Oliver Drake

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-05-28 (88 years old)

Deathday

1991-08-19

Place of Birth

Boise, Idaho, USA

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.

Acting

Production

1932

1932

The Scarlet Brand

as Adaptation

1936

Sharad of Atlantis

as Screenplay

1937

Boots and Saddles

as Screenplay

1928

1928

Orphan of the Sage

as Scenario Writer

1929

The Vagabond Cub

as Screenplay

1928

The Little Buckaroo

as Scenario Writer

1937

1937

1937

Gunsmoke Ranch

as Screenplay

1957

Dragoon Wells Massacre

as Original Story

1948

1948

1949

Sky Dragon

as Screenplay

1955

Outlaw Treasure

as Director

1945

Lonesome Trail

as Director

1945

Beyond the Pecos

as Associate Producer

1945

Lonesome Trail

as Producer

1945

1932

The Drifter

as Writer

1941

1940

1941

1936

Oh, Susanna

as Story

1936

Oh, Susanna

as Screenplay

1937

Hit the Saddle

as Screenplay

1937

1945

Saddle Serenade

as Director

1945

1935

1937

Public Cowboy No. 1

as Screenplay

1949

1943

Arizona Trail

as Associate Producer

1958

Lust to Kill

as Director

1946

Thunder Town

as Screenplay

1942

1939

1935

Gun Smoke

as Screenplay

1931

1932

1932

1949

Lawless Code

as Director

1946

1946

1932

The Saddle Buster

as Screenplay

1932

Beyond the Rockies

as Screenplay

1944

Weird Woman

as Associate Producer

1934

Border Guns

as Writer

1932

Texas Tornado

as Director

1933

Deadwood Pass

as Adaptation

1938

Border G-Man

as Screenplay

1944

Oklahoma Raiders

as Associate Producer

1939

Arizona Legion

as Screenplay

1932

The Texan

as Screenplay

1932

1927

1943

The Lone Star Trail

as Screenplay

1928

The Phantom of the Range

as Scenario Writer

1931

1933

1935

1950

Battling Marshal

as Director

1949

Roaring Westward

as Director

1932

Outlaw Justice

as Dialogue

1930

1946

Trail to Mexico

as Director

1946

1935

1935

The Texas Rambler

as Screenplay

1945

1943

Trail of Terror

as Director

1943

Trail of Terror

as Screenplay

1937

1938

1941

1935

The Singing Vagabond

as Original Story

1935

1938

The Renegade Ranger

as Screenplay

1941

Pals of the Pecos

as Screenplay

1941

1936

Roarin' Lead

as Story

1937

The Trigger Trio

as Screenplay

1942

Shut My Big Mouth

as Screenplay

1942

1938

Lawless Valley

as Screenplay

1931

The Law of the Tong

as Scenario Writer

1939

Trouble in Sundown

as Screenplay

1941

Hard Guy

as Story

1942

Today I Hang

as Story

1942

Today I Hang

as Director

1932

1937

1936

Ghost-Town Gold

as Screenplay

1937

1937

Wild Horse Rodeo

as Screenplay

1939

Cowboys from Texas

as Screenplay

1945

Gun Smoke

as Screenplay

1949

Trail of the Yukon

as Screenplay

1937

1942

The Old Chisholm Trail

as Associate Producer

1942

Little Joe, the Wrangler

as Associate Producer

1944

The Mummy's Curse

as Associate Producer

1969

Ride a Wild Stud

as Director

1942

1941

1940

The Tulsa Kid

as Screenplay

1943

1943

Border Buckaroos

as Director

1941

1941

1942

Raiders of the West

as Screenplay

1943

West of Texas

as Screenplay

1943

West of Texas

as Director

1943

1943

Fighting Valley

as Director

1943

1943

Fighting Valley

as Screenplay

1948

Deadline

as Director

1948

Deadline

as Story

1948

Fighting Mustang

as Director

1946

Trail to Mexico

as Screenplay

1938

Gun Law

as Screenplay

1938

Gun Law

as Story

1948

Deadline

as Associate Producer

1933

Deadwood Pass

as Dialogue

1944

1944

1949

Brand of Fear

as Director

1948

Sunset Carson Rides Again

as Associate Producer

1935

The Cyclone Ranger

as Screenplay

1935

1929

1935

Lightning Triggers

as Screenplay

1934

1939

The Fighting Gringo

as Screenplay

1949

Sky Dragon

as Story

1946

1946

1946

1947

Ginger

as Screenplay

1947

Ginger

as Director

1944

Marshal of Gunsmoke

as Associate Producer

1938

Painted Desert

as Screenplay

1929

The Drifter

as Story

1934

1932

Texas Tornado

as Writer

1933

1935

1928

Red Riders of Canada

as Scenario Writer

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The Cherokee Kid

as Scenario Writer

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