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Lafe McKee(1872-1959)

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  • Director
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Lafe 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.
BornJanuary 23, 1872
DiedAugust 10, 1959(87)
BornJanuary 23, 1872
DiedAugust 10, 1959(87)
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Roy D'Arcy, Lafe McKee, Henry B. Walthall, and Robert Warwick in The Whispering Shadow (1933)
Lafe McKee in Merrily Yours (1933)
Hoot Gibson, Bob Kortman, Lafe McKee, and Hal Taliaferro in Swifty (1935)
Lafe McKee, Julian Rivero, and Bob Steele in Western Justice (1934)
Lafe McKee and Bob Steele in A Demon for Trouble (1934)
Richard Cramer, Jeanne Martel, Lafe McKee, Tom Tyler, and Wally West in Santa Fe Bound (1936)
Johnny Mack Brown and Lafe McKee in The Oregon Trail (1939)
George Chesebro, Ben Corbett, Charles K. French, Lafe McKee, Jack Perrin, and Slim Whitaker in Ridin' Gents (1934)
Lillian Gilmore, Lafe McKee, and Jack Perrin in Wolf Riders (1935)
Rex Lease, Bud McClure, Lafe McKee, Tom Santschi, Dorothy Sebastian, and Blackie Whiteford in The Utah Kid (1930)
Boris Karloff, Lafe McKee, and Tom Santschi in The Utah Kid (1930)
Edward Peil Sr., Johnny Mack Brown, John Judd, Arthur Loft, Kermit Maynard, Lafe McKee, and David Sharpe in Riders of Pasco Basin (1940)

Known for

Queen of the Jungle (1935)
Queen of the Jungle
3.8
  • Kali
  • 1935
Mary Kornman in Queen of the Jungle (1935)
Queen of the Jungle
4.0
  • Kali
  • 1935
Lona Andre, Reed Howes, and Rex Lease in Custer's Last Stand (1936)
Custer's Last Stand
4.6
  • Captain Benteen [Ch. 14]
  • 1936
I'm from the City (1938)
I'm from the City
5.5
  • Colonel Bixby(as Lafayette McKee)
  • 1938

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Actor

  • Mission to Moscow (1943)
    Mission to Moscow
    • (uncredited)
  • Vince Barnett, Pamela Blake, Kay Marvis, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Wheeler Oakman, and Bobby Stone in Kid Dynamite (1943)
    Kid Dynamite
    • (uncredited)
  • Wallace Ford and Luana Walters in Inside the Law (1942)
    Inside the Law
    • (as Lafayette McKee)
  • Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in Meet John Doe (1941)
    Meet John Doe
    • (uncredited)
  • Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, and Raymond Massey in Santa Fe Trail (1940)
    Santa Fe Trail
    • (uncredited)
  • Veda Ann Borg and Jean Hersholt in Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940)
    Dr. Christian Meets the Women
    • (uncredited)
  • Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Ethan Laidlaw, and Eddie Polo in Son of Roaring Dan (1940)
    Son of Roaring Dan
  • When the Daltons Rode (1940)
    When the Daltons Rode
    • (uncredited)
  • Bob Baker, Johnny Mack Brown, and Fuzzy Knight in Bad Man from Red Butte (1940)
    Bad Man from Red Butte
  • Jack Randall and Rusty the Horse in Covered Wagon Trails (1940)
    Covered Wagon Trails
  • Bob Baker, Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, and Frances Robinson in Riders of Pasco Basin (1940)
    Riders of Pasco Basin
  • Phyllis Adair, Ted Adams, Bud Osborne, and Bob Steele in Wild Horse Valley (1940)
    Wild Horse Valley
  • George Chesebro, Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, and Rusty the Horse in The Cheyenne Kid (1940)
    The Cheyenne Kid
  • Dorothy Comingore, Dick Curtis, Bill Elliott, and Dub Taylor in Pioneers of the Frontier (1940)
    Pioneers of the Frontier
  • Jack Randall in Pioneer Days (1940)
    Pioneer Days

Director

  • Lester Cuneo in Lone Hand Wilson (1920)
    Lone Hand Wilson
    • (as L.S. McKee)

Personal details

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    • January 23, 1872
    • Morrison, Illinois, USA
    • August 10, 1959
    • Temple City, California, USA(arteriosclerosis)
    • 1900 - April 28, 1955 (her death, 3 children)
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    Children: Lucille (b. 1906), Joe (b. 1911), Dick (b. 1925).

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