Person Details
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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 , Lafayette S. "Lafe" 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
(1940) Minister (uncredited)Riders of Destiny
(1933) Sheriff Bill BaxterBlue Steel
(1934) Dan MasonWest of the Divide
(1934) Fred WintersThe Miracle Woman
(1931) Man in Audience (uncredited)The Man From Utah
(1934) Judge CarterMission to Moscow
(1943) Radio Listener (uncredited)The Desert Trail
(1935) Poker City SheriffActing
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 | ||
Sheriff Ed Hibbs | ||
Old Trapper | ||
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 | ||
Sandy McKenzie | ||
Justice of the Peace | ||
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 | Colonel Hare | |
Col. 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 |