Raymond McKee

• Name — Raymond McKee • Birth Name — Eldon Raymond McKee • Born — 7 December 1892 • Birthplace — Keokuk, Iowa, U.S. • Died — 3 October 1984 • Place of death — Long Beach, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1912–1935 • Other Names — Roy McKee

McKee was born in Keokuk, Iowa, to Albert N. McKee and Alice Yetter McKee. During World War I, he was an Army lieutenant in France and reportedly wore his uniform in four war-themed films.

• Illustration — Motion Picture Magazine, (1915) On Broadway, McKee portrayed Jack Weaver in The Phantom Legion (1919). He also acted on stage in A Fool There Was, The Fortune Teller, and Madame X. Early in his acting career, McKee also made films in the eastern United States for the Edison and Lubin studios and was billed as "Roy McKee".

During the filming of The Unbeliever in 1918, McKee worked with his future wife, actress Marguerite Courtot. The two performers worked together again in 1922 in the production Down to the Sea in Ships. They wed the following year on April 14 and remained married for nearly 60 years, until Raymond's death. After retiring from acting, McKee focused his attention on The Zulu Hut at 11100 Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, a restaurant that he originally opened in Los Angeles in the 1920s. McKee died on October 3, 1984, at age 91, in Long Beach, California, from pneumonia. A United States Army veteran, his gravesite is at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. His wife Marguerite was buried alongside him two years later.

• Illustration — A still from the 1922 horror film A Blind Bargain with McKee (right) and Lon Chaney as "The Hunchback". • Dobs at the Shore (1914) • He Wanted His Pants (1914) • The Servant Girl's Legacy (1914) • The Honor of the Force (1914) • She Married for Love (1914) • The Smuggler's Daughter (1914) • When the Ham Turned (1914) • Jealous James (1914) • Pins Are Lucky (1914) • The Green Alarm (1914) • Making Auntie Welcome (1914) • Worms Will Turn (1914) • Kidnapped Bride (1914) • Long May It Wave (1914) • A Brewerytown Romance (1914) • A Tango Tragedy (1914) • For Two Pins (1914) • The Particular Cowboys (1914) • He Won a Ranch (1914) • Outwitting Dad (1914) • The Simp and the Sophomores (1915) • Not Much Force (1915) • Poor Baby (1915) • What a Cinch (1915) • Her Choice (1915) • Capturing Bad Bill (1915) • A Lucky Strike (1915) • An Expensive Visit (1915) • The Prize Baby (1915) • Shoddy the Tailor (1915) • They Looked Alike (1915) • Twin Flats (1916) • A Maid to Order (1916) • The Heart of the Hills (1916) • It Happened in Pikesville (1916) • Edison Bugg's Invention (1916) • Kidnapped (1917) • Where Love Is (1917) • The Apple Tree Girl (1917) • The Lady of the Photograph (1917) • The Little Chevalier (1917) • The Last Sentence (1917) • Billy and the Big Stick (1917) • The Unbeliever (1918) • The End of the Road (1919) • Kathleen Mavourneen (1919) • Love's Harvest (1920) • The Girl of My Heart (1920) • Flame of Youth (1920) • The Little Wanderer (1920) • The Fortune Teller (1920) • Wing Toy (1921) • The Lamplighter (1921) • Blind Hearts (1921) • The Mother Heart (1921) • The Jolt (1921) • Lovetime (1921) • A Blind Bargain (1922) • Down to the Sea in Ships (1922) • Forgive and Forget (1923) • Three Women (1924) • Pagan Passions (1924) • Babbitt (1924) • The Valley of Hate (1924) • Contraband (1925) • Romance Road (1925) • Oh, What a Night! (1926) • The Speed Limit (1926) • Exclusive Rights (1926) • King of the Herd (1927) • The Girl from Everywhere (1927) • Heart to Heart (1928) • Frozen River (1929) • Campus Knights (1929)