Lafe McKee
Acting
🎂 1872-01-22
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.
Cast credits(317)
Minister (uncredited)
1940
Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)
1939
Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)
1936
Radio Listener (uncredited)
1943
Poker City Sheriff
1935
Tom - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1940
Doctor
1940
Man in Audience (uncredited)
1931
Man in recital audience
1940
Lester - Taffy Peddler (uncredited)
1936
Tom Wilson
1937
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1925
Bowie Moore - Rancher
1932
Ranger Captain Frank Henderson
1932
Father at Train Station (Uncredited)
1933
Dan Mason
1934
Settler (archive footage)
1939
Sheriff Bill Baxter
1933
John Granger
1937
Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
1938
Dad McVey
1935
Sheriff
1936
Murphy
1913
Storekeeper
1935
Sheriff
1934
Jim, the bank guard (uncredited)
1935
Dr. Grayson
1935
Pedestrian
1943
Daniel Plummer
1933
Bill Simpson
1933
Doyle
1915
Postmaster
1933
Pop - Hotel Owner
1935
Tom
1935
Mr. Hall
1925
Dad Daley
1934
Judge Carter
1934
John Hayden
1931
Col. Rickson
1931
Townsman
1933
Townsman
1939
Old Trapper
1935
Sheriff of Pampa
1935
'Seeker' Dean
1933
Sheriff Rutherford
1935
John Lane
1938
Frank Brooke
1940
Old Skipper (uncredited)
1936
John Rickard
1935
Jim King
1935
Col. Colfax
1913
Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited)
1932
Sheriff Joe Edwards
1932
Juror Joe
1937
Colonel Hare
1916
Prince Alexander, alias Mr. Jerome
1933
'Old' Frisco
1931
Sheriff
1932
Old Man (uncredited)
1932
Henchman "Pop"
1936
Elmer 'Dad' Brooks
1934
Fred Winters
1934
The Federal Captain
1913
Judge Simpson
1924
Michael, theater watchman
1931
Prof. Daniel Sturgess
1925
Matt O'Donnell
1934
Board of Directors (uncredited)
1919
Zeke
1938
Lafe
1933
Justice of the Peace
1932
Hank Wilson
1934
Tap Smiley
1935
Charles Ingram [Chs. 1, 3, 12]
1934
Roberts--Ranch Owner
1940
Jim Green
1935
Narrator / Police Broadcaster
1931
Don Jose Castanares
1933
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1935
Boat Captain (uncredited)
1927
Zack
1934
Antoine
1915
Parson Joe
1930
Sheriff Billings
1930
Old card player
1936
Night Watchman
1939
Mr. Greerson - Harvey's Father
1914
Hiram Olcott
1932
Stephen Gray
1933
John Endicott
1936
Reverend Parker
1932
Fur Trapper
1928
Judge Williams
1933
Tom Kirk
1932
Jim
1932
Bartender
1935
Captain Benteen
1936
Uncle Joe Brooks
1932
Watchman
1939
Townsman (uncredited)
1934
Clem Neville
1931
Zeke
1935
A Gangster
1913
Uncle Dan
1940
Mr. Andrew Gordon
1933
Fred Winters
1934
Luke Foster
1933
Chester Jennings
1924
Conductor (uncredited)
1936
1928
Townsman
1929
Henchman Snowden
1931
John Baker
1935
Sheriff Blake
1936
Cal Brett
1932
Mort Saunders
1940
Joe Kearney
1931
1928
Sheriff Bains
1937
James Bankington
1917
Dad Kane
1935
Colonel Bondage
1932
Jim Burton
1936
John Bradford
1940
Simon Willard
1913
Big John Lawson
1927
William Bannister
1935
Shay
1933
Marshal Ed Green
1936
John Clark - Indian Agent
1935
Doc
1927
Bob Lee [Chs. 1-3]
1935
Grandpa
1940
Clint Wheeler
1931
Elmer Kimball
1940
Tom Bledsoe
1930
Lafe Langdon
1931
Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
1933
The Sheriff
1924
Don Roberto
1931
Sam Slater
1935
Sandy McKenzie
1932
Justice of the Peace
1934
Brown - Rancher
1933
Colonel Bixby
1938
Rancher
1935
Colonel Sterner - aka Bradley
1930
Charles Farell / Colonel Leading Wagon Train
1931
'Dad' Parker
1936
1914
Sheriff McWade
1931
T.J. Hornbeck
1931
Sheriff Pinkie
1930
Colonel Lee
1932
Colonel Hare (as Lafayette McKee)
1914
Seth
1932
John Brant - Gene's Father
1913
Sheriff Ed Hibbs
1934
Sheriff
1934
John Graham
1928
Sheriff Rawlins
1933
Dan Toddhunter
1940
Pioneer
1936
Sheriff Jim Taylor
1928
Sheriff Crane
1935
1931
Trader John
1929
Townsman
1932
Sheriff Bailey
1936
Captain Bradshaw
1936
Col. Hare
1913
Gen. Robert E. Lee
1922
Dr. Lorentz
1927
Sheriff Jim Carver
1933
Colonel John Burke
1932
Cattle Buyer Cartwright
1933
1915
William Butler
1929
The Good Squire
1918
Old McTrigger - Hope's Father
1915
Hugo Le Clerq - Annette's Father
1914
Sam Tracy
1932
Minor Role
1934
Jameson
1933
Night Watchman (uncredited)
1935
Sheriff
1926
Frank Denton
1937
John Vale (as Lafayette McKee)
1934
Capt. Jerry Dugan
1926
Kali
1935
Pop Cobb
1942
Charlie Hayden (Joan's Father)
1935
Maitland
1936
1915
'Dad' Sheldon
1937
Sam - Express Agent
1940
Sheriff Jim Cosgrove
1932
Jeff Grayson
1936
Nolan
1934
Jed Travis
1937
Mr. Fields
1931
Wade Callahan
1934
John Harlan
1926
Gray - Robert's Friend
1912
Old Trapper
1934
Fred Herman
1915
2nd Policeman
1912
Marshal Gregory
1933
2nd License Clerk
1935
Henry Rankin
1938
Mr. Big Family
1913
Dad Langley
1937
James Thorpe - Mabel's Father
1915
The Overseer of the Plantation
1913
John Carroll
1937
Mr. Polk
1937
Wamba - a Native
1914
Dr. Bishop
1915
Sheriff / King
1934
Corwin (uncredited)
1930
Sandy McLeod
1925
Rufus King
1926
Jeff Sellers
1932
Harris Gordon
1915
'Hardshell' Beckett
1932
Sandy McGregor
1935
1914
The Banker's Butler
1913
1915
Abner Swaybe
1926
Pop Lyman
1944
Tom Larkin
1938
J. Tiffany Van Den Akar
1926
George Wilton - Dorothy's Father
1913
Professor Hunt
1915
1928
Colonel Hare
1914
Sheriff, Coyote Flats
1920
John Johnson
1912
Harry Ralston
1916
Roland Rand
1924
1915
Dad Thorpe
1930
Don Costello
1936
Mr. Wilson
1912
Burke - Gates' Brother
1913
Betty's Dad
1912
Parson Stanley
1913
Uncle Paul
1915
Mark Boland
1913
The Missionary
1915
Dad Bradfield
1930
Jerry Regan
1922
1915
The Innkeeper
1915
Dan Mason
1934
Rancher Johnson (uncredited)
1936
Duncan
1928
Jim McFarlin
1915
Ed Nobles
1912
Tom Ross
1934
Old Briggs
1913
Satan
1913
John Steel
1928
Roger Whitney
1934
Lieutenant Tavish
1915
Dabney - a Crook
1913
John Courtney
1927
Sam - a Fireman
1912
Mr. James Preston
1912
1923
General Craddock
1915
Colonel Hare
1913
Robert Barker - Missionary
1915
Pittsburg Sam - the Burglar
1912
1924
Edward Elder - Wallace's Uncle
1913
John Ralston
1913
Old Jasper Floyd - Aurora's Father
1912
1915
Colonel Hare
1914
Robert Baker
1916
1923
John Folsom
1925
Colonel Hare
1914
1914
Colonel Hare
1914
Jed Warren
1937
Franklyn Lawrence
1933
Silas Brown
1914
Old Man Cummings
1915
Lawyer Moreley
1914
Phil Dunning
1929
John Sherwood
1924
Gen. John Morgan
1913
Colonel Hare
1914
Percy Hall
1913
Colonel Hare
1914
Don Flores
1931
Ben Rosenthal - the Manager
1913
Colonel Hare
1914
Mr. Bawn - Molly's Father
1912
The Mayor
1913
Norman Black - the Telegraph Operator - Jack's Rival
1913
1914
Father Time
1913
Colonel Hare
1914
Museum Director Henshaw
1914
1914
Colonel Hare
1914
Fred Forman
1925
Watson
1913
Edwin Randall - the Detective
1912
Detective Donald Bryce
1913
John Marshall - Secretary of War
1913
R. Hayes Burkhardt
1914