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

Parson Joe

The Utah Kid

Dad Thorpe

The Cheyenne Kid

Vultures of the Sea

Lester - Taffy Peddler (uncredited)

The Bridge of Sighs

John Ralston

Roses of Yesterday

Robert Barker - Missionary

The Jungle Stockade

Fred Winters

West of the Divide

Sheriff, Coyote Flats

The Daredevil

Jim

The Texan

Shay

Terror Trail

Dad Bradfield

Code of Honor

John Vale (as Lafayette McKee)

Riding Speed

Cattle Buyer Cartwright

War of the Range

Colonel Hare (as Lafayette McKee)

Three Bags of Silver

Phil Dunning

The Amazing Vagabond

Sheriff Jim Taylor

The Riding Renegade

The Sheriff

Thundering Romance

Pop - Hotel Owner

Rio Rattler

Jim Green

Tracy Rides

Dr. Lorentz

Riding to Fame

Tom

Thunderbolt

Old Trapper

The Fighting Trooper

Fred Forman

A Desperate Chance

Colonel Sterner - aka Bradley

Breed of the West

'Dad' Sheldon

Santa Fe Rides

Sheriff Ed Hibbs

Fighting Fury

Col. Rickson

Neck and Neck

J. Tiffany Van Den Akar

A String of Diamonds

Abner Swaybe

Fangs of Vengeance

Sheriff

Dog Scents

John Harlan

Dog of Dogs

John Hayden

The Lightning Warrior

Tom Wilson

The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen

Cal Brett

The Big Stampede

Corwin (uncredited)

The Lone Rider

Sheriff Joe Edwards

Hello Trouble

Sheriff Bailey

The Cowboy and the Kid

Detective Donald Bryce

The Cipher Message

Mark Boland

The Open Door

Col. Hare

The Adventures of Kathlyn

Colonel Hare

The Unwelcome Throne

Colonel Hare

The Two Ordeals

Sam - a Fireman

All on Account of Checkers

Pittsburg Sam - the Burglar

The Three Valises

Ed Nobles

The Wreck of the Vega

Betty's Dad

Betty Fools Dear Old Dad

Gray - Robert's Friend

The House of His Master

Edwin Randall - the Detective

A Detective's Strategy

Mr. James Preston

Bread Upon the Waters

John Johnson

The Awakening

Old Jasper Floyd - Aurora's Father

Her Bitter Lesson

Mr. Bawn - Molly's Father

The Lost Inheritance

Mr. Wilson

The Fire Cop

2nd Policeman

How the 'Duke of Leisure' Reached His Winter Home

Norman Black - the Telegraph Operator - Jack's Rival

The False Order

Murphy

The Lesson

Ben Rosenthal - the Manager

The Understudy

A Gangster

A Husband Won by Election

Gen. John Morgan

Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy

John Marshall - Secretary of War

A Change of Administration

The Federal Captain

Dixieland

Don Jose Castanares

The Man from Monterey

George Wilton - Dorothy's Father

The Post-Impressionists

The Overseer of the Plantation

The Suwanee River

Percy Hall

The Gold Brick

Parson Stanley

Papa's Dream

Mr. Big Family

A Jolt for the Janitor

The Mayor

Sweeney's Dream

Simon Willard

Granny's Old Armchair

Edward Elder - Wallace's Uncle

Through Another Man's Eyes

Old Briggs

The Devil and Tom Walker

Colonel Hare

The Royal Slave

Colonel Hare

A Colonel in Chains

Colonel Hare

The Garden of Brides

Watson

The Water Rat

Burke - Gates' Brother

Her Way

Satan

The Fifth String

Dabney - a Crook

The Finger Print

The Banker's Butler

When May Weds December

Colonel Hare

The Cruel Crown

Luke Foster

Fighting With Kit Carson

Colonel Hare

The Spellbound Multitude

Colonel Hare

The Warrior Maid

Colonel Hare

The Forged Parchment

Colonel Hare

The King's Will

Wamba - a Native

The Leopard's Foundling

Meller Drammer

Silas Brown

To Be Called For

Jim

R. Hayes Burkhardt

The Livid Flame

Four Minutes Late

Garrison's Finish

Mr. Greerson - Harvey's Father

Rosemary, That's for Remembrance

Museum Director Henshaw

If I Were Young Again

The Soul Mate

Hugo Le Clerq - Annette's Father

The Lure of the Windigo

Lawyer Moreley

Wade Brent Pays

Uncle Paul

Lassoing a Lion

Old McTrigger - Hope's Father

His Fighting Blood

The Primitive Way

Lieutenant Tavish

The Red Blood of Courage

Old Man Cummings

The Guardian's Dilemma

Gen. Robert E. Lee

In the Days of Buffalo Bill

The Innkeeper

The Fork in the Road

The Great Experiment

The Missionary

The Lion's Mate

Dr. Bishop

The Two Natures Within Him

The Jaguar Trap

Jim McFarlin

How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell

The Girl and the Reporter

Harris Gordon

The Octopus

The Heart of Paro

Antoine

In the King's Service

Doyle

The Man with the Iron Heart

The Blood Seedling

General Craddock

The Vengeance of Rannah

Professor Hunt

Young Love

James Thorpe - Mabel's Father

A Jungle Revenge

James Bankington

The Lad and the Lion

Fred Herman

The Baby and the Leopard

Jeff Sellers

Gold

Colonel Hare

The Adventures of Kathlyn

Robert Baker

Wives of the Rich

Ranger Captain Frank Henderson

Without Honor

Conductor (uncredited)

The Fugitive Sheriff

Dan Mason

Bandits of the Badlands

Fred Winters

Next Of Kin

Roland Rand

Battling Brewster

John Baker

Coyote Trails

Bartender

The Drunkard

Old card player

Frontier Justice

'Dad' Parker

Roamin' Wild

Jim King

The Hawk

Sheriff

Santa Fe Bound

T.J. Hornbeck

The Vanishing Legion

Narrator / Police Broadcaster

The Galloping Ghost

Tap Smiley

Big Boy Rides Again

Jed Travis

Mystery Range

Stephen Gray

The Mystery Squadron

Storekeeper

Rainbow Valley

Boat Captain (uncredited)

The Desert of the Lost

Tom Kirk

The Boiling Point

Charles Farell / Colonel Leading Wagon Train

Red Fork Range

Marshal Gregory

Galloping Romeo

Dad McVey

The Test

Charlie Hayden (Joan's Father)

The Law of 45's

Dr. Grayson

The Keeper of the Bees

Kali

Queen of the Jungle

Dad Daley

Hell Bent for Love

Big John Lawson

Hell Hounds of the Plains

Don Costello

Lightnin' Bill Carson

Jim, the bank guard (uncredited)

The Girl Who Came Back

Sheriff Blake

Last of the Warrens

Pop Cobb

Inside the Law

Matt O'Donnell

City Park

Sam Slater

The Last of the Clintons

John Endicott

The Idaho Kid

Mr. Polk

Law of the Ranger

Sheriff Bains

Brothers of the West

John Carroll

Lost Ranch

Sheriff

A Demon for Trouble

Frank Denton

The Fighting Deputy

John Lane

Knight of the Plains

Sheriff Rawlins

Deadwood Pass

Jeff Grayson

The Phantom Rider

Trader John

The King of the Kongo

Hank Wilson

Frontier Days

Sheriff Billings

The Lone Defender

Michael, theater watchman

Grief Street

Townsman (uncredited)

Honor of the Range

Straightaway

Henchman Snowden

The Lady from Nowhere

Don Roberto

The Hurricane Horseman

Colonel Lee

Tombstone Canyon

'Hardshell' Beckett

Mark of the Spur

Jameson

The Trail Drive

Postmaster

Gun Justice

Justice of the Peace

Port of Lost Dreams

Zeke

Six Shootin' Sheriff

Clem Neville

Alias: The Bad Man

William Butler

The California Mail

John Graham

The Upland Rider

Fur Trapper

The Code of the Scarlet

Joe Kearney

The Two Gun Man

'Old' Frisco

Range Law

Uncle Joe Brooks

Hell-Fire Austin

Riley of the Rainbow Division

Charles Ingram [Chs. 1, 3, 12]

The Law of the Wild

Sheriff Pinkie

Under Montana Skies

Sheriff of Pampa

The Cowboy and the Bandit

Nolan

The Boss Cowboy

John Granger

The Feud of the Trail

Minor Role

The Curtain Falls

Townsman

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

Sheriff McWade

Partners of the Trail

Captain Benteen

Custer's Last Stand

Doc

The Ridin' Rowdy

The Ballyhoo Buster

Night Watchman

Convict's Code

2nd License Clerk

One in a Million

Settler (archive footage)

The Oregon Trail

Old Trapper

Northern Frontier

'Seeker' Dean

Jaws of Justice

Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Townsman

Heroes of the West

Bill Simpson

Gordon of Ghost City

Watchman

Heroes in Blue

Sheriff Rutherford

Gun Smoke

Franklyn Lawrence

Under Secret Orders

Zeke

The Ghost Rider

Jed Warren

The Rangers Step In

John Clark - Indian Agent

Wolf Riders

Jim Burton

The Kid Ranger

Tom Ross

Lighting Bill

Sheriff / King

Western Justice

Roberts--Ranch Owner

The Cheyenne Kid

Henry Rankin

Rolling Caravans

Rancher Johnson (uncredited)

For the Service

Lafe Langdon

West of Cheyenne

Justice of the Peace

The Secrets of Wu Sin

Reverend Parker

Beauty Parlor

Townsman

Evangeline

Uncle Dan

Riders of Pasco Basin

Tom Larkin

Stagecoach Days

Night Watchman (uncredited)

What Price Crime

Sheriff

Rawhide Mail

Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Zack

The Quitter

Tom - Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Music in My Heart

Juror Joe

North of the Rio Grande

John Bradford

Covered Wagon Trails

John Rickard

Blazing Guns

Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited)

Ride Him, Cowboy

Lafe

The Telegraph Trail

Dan Toddhunter

Bad Man from Red Butte

Doctor

When the Daltons Rode

Minister (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail

Judge Williams

Lightning Range

Roger Whitney

Rawhide Romance

Sandy McLeod

Kit Carson Over the Great Divide

Maitland

The Mysterious Avenger

Col. Colfax

A Loyal Deserter

Grandpa

Dr. Christian Meets the Women

Dad Langley

Melody of the Plains

Man in recital audience

Young People

John Brant - Gene's Father

Thor, Lord of the Jungles

Rancher

Men of Action

Mr. Fields

The Gay Buckaroo

Duncan

Freckles

Pioneer

Silly Billies

Sam - Express Agent

Pioneer Days

Mort Saunders

Pioneers of the Frontier

Board of Directors (uncredited)

The Hoodlum

Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

Golden Harvest

Colonel Bondage

Young Blood

Prince Alexander, alias Mr. Jerome

The Whispering Shadow

Townsman

King of the Arena

Bob Lee [Chs. 1-3]

Rustlers of Red Dog

Poker City Sheriff

The Desert Trail

The Good Squire

Little Orphant Annie

John Courtney

Daring Deeds

Marshal Ed Green

Men of the Plains

Brown - Rancher

The Dude Bandit

Pop Lyman

Wells Fargo Days

Tom Bledsoe

Near the Rainbow's End

William Bannister

Kid Courageous

Elmer Kimball

Wild Horse Valley

Daniel Plummer

Cross Fire

Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Sporting Life

Dan Mason

Blue Steel

Colonel Bixby

I'm from the City

Man in Audience (uncredited)

The Miracle Woman

Prof. Daniel Sturgess

The Power God

Radio Listener (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow

Pedestrian

Kid Dynamite

Henchman "Pop"

Easy Money

Lariats and Six-Shooters

Capt. Jerry Dugan

Officer '444'

Blood Test

Rufus King

The Man from Oklahoma

Circus Lure

Mr. Hall

On the Go

John Sherwood

The Eagle's Claw

John Steel

Manhattan Cowboy

Father at Train Station (Uncredited)

Only Yesterday

Old Skipper (uncredited)

Dangerous Waters

Sheriff Bill Baxter

Riders of Destiny

Wade Callahan

Range Warfare

Hiram Olcott

The Riding Tornado

Clint Wheeler

The Fighting Marshal

Sam Tracy

Fighting for Justice

Colonel John Burke

End of the Trail

Captain Bradshaw

Step on It

Sheriff Crane

The Ivory-Handled Gun

Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)

Gold Is Where You Find It

Old Man (uncredited)

Gorilla Ship

Judge Simpson

Bringin' Home the Bacon

Dad Kane

The Silver Bullet

Elmer 'Dad' Brooks

Ridin' Thru

Bowie Moore - Rancher

The Spirit of the West

Frank Brooke

Son of Roaring Dan

John Folsom

Warrior Gap

Sandy McGregor

Swifty

Sheriff Jim Cosgrove

The Fighting Champ

Father Time

The Sands of Time

Sheriff

The Man from New Mexico

Sandy McKenzie

Self Defense

Seth

Klondike

Sheriff Jim Carver

Fighting Texans

Judge Carter

The Man from Utah

Mr. Andrew Gordon

The Bonanza Buckaroo

Jerry Regan

Silver Spurs

Harry Ralston

The Ancient Blood

Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Circumstantial Evidence

Don Flores

Hell's Valley

Chester Jennings

Mile-a-Minute Morgan

The Lone Wagon

Judd Hampton

The Mystery Box

Sheriff

On the Run

Pat Kelly

The City of Purple Dreams

Peter Daley

The Human Tornado

District Attorney

Pursued

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

322

Gender

Male

Birthday

1872-01-22

Place of Birth

Morrison, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Lafayette Stocking McKee