar
1912		All on Account of Checkers as Sam - a Fireman