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.
Movie | The Bonanza Buckaroo | Mr. Andrew Gordon | 2025 |
Movie | Wells Fargo Days | Pop Lyman | 1944-04-01 |
Movie | Kid Dynamite | Pedestrian | 1943-02-05 |
Movie | Mission to Moscow | Radio Listener (uncredited) | 1943-04-29 |
Movie | Inside the Law | Pop Cobb | 1942-05-08 |
Movie | Wild Horse Valley | Elmer Kimball | 1940-03-13 |
Movie | The Cheyenne Kid | Roberts--Ranch Owner | 1940-02-20 |
Movie | Pioneer Days | Sam - Express Agent | 1940-01-25 |
Movie | Riders of Pasco Basin | Uncle Dan | 1940-04-04 |
Movie | Pioneers of the Frontier | Mort Saunders | 1940-02-14 |
Movie | Music in My Heart | Tom - Stage Doorman (uncredited) | 1940-01-04 |
Movie | Young People | Man in recital audience | 1940-08-30 |
Movie | Bad Man from Red Butte | Dan Toddhunter | 1940-06-01 |
Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Minister (uncredited) | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | When the Daltons Rode | Doctor | 1940-08-23 |
Movie | Son of Roaring Dan | Frank Brooke | 1940-07-25 |
Movie | Dr. Christian Meets the Women | Grandpa | 1940-08-05 |
Movie | Convict's Code | Night Watchman | 1939-01-18 |
Movie | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Townsman | 1939-02-25 |
Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited) | 1939-10-19 |
Movie | Heroes in Blue | Watchman | 1939-11-07 |
Movie | The Oregon Trail | Settler (archive footage) | 1939-07-04 |
Movie | Gold Is Where You Find It | Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited) | 1938-02-12 |
Movie | Rolling Caravans | Henry Rankin | 1938-03-07 |
Movie | I'm from the City | Colonel Bixby | 1938-08-05 |
Movie | Knight of the Plains | John Lane | 1938-05-07 |
Movie | Stagecoach Days | Tom Larkin | 1938-06-19 |
Movie | Six Shootin' Sheriff | Zeke | 1938-05-20 |
Movie | Law of the Ranger | Mr. Polk | 1937-05-11 |
Movie | Melody of the Plains | Dad Langley | 1937-04-01 |
Movie | North of the Rio Grande | Juror Joe | 1937-06-28 |
Movie | Santa Fe Rides | 'Dad' Sheldon | 1937-02-25 |
Movie | The Feud of the Trail | John Granger | 1937-03-01 |
Movie | Brothers of the West | Sheriff Bains | 1937-06-29 |
Movie | The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen | Tom Wilson | 1937-08-06 |
Movie | The Rangers Step In | Jed Warren | 1937-08-08 |
Movie | The Fighting Deputy | Frank Denton | 1937-12-05 |
Movie | Lost Ranch | John Carroll | 1937-07-10 |
Movie | Silly Billies | Pioneer | 1936-03-20 |
Movie | Lightnin' Bill Carson | Don Costello | 1936-04-14 |
Movie | Dangerous Waters | Old Skipper (uncredited) | 1936-02-10 |
Movie | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Unemployed Farmer in Line and Courtroom (uncredited) | 1936-04-09 |
Movie | Custer's Last Stand | Captain Benteen | 1936-01-02 |
Movie | Step on It | Captain Bradshaw | 1936-01-01 |
Movie | Roamin' Wild | 'Dad' Parker | 1936-04-29 |
Movie | The Mysterious Avenger | Maitland | 1936-01-17 |
Movie | The Kid Ranger | Jim Burton | 1936-02-05 |
Movie | The Bridge of Sighs | Lester - Taffy Peddler (uncredited) | 1936-02-14 |
Movie | Santa Fe Bound | Sheriff | 1936-08-14 |
Movie | Frontier Justice | Old card player | 1936-10-01 |
Movie | The Fugitive Sheriff | Conductor (uncredited) | 1936-10-19 |
Movie | Last of the Warrens | Sheriff Blake | 1936-05-09 |
Movie | The Idaho Kid | John Endicott | 1936-08-05 |
Movie | Men of the Plains | Marshal Ed Green | 1936-09-28 |
Movie | For the Service | Rancher Johnson (uncredited) | 1936-06-01 |
Movie | The Phantom Rider | Jeff Grayson | 1936-07-06 |
Movie | Easy Money | Henchman "Pop" | 1936-06-13 |
Movie | The Cowboy and the Kid | Sheriff Bailey | 1936-07-01 |
Movie | Rainbow Valley | Storekeeper | 1935-03-15 |
Movie | Tracy Rides | Jim Green | 1935-02-26 |
Movie | One in a Million | 2nd License Clerk | 1935-03-21 |
Movie | The Drunkard | Bartender | 1935-04-03 |
Movie | Blazing Guns | John Rickard | 1935-02-03 |
Movie | The Cowboy and the Bandit | Sheriff of Pampa | 1935-04-02 |
Movie | Rustlers of Red Dog | Bob Lee [Chs. 1-3] | 1935-01-01 |
Movie | Big Boy Rides Again | Tap Smiley | 1935-01-05 |
Movie | The Ghost Rider | Zeke | 1935-04-07 |
Movie | Coyote Trails | John Baker | 1935-02-01 |
Movie | Northern Frontier | Old Trapper | 1935-02-01 |
Movie | Kid Courageous | William Bannister | 1935-02-02 |
Movie | Wolf Riders | John Clark - Indian Agent | 1935-02-02 |
Movie | The Hawk | Jim King | 1935-05-13 |
Movie | The Girl Who Came Back | Jim, the bank guard | 1935-09-20 |
Movie | Rio Rattler | Pop - Hotel Owner | 1935-08-01 |
Movie | The Ivory-Handled Gun | Sheriff Crane | 1935-11-11 |
Movie | The Law of 45's | Charlie Hayden (Joan's Father) | 1935-12-01 |
Movie | Queen of the Jungle | Kali | 1935-04-12 |
Movie | Swifty | Sandy McGregor | 1935-12-12 |
Movie | The Keeper of the Bees | Dr. Grayson | 1935-07-14 |
Movie | The Last of the Clintons | Sam Slater | 1935-11-12 |
Movie | Men of Action | Rancher | 1935-07-13 |
Movie | The Desert Trail | Poker City Sheriff | 1935-04-21 |
Movie | Gun Smoke | Sheriff Rutherford | 1935-05-01 |
Movie | The Test | Dad McVey | 1935-05-10 |
Movie | Thunderbolt | Tom | 1935-12-15 |
Movie | What Price Crime | Night Watchman (uncredited) | 1935-05-27 |
Movie | Honor of the Range | Townsman (uncredited) | 1934-04-15 |
Movie | City Park | Matt O'Donnell | 1934-05-01 |
Movie | Blue Steel | Dan Mason | 1934-05-10 |
Movie | Rawhide Romance | Roger Whitney | 1934-03-31 |
Movie | Lighting Bill | Tom Ross | 1934-02-01 |
Movie | The Man from Utah | Judge Carter | 1934-05-15 |
Movie | The Boss Cowboy | Nolan | 1934-01-31 |
Movie | West of the Divide | Fred Winters | 1934-02-15 |
Movie | Riding Speed | John Vale (as Lafayette McKee) | 1934-03-01 |
Movie | The Quitter | Zack | 1934-02-05 |
Movie | The Fighting Trooper | Old Trapper | 1934-11-01 |
Movie | Frontier Days | Hank Wilson | 1934-11-14 |
Movie | Range Warfare | Wade Callahan | 1934-12-01 |
Movie | Hell Bent for Love | Dad Daley | 1934-05-19 |
Movie | Fighting Fury | Sheriff Ed Hibbs | 1934-11-01 |
Movie | Western Justice | Sheriff / King | 1934-12-12 |
Movie | Rawhide Mail | Sheriff | 1934-06-07 |
Movie | A Demon for Trouble | Sheriff | 1934-08-10 |
Movie | The Law of the Wild | Charles Ingram [Chs. 1, 3, 12] | 1934-09-04 |
Movie | Port of Lost Dreams | Justice of the Peace | 1934-10-14 |
Movie | The Curtain Falls | Minor Role | 1934-10-02 |
Movie | King of the Arena | Townsman | 1933-06-01 |
Movie | Fighting With Kit Carson | Luke Foster | 1933-07-01 |
Movie | Cross Fire | Daniel Plummer | 1933-05-28 |
Movie | Fighting Texans | Sheriff Jim Carver | 1933-06-15 |
Movie | The Dude Bandit | Brown - Rancher | 1933-04-05 |
Movie | The Man from Monterey | Don Jose Castanares | 1933-07-15 |
Movie | Terror Trail | Shay | 1933-02-02 |
Movie | The Telegraph Trail | Lafe | 1933-03-18 |
Movie | The Whispering Shadow | Prince Alexander, alias Mr. Jerome | 1933-04-17 |
Movie | Deadwood Pass | Sheriff Rawlins | 1933-05-05 |
Movie | Gordon of Ghost City | Bill Simpson | 1933-08-13 |
Movie | Lightning Range | Judge Williams | 1933-11-29 |
Movie | Jaws of Justice | 'Seeker' Dean | 1933-12-04 |
Movie | Galloping Romeo | Marshal Gregory | 1933-08-04 |
Movie | The Mystery Squadron | Stephen Gray | 1933-12-21 |
Movie | Only Yesterday | Father at Train Station (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
Movie | Gun Justice | Postmaster | 1933-12-11 |
Movie | Riders of Destiny | Sheriff Bill Baxter | 1933-10-10 |
Movie | War of the Range | Cattle Buyer Cartwright | 1933-09-21 |
Movie | The Trail Drive | Jameson | 1933-09-04 |
Movie | Golden Harvest | Wheat Farmer (uncredited) | 1933-09-21 |
Movie | Beauty Parlor | Reverend Parker | 1932-06-15 |
Movie | Gorilla Ship | Old Man (uncredited) | 1932-07-19 |
Movie | The Man from New Mexico | Sheriff | 1932-04-01 |
Movie | Hello Trouble | Sheriff Joe Edwards | 1932-07-15 |
Movie | The Texan | Jim | 1932-02-01 |
Movie | Without Honors | Ranger Captain Frank Henderson | 1932-01-02 |
Movie | The Spirit of the West | Bowie Moore - Rancher | 1932-03-01 |
Movie | Hell-Fire Austin | Uncle Joe Brooks | 1932-03-02 |
Movie | Heroes of the West | Townsman | 1932-06-19 |
Movie | The Secrets of Wu Sin | Justice of the Peace | 1932-12-15 |
Movie | Ride Him, Cowboy | Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited) | 1932-08-27 |
Movie | Tombstone Canyon | Colonel Lee | 1932-12-25 |
Movie | Self Defense | Sandy McKenzie | 1932-12-15 |
Movie | The Fighting Champ | Sheriff Jim Cosgrove | 1932-12-15 |
Movie | Young Blood | Colonel Bondage | 1932-11-05 |
Movie | Klondike | Seth | 1932-08-29 |
Movie | Gold | Jeff Sellers | 1932-09-15 |
Movie | The Big Stampede | Cal Brett | 1932-09-29 |
Movie | Alias: The Bad Man | Clem Neville | 1931-07-15 |
Movie | Partners of the Trail | Sheriff McWade | 1931-07-21 |
Movie | The Vanishing Legion | T.J. Hornbeck | 1931-06-01 |
Movie | Red Fork Range | Charles Farell / Colonel Leading Wagon Train | 1931-01-12 |
Movie | The Lady from Nowhere | Henchman Snowden | 1931-08-01 |
Movie | West of Cheyenne | Lafe Langdon | 1931-03-01 |
Movie | The Two Gun Man | Joe Kearney | 1931-05-15 |
Movie | The Miracle Woman | Man in Audience (uncredited) | 1931-07-17 |
Movie | Neck and Neck | Col. Rickson | 1931-11-04 |
Movie | The Fighting Marshal | Clint Wheeler | 1931-11-25 |
Movie | The Galloping Ghost | Narrator / Police Broadcaster | 1931-09-01 |
Movie | Range Law | 'Old' Frisco | 1931-10-10 |
Movie | Lariats and Six-Shooters | 1931-10-25 | |
Movie | The Gay Buckaroo | Mr. Fields | 1931-12-02 |
Movie | Grief Street | Michael, theater watchman | 1931-10-01 |
Movie | The Hurricane Horseman | Don Roberto | 1931-10-10 |
Movie | The Cheyenne Kid | Dad Thorpe | 1930-05-01 |
Movie | The Lone Defender | Sheriff Billings | 1930-03-04 |
Movie | Near the Rainbow's End | Tom Bledsoe | 1930-06-10 |
Movie | Under Montana Skies | Sheriff Pinkie | 1930-09-09 |
Movie | Breed of the West | Colonel Sterner - aka Bradley | 1930-11-12 |
Movie | The Utah Kid | Parson Joe | 1930-10-27 |
Movie | Code of Honor | Dad Bradfield | 1930-10-16 |
Movie | The Amazing Vagabond | Phil Dunning | 1929-04-07 |
Movie | The California Mail | William Butler | 1929-04-07 |
Movie | Evangeline | Townsman | 1929-08-24 |
Movie | The King of the Kongo | Trader John | 1929-08-29 |
Movie | The Ballyhoo Buster | 1928-01-08 | |
Movie | The Upland Rider | John Graham | 1928-06-03 |
Movie | The Riding Renegade | Sheriff Jim Taylor | 1928-02-19 |
Movie | Riley of the Rainbow Division | 1928-07-15 | |
Movie | Manhattan Cowboy | John Steel | 1928-10-01 |
Movie | The Code of the Scarlet | Fur Trapper | 1928-07-01 |
Movie | The Ridin' Rowdy | Doc | 1927-04-24 |
Movie | Daring Deeds | John Courtney | 1927-04-30 |
Movie | The Desert of the Lost | Boat Captain (uncredited) | 1927-12-17 |
Movie | Hell Hounds of the Plains | Big John Lawson | 1927-05-07 |
Movie | A String of Diamonds | J. Tiffany Van Den Akar | 1926-03-01 |
Movie | Officer '444' | Capt. Jerry Dugan | 1926-05-14 |
Movie | Fangs of Vengeance | Abner Swaybe | 1926-08-31 |
Movie | Dog of Dogs | John Harlan | 1926-12-01 |
Movie | The Man from Oklahoma | Rufus King | 1926-12-01 |
Movie | Dog Scents | Sheriff | 1926-10-31 |
Movie | Warrior Gap | John Folsom | 1925-01-02 |
Movie | On the Go | Mr. Hall | 1925-04-04 |
Movie | A Desperate Chance | Fred Forman | 1925-07-01 |
Movie | Kit Carson Over the Great Divide | Sandy McLeod | 1925-09-02 |
Movie | The Power God | Prof. Daniel Sturgess | 1925-05-01 |
Movie | Sporting Life | Stage Doorman (uncredited) | 1925-11-29 |
Movie | The Eagle's Claw | John Sherwood | 1924-02-10 |
Movie | Circus Lure | 1924-06-15 | |
Movie | Thundering Romance | The Sheriff | 1924-12-15 |
Movie | Battling Brewster | Roland Rand | 1924-12-01 |
Movie | Blood Test | 1923-04-10 | |
Movie | In the Days of Buffalo Bill | Gen. Robert E. Lee | 1922-09-11 |
Movie | The Daredevil | Sheriff, Coyote Flats | 1920-03-07 |
Movie | The Hoodlum | Board of Directors (uncredited) | 1919-08-31 |
Movie | Little Orphant Annie | The Good Squire | 1918-12-31 |
Movie | The Lad and the Lion | James Bankington | 1917-05-14 |
Movie | The Adventures of Kathlyn | Colonel Hare | 1916-01-14 |
Movie | Wives of the Rich | Robert Baker | 1916-04-10 |
Movie | The Fork in the Road | The Innkeeper | 1915-03-15 |
Movie | The Jungle Stockade | Robert Barker - Missionary | 1915-04-17 |
Movie | The Great Experiment | 1915-04-19 | |
Movie | The Lion's Mate | The Missionary | 1915-05-08 |
Movie | The Guardian's Dilemma | Old Man Cummings | 1915-03-06 |
Movie | Lassoing a Lion | 1915-01-02 | |
Movie | The Two Natures Within Him | Dr. Bishop | 1915-05-20 |
Movie | His Fighting Blood | Old McTrigger - Hope's Father | 1915-01-18 |
Movie | The Primitive Way | 1915-01-23 | |
Movie | The Red Blood of Courage | Lieutenant Tavish | 1915-02-22 |
Movie | The Baby and the Leopard | Fred Herman | 1915-12-11 |
Movie | The Blood Seedling | 1915-09-23 | |
Movie | Young Love | Professor Hunt | 1915-11-27 |
Movie | The Jaguar Trap | 1915-05-24 | |
Movie | A Jungle Revenge | James Thorpe - Mabel's Father | 1915-12-04 |
Movie | The Man with the Iron Heart | Doyle | 1915-09-02 |
Movie | The Vengeance of Rannah | General Craddock | 1915-11-15 |
Movie | In the King's Service | Antoine | 1915-08-16 |
Movie | The Octopus | Harris Gordon | 1915-07-15 |
Movie | How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell | Jim McFarlin | 1915-06-03 |
Movie | The Heart of Paro | 1915-07-24 | |
Movie | Meller Drammer | 1914-08-14 | |
Movie | To Be Called For | Silas Brown | 1914-09-02 |
Movie | The Leopard's Foundling | Wamba - a Native | 1914-06-29 |
Movie | The Forged Parchment | Colonel Hare | 1914-05-18 |
Movie | The Livid Flame | R. Hayes Burkhardt | 1914-09-21 |
Movie | Three Bags of Silver | Colonel Hare (as Lafayette McKee) | 1914-03-09 |
Movie | Jim | 1914-09-16 | |
Movie | The Soul Mate | 1914-12-12 | |
Movie | Wade Brent Pays | Lawyer Moreley | 1914-12-22 |
Movie | If I Were Young Again | Museum Director Henshaw | 1914-11-16 |
Movie | The Lure of the Windigo | Hugo Le Clerq - Annette's Father | 1914-12-14 |
Movie | Rosemary, That's for Remembrance | Mr. Greerson - Harvey's Father | 1914-11-02 |
Movie | Four Minutes Late | 1914-10-03 | |
Movie | Garrison's Finish | 1914-10-15 | |
Movie | Dixieland | The Federal Captain | 1913-04-16 |
Movie | Roses of Yesterday | John Ralston | 1913-04-28 |
Movie | The Suwanee River | The Overseer of the Plantation | 1913-06-05 |
Movie | A Change of Administration | John Marshall - Secretary of War | 1913-04-05 |
Movie | A Jolt for the Janitor | Mr. Big Family | 1913-06-08 |
Movie | The Post-Impressionists | George Wilton - Dorothy's Father | 1913-05-12 |
Movie | The Understudy | Ben Rosenthal - the Manager | 1913-02-28 |
Movie | A Loyal Deserter | Col. Colfax | 1913-01-01 |
Movie | The Lesson | Murphy | 1913-01-30 |
Movie | The Gold Brick | Percy Hall | 1913-06-19 |
Movie | The Sands of Time | Father Time | 1913-03-14 |
Movie | Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy | Gen. John Morgan | 1913-03-24 |
Movie | The Fifth String | Satan | 1913-09-15 |
Movie | Thor, Lord of the Jungles | John Brant - Gene's Father | 1913-11-01 |
Movie | When May Weds December | The Banker's Butler | 1913-10-29 |
Movie | Papa's Dream | Parson Stanley | 1913-06-25 |
Movie | The Open Door | Mark Boland | 1913-12-22 |
Movie | The Adventures of Kathlyn | Col. Hare | 1913-12-29 |
Movie | The Finger Print | Dabney - a Crook | 1913-10-20 |
Movie | The Cipher Message | Detective Donald Bryce | 1913-12-01 |
Movie | Sweeney's Dream | The Mayor | 1913-07-16 |
Movie | Her Way | Burke - Gates' Brother | 1913-09-12 |
Movie | Through Another Man's Eyes | Edward Elder - Wallace's Uncle | 1913-08-01 |
Movie | Granny's Old Armchair | Simon Willard | 1913-07-18 |
Movie | The Water Rat | Watson | 1913-08-25 |
Movie | The Devil and Tom Walker | Old Briggs | 1913-08-04 |
Movie | Betty Fools Dear Old Dad | Betty's Dad | 1912-08-22 |
Movie | The House of His Master | Gray - Robert's Friend | 1912-09-09 |
Movie | All on Account of Checkers | Sam - a Fireman | 1912-03-29 |
Movie | Bread Upon the Waters | Mr. James Preston | 1912-09-30 |
Movie | The Lost Inheritance | Mr. Bawn - Molly's Father | 1912-11-13 |
Movie | How the 'Duke of Leisure' Reached His Winter Home | 2nd Policeman | 1912-12-27 |
Movie | The Fire Cop | Mr. Wilson | 1912-12-02 |
Movie | Her Bitter Lesson | Old Jasper Floyd - Aurora's Father | 1912-10-31 |
Movie | The Awakening | John Johnson | 1912-10-24 |