Oliver Drake

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Known For Writing

Known Credits 140

Gender Male

Birthday May 28, 1903

Day of Death August 19, 1991 (88 years old)

Place of Birth Boise, Idaho, USA

Also Known As

Clarence Oliver Drake
C.O. Drake
Ollie Drake
William Drake
Revilo Ekard
Clint Johnson
Ollie Milliken
James Oliver

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Oliver Drake

Biography

Oliver Drake was an American screenwriter and director, primarily known for his contributions to the Western genre. Over his career, he wrote and directed numerous low-budget Westerns, including Today I Hang (1942). Drake's work was instrumental in shaping the B-Western film landscape during the 1930s and 1940s.

Known For

Writing

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… Scenario Writer

1978

(1 episode) … Screenplay

1970

… Writer

1968

… Writer

1957		The Parson and the Outlaw … Writer
1957		Dragoon Wells Massacre … Original Story

1955

(1 episode) … Teleplay

1949		Trail of the Yukon … Screenplay
1949		Sky Dragon … Story … Screenplay

1948		The Feathered Serpent … Screenplay … Story … Adaptation
1948		Deadline … Story

1947		Rainbow Over the Rockies … Story
1947		Ginger … Screenplay

1946		Song of the Sierras … Story
1946		Trail to Mexico … Screenplay
1946		Thunder Town … Screenplay
1946		Moon Over Montana … Writer

1945		Lonesome Trail … Story
1945		Gun Smoke … Screenplay

1944

… Story

1943		Trail of Terror … Screenplay
1943		Fighting Valley … Screenplay … Story
1943		The Lone Star Trail … Screenplay
1943		Border Buckaroos … Writer
1943		West of Texas … Story … Screenplay

1942		Deep in the Heart of Texas … Writer
1942		Arizona Stage Coach … Story
1942		Boss of Hangtown Mesa … Screenplay
1942		The Lone Rider in Cheyenne … Story
1942		Raiders of the West … Screenplay … Story
1942		Shut My Big Mouth … Story … Screenplay
1942		Today I Hang … Story

1941		Forbidden Trails … Story
1941		Hard Guy … Story
1941		The Lone Rider Ambushed … Screenplay … Story
1941		Fugitive Valley … Story
1941		Arizona Bound … Story
1941		Riders of Death Valley … Story
1941		Kansas Cyclone … Writer
1941		Robbers of the Range … Story
1941		Pals of the Pecos … Story … Screenplay
1941		City of Missing Girls … Screenplay

1940		Trailing Double Trouble … Screenplay
1940		The Tulsa Kid … Screenplay
1940		Billy the Kid Outlawed … Writer

1939		Death Rides the Range … Story
1939		Cowboys from Texas … Screenplay
1939		The Fighting Gringo … Screenplay
1939		Racketeers of the Range … Screenplay
1939		Trouble in Sundown … Screenplay
1939		Arizona Legion … Screenplay

1938		Lawless Valley … Screenplay
1938		The Renegade Ranger … Screenplay
1938		Painted Desert … Screenplay
1938		Border G-Man … Screenplay
1938		Gun Law … Screenplay … Story
1938		The Purple Vigilantes … Screenplay

1937		Wild Horse Rodeo … Story … Screenplay
1937		The Trigger Trio … Screenplay
1937		Nation Aflame … Story
1937		Boots and Saddles … Screenplay
1937		Heart of the Rockies … Screenplay
1937		Public Cowboy No. 1 … Screenplay
1937		Gunsmoke Ranch … Story … Screenplay
1937		Hit the Saddle … Screenplay … Story
1937		Round-Up Time in Texas … Screenplay
1937		The Riders of the Whistling Skull … Screenstory … Screenplay

1936		Roarin' Lead … Story
1936		Ghost-Town Gold … Screenplay
1936		Oh, Susanna … Story … Screenplay
1936		Sharad of Atlantis … Screenplay
1936		Comin' 'Round the Mountain … Screenplay

1935		The Singing Vagabond … Screenplay … Original Story
1935		The Sagebrush Troubadour … Screenplay
1935		The Vanishing Riders … Screenplay
1935		Lightning Triggers … Screenplay
1935		The Texas Rambler … Screenplay … Story
1935		Gun Smoke … Screenplay
1935		Born to Battle … Writer
1935		The Reckless Buckaroo … Story
1935		The Cyclone Ranger … Screenplay … Story

1934		Fighting Thru … Story
1934		West of the Divide … Story
1934		Border Guns … Writer

1933		War of the Range … Writer
1933		Deadwood Pass … Dialogue … Adaptation
1933		When a Man Rides Alone … Adaptation

1932		The Wyoming Whirlwind … Adaptation
1932		A Scarlet Week-End … Writer
1932		Law and Lawless … Story
1932		Outlaw Justice … Dialogue
1932		Beyond the Rockies … Screenplay
1932		The Reckless Rider … Writer
1932		The Scarlet Brand … Adaptation
1932		Texas Tornado … Writer
1932		The Saddle Buster … Screenplay
1932		Lawless Valley … Story
1932		The Texan … Screenplay
1932		The Drifter … Writer

1931		The Law of the Tong … Story … Scenario Writer
1931		The Hurricane Horseman … Adaptation
1931		West of Cheyenne … Writer

1930

… Lyricist … Dialogue … Screenplay

1929		Pals of the Prairie … Story
1929		The Desert Rider … Writer
1929		The Drifter … Story
1929		The Vagabond Cub … Screenplay

1928		Orphan of the Sage … Scenario Writer … Story
1928		The Phantom of the Range … Scenario Writer
1928		Red Riders of Canada … Scenario Writer
1928		The Little Buckaroo … Scenario Writer

1927

… Writer

Directing

1970

… Director

1969		Ride a Wild Stud … Director
1969		The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals … Director

1968

… Director

1958

… Director

1957

… Director

1955

… Director

1950		Battling Marshal … Director
1950		The Kid from Gower Gulch … Director

1949		Lawless Code … Director
1949		Roaring Westward … Director
1949		Brand of Fear … Director
1949		Across The Rio Grande … Director

1948		Sunset Carson Rides Again … Director
1948		Deadline … Director
1948		Fighting Mustang … Director

1947		Rainbow Over the Rockies … Director
1947		Ginger … Director

1946		Song of the Sierras … Director
1946		Trail to Mexico … Director
1946		West of the Alamo … Director
1946		Moon Over Montana … Director

1945		Lonesome Trail … Director
1945		Riders of the Dawn … Director
1945		Saddle Serenade … Director
1945		Springtime in Texas … Director

1943		Trail of Terror … Director
1943		Fighting Valley … Director
1943		Border Buckaroos … Director
1943		West of Texas … Director

1942

… Director

1932

… Director

Production

1970

… Producer

1968

… Producer

1948		Sunset Carson Rides Again … Associate Producer
1948		Deadline … Associate Producer

1946		Song of the Sierras … Producer
1946		Moon Over Montana … Producer

1945		Lonesome Trail … Producer
1945		Beyond the Pecos … Associate Producer

1944		The Mummy's Curse … Associate Producer
1944		Riders of the Santa Fe … Producer
1944		Oklahoma Raiders … Associate Producer
1944		Weird Woman … Associate Producer
1944		Marshal of Gunsmoke … Associate Producer

1943

… Associate Producer

1942		The Old Chisholm Trail … Associate Producer
1942		Little Joe, the Wrangler … Associate Producer
1942		The Silver Bullet … Producer

Sound

1944

… Songs

1937

… Songs

Acting

1925

as Slim

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