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{{short description|American actor}}
{{short description|American actor (1872–1959)}}
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| yearsactive = 1893–1948
| yearsactive = 1893–1948
| spouse = Lelah Underwood (1900-1955) (her death) (3 children)
| spouse = Lelah Underwood (1900-1955) (her death) (3 children)
| children = Lucille (b. 1906), Joe (b. 1911), Dick (b. 1925)<ref>[http://www.westernclippings.com/heavies/lafemckee_charactersheavies.shtml Lafe McKee] at westernclippings.com</ref>
| children = 3<ref>[http://www.westernclippings.com/heavies/lafemckee_charactersheavies.shtml Lafe McKee] at westernclippings.com</ref>
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'''Lafayette S. "Lafe" McKee''' (January 23, 1872 &ndash; August 10, 1959)<ref name=Katchmer2009>{{Cite book|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|last=Katchmer|first=George A.|publisher=McFarland|year=2009|isbn=9781476609058|location=|pages=252|oclc=909773565|via=Google Books (preview)}}</ref> was an American actor who appeared in more than 400 films from 1912<ref name="Katchmer2009" /> to 1948. Part of his career was spent with [[Art Mix Productions]].<ref name=Pitts2005/>{{rp|3}} McKee also worked as a [[stage actor]] from 1910 until at least 1932,<ref name=Doak1932/> and began working in [[show business]] in 1893.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12703674/clipped_for_use_as_reference_in/|title=Feud of the Trail|last=<!--Staff-->|date=March 20, 1938|work=[[Post Regist.|The Post-Register]]|access-date=July 28, 2017|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
'''Lafayette S. "Lafe" McKee''' (January 23, 1872 – August 10, 1959)<ref name=Katchmer2009>{{Cite book|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|last=Katchmer|first=George A.|publisher=McFarland|year=2009|isbn=9781476609058|pages=252|oclc=909773565}}</ref> was an American actor who appeared in more than 400 films from 1912<ref name="Katchmer2009" /> to 1948.


==Career==

McKee began working in [[show business]] in 1893.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12703674/clipped_for_use_as_reference_in/|title=Feud of the Trail|last=<!--Staff-->|date=March 20, 1938|work=[[Post Regist.|The Post-Register]]|access-date=July 28, 2017|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Part of his career was spent with [[Art Mix Productions]].<ref name=Pitts2005/>{{rp|3}} McKee also worked as a [[stage actor]] from 1910 until at least 1932,<ref name=Doak1932/>
==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[The City of Purple Dreams (1918 film)|The City of Purple Dreams]]'' (1918)
* ''[[The City of Purple Dreams (1918 film)|The City of Purple Dreams]]'' (1918)
* ''[[In the Days of Buffalo Bill]]'' (1922)
* ''[[In the Days of Buffalo Bill]]'' (1922)
* ''[[Blazing Arrows]]'' (1922)
* ''[[Silver Spurs (1922 film)|Silver Spurs]]'' (1922)
* ''[[Blood Test (film)|Blood Test]]'' (1923)
* ''[[The Eagle's Claw]]'' (1924)
* ''[[The Eagle's Claw]]'' (1924)
* ''[[Bringin' Home the Bacon]]'' (1924)
* ''[[The Terror of Pueblo]]'' (1924)
* ''[[Thundering Romance]]'' (1924)
* ''[[Full Speed (1925 film)|Full Speed]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Full Speed (1925 film)|Full Speed]]'' (1925)
* ''[[On the Go]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Double Action Daniels]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Saddle Cyclone]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Human Tornado (1925 film)|The Human Tornado]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Sporting Life (1925 film)|The Sporting Life]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Sporting Life (1925 film)|The Sporting Life]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Bandit Buster]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Bandit Buster]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Bonanza Buckaroo]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Bonanza Buckaroo]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Man from Oklahoma (1926 film)|The Man from Oklahoma]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Fort Frayne]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Officer 444]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Officer 444]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Baited Trap]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Baited Trap]]'' (1926)
* ''[[West of the Law (1926 film)|West of the Law]]'' (1926)
* ''[[A Captain's Courage]]'' (1926)
* ''[[A Captain's Courage]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Twin Triggers]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Twin Triggers]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Rawhide (1926 film)|Rawhide]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Rawhide (1926 film)|Rawhide]]'' (1926)
* ''[[The Desert of the Lost]]'' (1927)
* ''[[The Desert of the Lost]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Daring Deeds]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Roarin' Broncs]]'' (1927)
* ''[[The Ridin' Rowdy]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Riding to Fame]]'' (1927)
* ''[[The Fire Fighters (1927 film)|The Fire Fighters]]'' (1927)<ref name=Katchmer2009/>
* ''[[The Fire Fighters (1927 film)|The Fire Fighters]]'' (1927)<ref name=Katchmer2009/>
* ''[[The Patent Leather Kid]]'' (1927)
* ''[[The Patent Leather Kid]]'' (1927)
* ''[[The Ballyhoo Buster]]'' (1928)
* ''[[The Ballyhoo Buster]]'' (1928)
* ''[[Trailin' Back]]'' (1928)
* ''[[The Code of the Scarlet]]'' (1928)
* ''[[Riley of the Rainbow Division]]'' (1928)
* ''[[Riley of the Rainbow Division]]'' (1928)
* ''[[On the Divide (film)|On the Divide]]'' (1928)
* ''[[On the Divide (film)|On the Divide]]'' (1928)
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* ''[[Vultures of the Sea]]'' (1928)
* ''[[Vultures of the Sea]]'' (1928)
* ''[[Men Without Law]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Men Without Law]]'' (1930)
* ''[[The Lone Rider]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Under Montana Skies]]'' (1930)
* ''[[The Lonesome Trail (1930 film)|The Lonesome Trail]]'' (1930)
* ''[[The Lonesome Trail (1930 film)|The Lonesome Trail]]'' (1930)
* ''[[The Utah Kid (1930 film)|The Utah Kid]]'' (1930)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12704069/clipped_for_use_as_reference_in/ |title=Ideal to Present Western on Friday |last=<!--staff--> |date=May 30, 1935 |access-date=July 28, 2017 |page=12 col.7 |work=[[Corsicana Dly. Sun|Corsicana Daily Sun]] |via=Newspapers.com }}</ref>
* ''[[The Utah Kid (1930 film)|The Utah Kid]]'' (1930)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12704069/clipped_for_use_as_reference_in/ |title=Ideal to Present Western on Friday |last=<!--staff--> |date=May 30, 1935 |access-date=July 28, 2017 |page=12 col.7 |work=[[Corsicana Dly. Sun|Corsicana Daily Sun]] |via=Newspapers.com }}</ref>
* ''[[Breed of the West]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Breed of the West]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Code of Honor (1930 film)|Code of Honor]]'' (1930)
* ''[[The Vanishing Legion]]'' (1931)
* ''[[The Vanishing Legion]]'' (1931)
* ''[[The Fighting Marshal]]'' (1931)
* ''[[The Fighting Marshal]]'' (1931)
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* ''[[Two Gun Man]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Two Gun Man]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Self Defense (1932 film)|Self Defense]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Self Defense (1932 film)|Self Defense]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Wyoming Whirlwind]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Big Stampede]]'' (1932) - Cal Brett
* ''[[The Big Stampede]]'' (1932) - Cal Brett
* ''[[Ride Him, Cowboy]]'' (1932) - Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited)
* ''[[Ride Him, Cowboy]]'' (1932) - Rancher Marty Gordon (uncredited)
* ''[[The Riding Tornado]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Riding Tornado]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Boiling Point]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Mark of the Spur]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Battling Buckaroo]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Gay Buckaroo]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Gay Buckaroo]]'' (1932)
* ''[[End of the Trail (1932 film)|End of the Trail]]'' (1932)<ref>{{cite news |last=Jeter |first=Goetze |title=The Week's Pictures |via=Newspapers.com |page=8 col.3 |work=[[Moberly Monit.-Index|Moberly Monitor-Index]] |date=July 22, 1933 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12703783/clipped_for_use_as_a_reference_in/ }}</ref>
* ''[[End of the Trail (1932 film)|End of the Trail]]'' (1932)<ref>{{cite news |last=Jeter |first=Goetze |title=The Week's Pictures |via=Newspapers.com |page=8 col.3 |work=[[Moberly Monit.-Index|Moberly Monitor-Index]] |date=July 22, 1933 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12703783/clipped_for_use_as_a_reference_in/ }}</ref>
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* ''[[The Telegraph Trail]]'' (1933) - Lafe
* ''[[The Telegraph Trail]]'' (1933) - Lafe
* ''[[Lightning Range]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Lightning Range]]'' (1933)
* ''[[War of the Range]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Under Secret Orders (1933 film)|Under Secret Orders]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Whispering Shadow]]'' (1933) - D.W. Jerome
* ''[[Whispering Shadow]]'' (1933) - D.W. Jerome
* ''[[The Man from Monterey]]'' (1933) - Don Jose Castanares
* ''[[The Man from Monterey]]'' (1933) - Don Jose Castanares
* ''[[Galloping Romeo]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Galloping Romeo]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Riders of Destiny]]'' (1933) - Sheriff Bill Baxter
* ''[[Riders of Destiny]]'' (1933) - Sheriff Bill Baxter
* ''[[Blue Steel (1934 film)|Blue Steel]]'' (1934) - Dan Mason
* ''[[Blue Steel (1934 film)|Blue Steel]]'' (1934) - Dan Mason
* ''[[West of the Divide]]'' (1934) - Fred Winters
* ''[[West of the Divide]]'' (1934) - Fred Winters
* ''[[Hell Bent for Love]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Hell Bent for Love]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Western Justice]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Western Justice]]'' (1934)
* ''[[The Quitter (1934 film)|The Quitter]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Frontier Days (film)|Frontier Days]]'' (1934)
* ''[[The Hawk (1935 film)|The Hawk]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Hawk (1935 film)|The Hawk]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Law of 45's]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Law of 45's]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Last of the Clintons]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Cheyenne Tornado]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Desert Trail]]'' (1935) - Poker City Sheriff
* ''[[The Desert Trail]]'' (1935) - Poker City Sheriff
* ''[[Rainbow Valley (film)|Rainbow Valley]]'' (1935) - Storekeeper (uncredited)
* ''[[Rainbow Valley (film)|Rainbow Valley]]'' (1935) - Storekeeper (uncredited)
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* ''[[Swifty (film)|Swifty]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Swifty (film)|Swifty]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Northern Frontier]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Northern Frontier]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Blazing Guns (1935 film)|Blazing Guns]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Gun Smoke (1936 film)|Gun Smoke]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Gun Smoke (1936 film)|Gun Smoke]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Idaho Kid]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The Lonely Trail]]'' (1936) - Prisoner Shot the Back (uncredited)
* ''[[The Lonely Trail]]'' (1936) - Prisoner Shot the Back (uncredited)
* ''[[Men of the Plains]]'' (1936) - Marshal Ed Green
* ''[[Men of the Plains]]'' (1936) - Marshal Ed Green
* ''[[The Fighting Deputy]]'' (1937)<ref name=Pitts2005>{{cite book |title=Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940 |last=Pitts |first=Michael R. |year=2005 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476610368 |via=Google Books (preview) }}</ref>{{rp|364}}
* ''[[The Fighting Deputy]]'' (1937)<ref name=Pitts2005>{{cite book |title=Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940 |last=Pitts |first=Michael R. |year=2005 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476610368 }}</ref>{{rp|364}}
* ''[[Melody of the Plains]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Melody of the Plains]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Heroes of the Alamo]]'' (1937) - Lafe (Storekeeper)
* ''[[Heroes of the Alamo]]'' (1937) - Lafe (Storekeeper)
* ''[[Six Shootin' Sheriff (1938 film)|Six Shootin' Sheriff]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Six Shootin' Sheriff (1938 film)|Six Shootin' Sheriff]]'' (1938)
* ''[[I'm From the City]]'' (1938)
* ''[[I'm From the City]]'' (1938)
* ''[[South of Arizona]]'' (1938)
* ''[[South of Arizona]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]'' (1939) - Civil War Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)
* ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]'' (1939) - Civil War Veteran at Lincoln Memorial (uncredited)
* ''[[The Lone Ranger Rides Again]]'' (1939) - Townsman [Ch. 6] (uncredited)
* ''[[The Lone Ranger Rides Again]]'' (1939) - Townsman [Ch. 6] (uncredited)
* ''[[Santa Fe Trail (film)|Santa Fe Trail]]'' (1940) - Minister (uncredited)
* ''[[Santa Fe Trail (film)|Santa Fe Trail]]'' (1940) - Minister (uncredited)
* ''[[Covered Wagon Trails]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Covered Wagon Trails]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Pioneer Days (1940 film)|Pioneer Days]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Wild Horse Valley (film)|Wild Horse Valley]]'' (1940)
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Latest revision as of 04:33, 5 February 2024

Lafe McKee
McKee (left) on lobby card for
Battling Buckaroo, 1932
Born
Lafayette S. McKee

(1872-01-23)January 23, 1872
Morrison, Illinois, U.S.
DiedAugust 10, 1959(1959-08-10) (aged 87)
Temple City, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1893–1948
SpouseLelah Underwood (1900-1955) (her death) (3 children)
Children3[1]
Notes

Lafayette S. "Lafe" McKee (January 23, 1872 – August 10, 1959)[2] was an American actor who appeared in more than 400 films from 1912[2] to 1948.

Career[edit]

McKee began working in show business in 1893.[3]

Part of his career was spent with Art Mix Productions.[4]: 3  McKee also worked as a stage actor from 1910 until at least 1932,[5]

Selected filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lafe McKee at westernclippings.com
  2. ^ a b c d e Katchmer, George A. (2009). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. p. 252. ISBN 9781476609058. OCLC 909773565.
  3. ^ "Feud of the Trail". The Post-Register. March 20, 1938. Retrieved July 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b Pitts, Michael R. (2005). Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940. McFarland. ISBN 9781476610368.
  5. ^ a b Doak, Olive M. (April 15, 1932). "The Call Board." The Oregon Statesman. p. 2 col.2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Ideal to Present Western on Friday". Corsicana Daily Sun. May 30, 1935. p. 12 col.7. Retrieved July 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Jeter, Goetze (July 22, 1933). "The Week's Pictures". Moberly Monitor-Index. p. 8 col.3 – via Newspapers.com.

External links[edit]

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