Lafe McKee

Biography

Lafe McKee was an American actor born Lafayette Stocking McKee on January 23, 1872, in Morrison, Illinois, to a furniture and funeral parlor business. He began working in show business at 40, moved to Hollywood in 1912, and appeared in over 400 films from 1912 to 1948, often playing likable fathers or ranch owners in westerns alongside notable actors like Gary Cooper and John Wayne.