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(319)
Dan Mason
1934
Settler (archive footage)
1939
T.J. Hornbeck
1931
Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)
1939
Judd Hampton
1925
Lafe
1933
Poker City Sheriff
1935
Jameson
1933
Sam Tracy
1932
Minister (uncredited)
1940
Mr. Andrew Gordon
Radio Listener (uncredited)
1943
Stephen Gray
1933
Matt O'Donnell
1934
Sheriff Bill Baxter
1933
John Graham
1928
Storekeeper
1935
Zeke
1935
Mr. Wilson
1912
Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
1933
Fur Trapper
1928
Harris Gordon
1915
Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)
1936
Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited)
1932
Jim McFarlin
1915
John Folsom
1925
Luke Foster
1933
Sheriff
1935
1915
Bob Lee [Chs. 1-3]
1935
Dabney - a Crook
1913
Seth
1932
Dan Toddhunter
1940
Justice of the Peace
1934
Lester - Taffy Peddler (uncredited)
1936
Chester Jennings
1924
Sheriff
1936
Uncle Dan
1940
Henry Rankin
1938
Jeff Grayson
1936
Justice of the Peace
1932
Henchman Snowden
1931
1915
John Carroll
1937
Uncle Paul
1915
Man in Audience (uncredited)
1931
Capt. Jerry Dugan
1926
Clem Neville
1931
Captain Benteen
1936
Sandy McKenzie
1932
John Hayden
1931
Shay
1933
Townsman
1933
Juror Joe
1937
Clint Wheeler
1931
Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
1938
Townsman (uncredited)
1934
Man in recital audience
1940
Dr. Grayson
1935
Uncle Joe Brooks
1932
Satan
1913
Tom Wilson
1937
Dad Daley
1934
Dan Mason
1934
Night Watchman
1939
1914
Daniel Plummer
1933
Charlie Hayden (Joan's Father)
1935
Roberts--Ranch Owner
1940
Bill Simpson
1933
Ranger Captain Frank Henderson
1932
Fred Winters
1934
Ben Rosenthal - the Manager
1913
Sheriff Rutherford
1935
1923
Boat Captain (uncredited)
1927
Townsman
1939
Sheriff of Pampa
1935
2nd License Clerk
1935
Tom Ross
1934
Col. Rickson
1931
Jim Burton
1936
Postmaster
1933
Sheriff Blake
1936
1933
Fred Winters
1934
Percy Hall
1913
Colonel John Burke
1932
Tom Bledsoe
1930
Prince Alexander, alias Mr. Jerome
1933
Henchman "Pop"
1936
Cal Brett
1932
Pop Lyman
1944
Doctor
1940
The Good Squire
1918
Zeke
1938
Don Jose Castanares
1933
Father at Train Station (Uncredited)
1933
Old McTrigger - Hope's Father
1915
1915
Judge Carter
1934
John Baker
1935
Don Flores
1931
Conductor (uncredited)
1936
Col. Colfax
1913
Jerry Regan
1922
Old Trapper
1935
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1925
Bartender
1935
1924
Night Watchman (uncredited)
1935
John Steel
1928
1928
Townsman
1932
Abner Swaybe
1926
1915
Roger Whitney
1934
Rancher
1935
George Wilton - Dorothy's Father
1913
Jeff Sellers
1932
Mr. James Preston
1912
Michael, theater watchman
1931
Father Time
1913
Dad Kane
1935
Elmer Kimball
1940
The Mayor
1913
Sheriff
1932
Detective Donald Bryce
1913
Tom Larkin
1938
J. Tiffany Van Den Akar
1926
Captain Bradshaw
1936
Fred Forman
1925
Prof. Daniel Sturgess
1925
Sheriff Billings
1930
Jim Green
1935
General Craddock
1915
John Johnson
1912
Jim, the bank guard (uncredited)
1935
Sheriff Jim Carver
1933
Mr. Bawn - Molly's Father
1912
Don Costello
1936
Mr. Polk
1937
Tap Smiley
1935
Old Trapper
1934
William Butler
1929
Colonel Hare
1913
Mort Saunders
1940
Marshal Ed Green
1936
Sheriff McWade
1931
John Courtney
1927
'Seeker' Dean
1933
John Granger
1937
Reverend Parker
1932
Sandy McLeod
1925
Dad Bradfield
1930
Watchman
1939
Colonel Bondage
1932
John Sherwood
1924
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1935
Burke - Gates' Brother
1913
Parson Stanley
1913
1923
Robert Barker - Missionary
1915
Pedestrian
1943
Jed Warren
1937
Old card player
1936
Board of Directors (uncredited)
1919
Edwin Randall - the Detective
1912
Dr. Bishop
1915
Nolan
1934
Bowie Moore - Rancher
1932
John Brant - Gene's Father
1913
Mr. Hall
1925
Townsman
1929
Sam Slater
1935
Tom - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1940
Charles Ingram [Chs. 1, 3, 12]
1934
Old Man Cummings
1915
Zack
1934
John Vale (as Lafayette McKee)
1934
Professor Hunt
1915
Minor Role
1934
'Dad' Sheldon
1937
1914
Lafe Langdon
1931
Colonel Lee
1932
Tom Kirk
1932
Parson Joe
1930
The Sheriff
1924
Phil Dunning
1929
Sheriff Pinkie
1930
James Thorpe - Mabel's Father
1915
Doc
1927
Marshal Gregory
1933
John Lane
1938
Sam - Express Agent
1940
Mr. Big Family
1913
John Rickard
1935
John Ralston
1913
Harry Ralston
1916
Franklyn Lawrence
1933
Sheriff Bains
1937
Dad McVey
1935
Frank Brooke
1940
Sheriff
1934
Judge Williams
1933
Sandy McGregor
1935
Judge Simpson
1924
The Innkeeper
1915
'Old' Frisco
1931
Colonel Hare
1914
1914
Ed Nobles
1912
Pop Cobb
1942
Sheriff Rawlins
1933
Hank Wilson
1934
'Hardshell' Beckett
1932
Wade Callahan
1934
Rufus King
1926
Mark Boland
1913
The Missionary
1915
Maitland
1936
Sheriff, Coyote Flats
1920
Dad Langley
1937
Murphy
1913
The Banker's Butler
1913
Old Skipper (uncredited)
1936
James Bankington
1917
1914
Corwin (uncredited)
1930
John Clark - Indian Agent
1935
Robert Baker
1916
1914
Narrator / Police Broadcaster
1931
Joe Kearney
1931
Colonel Hare
1914
Mr. Fields
1931
Brown - Rancher
1933
Colonel Hare
1914
Jim
1932
Trader John
1929
John Marshall - Secretary of War
1913
Grandpa
1940
'Dad' Parker
1936
1928
Lieutenant Tavish
1915
Don Roberto
1931
Rancher Johnson (uncredited)
1936
Sam - a Fireman
1912
Lawyer Moreley
1914
Tom
1935
Charles Farell / Colonel Leading Wagon Train
1931
The Federal Captain
1913
Gen. Robert E. Lee
1922
Dr. Lorentz
1927
Jed Travis
1937
Big John Lawson
1927
Antoine
1915
Colonel Hare
1914
John Endicott
1936
Cattle Buyer Cartwright
1933
Sheriff Crane
1935
Colonel Hare
1914
Watson
1913
Sheriff
1934
John Bradford
1940
Mr. Greerson - Harvey's Father
1914
Sheriff Joe Edwards
1932
Colonel Bixby
1938
Sheriff Jim Taylor
1928
Dad Thorpe
1930
Doyle
1915
A Gangster
1913
John Harlan
1926
Frank Denton
1937
Silas Brown
1914
Gen. John Morgan
1913
Pop - Hotel Owner
1935
Duncan
1928
Fred Herman
1915
Gray - Robert's Friend
1912
Sheriff Bailey
1936
Betty's Dad
1912
The Overseer of the Plantation
1913
Elmer 'Dad' Brooks
1934
Hiram Olcott
1932
Museum Director Henshaw
1914
Colonel Hare
1914
Jim King
1935
Pittsburg Sam - the Burglar
1912
Colonel Hare
1914
1915
Sheriff Jim Cosgrove
1932
Colonel Hare
1914
Hugo Le Clerq - Annette's Father
1914
Sheriff
1926
Old Briggs
1913
Norman Black - the Telegraph Operator - Jack's Rival
1913
Simon Willard
1913
Kali
1935
Sheriff / King
1934
Sheriff Ed Hibbs
1934
2nd Policeman
1912
Colonel Sterner - aka Bradley
1930
1928
R. Hayes Burkhardt
1914
Pioneer
1936
1931
Old Jasper Floyd - Aurora's Father
1912
1915
Roland Rand
1924
Edward Elder - Wallace's Uncle
1913
Old Man (uncredited)
1932
Colonel Hare
1916
Colonel Hare (as Lafayette McKee)
1914
Wamba - a Native
1914
Colonel Hare
1914
William Bannister
1935
Col. Hare
1913