Born in Morrison, Illinois, USA — Jan 22 1872• Died Aug 10 1959

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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Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)

Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

Minister (uncredited)

Narrator / Police Broadcaster

Man in recital audience

Father at Train Station (Uncredited)

Settler (archive footage)

Doctor

Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

Juror Joe

Radio Listener (uncredited)

'Dad' Parker

Man in Audience (uncredited)

Judge Carter

Townsman

Rancher

Reverend Parker

Old Skipper (uncredited)

Bill Simpson

Sandy McKenzie

Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited)

Zack

Dan Mason

Tom - Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Dan Toddhunter

Fred Winters

Stephen Gray

Townsman (uncredited)

Luke Foster

Bob Lee [Chs. 1-3]

Sheriff Rutherford

Don Roberto

T.J. Hornbeck

Sheriff Rawlins

Daniel Plummer

Sheriff

Townsman

Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Mr. Hall

Col. Hare

Matt O'Donnell

Sandy McGregor

John Hayden

Capt. Jerry Dugan

John Lane

Uncle Dan

Colonel Bixby

John Brant - Gene's Father

Board of Directors (uncredited)

Townsman

Col. Rickson

Prince Alexander, alias Mr. Jerome

Mort Saunders

Poker City Sheriff
Colonel Hare

Tom

Minor Role

Sheriff

Jim King

Jim

Michael, theater watchman

Old Trapper

Night Watchman

Wade Callahan

Dan Mason

Sheriff Jim Carver

Henchman "Pop"

Sheriff Pinkie

Pedestrian

Dad Daley

Conductor (uncredited)

Storekeeper

Colonel Hare

Watchman

Parson Joe

Sheriff

Cal Brett

Ranger Captain Frank Henderson

Seth

Colonel Hare

Dad Langley

Colonel Hare

Prof. Daniel Sturgess

Dr. Grayson

Dad McVey

Pioneer

Old Man (uncredited)

'Dad' Sheldon

Old card player

Sheriff Joe Edwards

Colonel Bondage

Colonel Hare

John Baker

Colonel Hare

Sheriff Bill Baxter

Zeke

John Endicott

Sheriff Crane

Shay

Trader John


2nd License Clerk

Fred Winters

Lester - Taffy Peddler (uncredited)

Colonel Hare

Justice of the Peace

The Good Squire

John Clark - Indian Agent

Don Costello

Sheriff

Colonel Hare

Sam Slater

Jed Travis

Elmer Kimball

Marshal Ed Green

Sheriff Blake
Old Man Cummings

Bowie Moore - Rancher

Corwin (uncredited)

Nolan

Night Watchman (uncredited)

Frank Denton

Charles Ingram [Chs. 1, 3, 12]

Grandpa

Captain Benteen

Pop Cobb

District Attorney

Townsman
Don Flores

Sheriff of Pampa

Colonel John Burke

John Carroll

Justice of the Peace

'Seeker' Dean

'Old' Frisco

Zeke

Mr. Polk

Postmaster

Tom Kirk

Joe Kearney

Edwin Randall - the Detective

Maitland

Jameson

Marshal Gregory

Colonel Lee

Watson

Clem Neville

Colonel Hare

Brown - Rancher

Hiram Olcott

Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Sheriff, Coyote Flats

Captain Bradshaw

Jim, the bank guard (uncredited)

Sheriff Billings

'Hardshell' Beckett
Franklyn Lawrence

Frank Brooke

Rancher Johnson (uncredited)
Dr. Lorentz

Sam Tracy

John Johnson

Lafe
Old McTrigger - Hope's Father

Wamba - a Native

The Sheriff

James Bankington

Sheriff Jim Cosgrove

Charlie Hayden (Joan's Father)

Tom Bledsoe

Kali

Henchman Snowden

Uncle Joe Brooks

Murphy

Colonel Hare

Judd Hampton

Roberts--Ranch Owner

Sheriff
Squire Davis

Sheriff Jim Taylor
Professor Hunt

John Granger

Charles Farell / Colonel Leading Wagon Train

Pat Kelly

John Bradford

Big John Lawson

Old Trapper

Jeff Sellers


Hank Wilson

Jim Burton

William Bannister

Sheriff

Jim Green

John Steel

Sandy McLeod

Mr. Fields


Jeff Grayson

Doyle

Bartender
James Thorpe - Mabel's Father

Satan

John Courtney

Tom Wilson

Elmer 'Dad' Brooks
Gen. John Morgan

Fur Trapper

Pop Lyman

Dad Bradfield

Ben Rosenthal - the Manager

Colonel Hare

Don Jose Castanares

Boat Captain (uncredited)

Phil Dunning
R. Hayes Burkhardt

Sheriff McWade

John Marshall - Secretary of War
Harris Gordon

Clint Wheeler
Mr. Andrew Gordon

Roland Rand

Old Briggs

Sheriff Bailey

Judge Williams

A Gangster

Dad Thorpe
Fred Forman
Tom Ross

Tap Smiley

Sam - Express Agent

Cattle Buyer Cartwright

Sheriff / King


John Folsom


Mr. Big Family


Sheriff Ed Hibbs

Doc

Colonel Hare (as Lafayette McKee)

Father Time

Tom Larkin

Peter Daley

Gen. Robert E. Lee

John Sherwood

Old Jasper Floyd - Aurora's Father

Lafe Brown

Lafe Langdon

John Graham

Mr. Wilson
Jim McFarlin

John Harlan

Bobbie's Father

William Butler

Dad Kane

Duncan

Roger Whitney

Burke - Gates' Brother
Don Pío Méndez


The Federal Captain

Antoine

Jed Warren
Robert Barker - Missionary

Rufus King

Norman Black - the Telegraph Operator - Jack's Rival

Dabney - a Crook

Sheriff Bains
Lieutenant Tavish
Mr. Bawn - Molly's Father

Colonel Sterner - aka Bradley
Robert Baker
Chester Jennings


2nd Policeman

Simon Willard
George Wilton - Dorothy's Father

Col. Colfax


The Overseer of the Plantation
Harry Ralston

Mr. Greerson - Harvey's Father

Henry Rankin
Sam - a Fireman

Judge Simpson


J. Tiffany Van Den Akar

The Banker's Butler

Pop - Hotel Owner

Pittsburg Sam - the Burglar
General Craddock
The Missionary
Uncle Paul

John Rickard
Fred Herman

Mark Boland
Detective Donald Bryce

Jim Downing

John Ralston

Jerry Regan
Dan Winters
Edward Elder - Wallace's Uncle
The Innkeeper

Ed Nobles

Gray - Robert's Friend

Abner Swaybe

Percy Hall

John Vale (as Lafayette McKee)
Museum Director Henshaw
Dr. Bishop
Obadiah, the recluse
Hugo Le Clerq - Annette's Father

Mr. James Preston

The Mayor

Silas Brown

Lawyer Moreley

Parson Stanley

Betty's Dad

Harvey Comstock