Person Details

Birthday: 1872-01-23 06:00:42

Death: 1959-08-10 06:00:42

Aliases: Lafayette Stocking McKee , Lafayette S. McKee , Lafayette McKee , L.S. McKee , L. D. McKee , Lafe M. McKee , Luke McKee , Lafe M. Kee , Frank McKee

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Morrison, Illinois, USA

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Movie Involvements: 267

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Santa Fe Trail
Average
6

Santa Fe Trail

(1940) Minister (uncredited)
Blue Steel
Average
5

Blue Steel

(1934) Dan Mason
The Miracle Woman
Average
7

The Miracle Woman

(1931) Man in Audience (uncredited)
The Man From Utah
Average
5

The Man From Utah

(1934) Judge Carter
Riders of Destiny
Average
6

Riders of Destiny

(1933) Sheriff Bill Baxter
West of the Divide
Average
5

West of the Divide

(1934) Fred Winters
The Desert Trail
Average
5

The Desert Trail

(1935) Poker City Sheriff
When the Daltons Rode
Average
7

When the Daltons Rode

(1940) Doctor

Acting

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

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