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Lafe McKee

Jan 22, 1872 - Morrison, Illinois, USA

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.

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Cast

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

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