Oliver Drake

Known for: Writing
Born: May 28, 1903, Boise, Idaho, USA
Died: August 19, 1991
Movies: 103

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.

Best-Known Movies

4.4

Sharad of Atlantis

1936

5.1

The Las Vegas Strangler

1968

6.1

The Feathered Serpent

1948

4.7

City of Missing Girls

1941

6.2

Oh, Susanna

1936

6.0

The Renegade Ranger

1938

4.8

The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals

1969

4.2

The Vanishing Riders

1935

4.6

The Parson and the Outlaw

1957

5.7

The Riders of the Whistling Skull

1937

Filmography

1925

Red Blood and Blue

Slim

Directing, Writing & Producing

1970	Angelica, the Young Vixen	Director, Writer, Producer
1969	Ride a Wild Stud	Director
1969	The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals	Director
1968	The Las Vegas Strangler	Writer, Producer
1968	They Ran for Their Lives	Director
1958	A Lust to Kill	Director
1957	The Parson and the Outlaw	Director, Writer
1955	Outlaw Treasure	Director
1950	The Kid from Gower Gulch	Director
1950	Battling Marshal	Director
1949	Lawless Code	Director
1949	Roaring Westward	Director
1949	Trail of the Yukon	Screenplay
1949	Brand of Fear	Director
1949	Across The Rio Grande	Director
1949	Sky Dragon	Screenplay
1948	The Feathered Serpent	Screenplay
1948	Sunset Carson Rides Again	Director
1948	Deadline	Director
1948	Fighting Mustang	Director
1947	Rainbow Over the Rockies	Director
1947	Ginger	Screenplay, Director
1946	Song of the Sierras	Director, Producer
1946	Trail to Mexico	Director, Screenplay
1946	West of the Alamo	Director
1946	Thunder Town	Screenplay
1946	Moon Over Montana	Producer, Director, Writer
1945	Lonesome Trail	Director, Producer
1945	Riders of the Dawn	Director
1945	Saddle Serenade	Director
1945	Springtime in Texas	Director
1945	Gun Smoke	Screenplay
1944	Riders of the Santa Fe	Producer
1943	Trail of Terror	Director, Screenplay
1943	Fighting Valley	Director, Screenplay
1943	The Lone Star Trail	Screenplay
1943	Border Buckaroos	Director, Writer
1943	West of Texas	Director, Screenplay
1942	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Writer
1942	Boss of Hangtown Mesa	Screenplay
1942	The Silver Bullet	Producer
1942	Raiders of the West	Screenplay
1942	Shut My Big Mouth	Screenplay
1942	Today I Hang	Director
1941	The Lone Rider Ambushed	Screenplay
1941	Kansas Cyclone	Writer
1941	Pals of the Pecos	Screenplay
1941	City of Missing Girls	Screenplay
1940	Trailing Double Trouble	Screenplay
1940	The Tulsa Kid	Screenplay
1940	Billy the Kid Outlawed	Writer
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
1938	The Purple Vigilantes	Screenplay
1937	Wild Horse Rodeo	Screenplay
1937	The Trigger Trio	Screenplay
1937	Boots and Saddles	Screenplay
1937	Heart of the Rockies	Screenplay
1937	Public Cowboy No. 1	Screenplay
1937	Gunsmoke Ranch	Screenplay
1937	Hit the Saddle	Screenplay
1937	Round-Up Time in Texas	Screenplay
1937	The Riders of the Whistling Skull	Screenplay
1936	Ghost Town Gold	Screenplay
1936	Oh, Susanna	Screenplay
1936	Sharad of Atlantis	Screenplay
1936	Comin' 'Round the Mountain	Screenplay
1935	The Singing Vagabond	Screenplay
1935	The Sagebrush Troubadour	Screenplay
1935	The Vanishing Riders	Screenplay
1935	Lightning Triggers	Screenplay
1935	The Texas Rambler	Screenplay
1935	Gun Smoke	Screenplay
1935	Circle of Death	Screenplay
1935	Born to Battle	Writer
1935	The Cyclone Ranger	Screenplay
1934	Border Guns	Writer
1933	War of the Range	Writer
1933	Via Pony Express	Screenplay
1932	A Scarlet Week-End	Writer
1932	Beyond the Rockies	Screenplay
1932	The Reckless Rider	Writer
1932	Texas Tornado	Director, Writer
1932	The Saddle Buster	Screenplay
1932	The Texan	Screenplay
1932	The Drifter	Writer
1931	The Cheyenne Cyclone	Screenplay
1931	West of Cheyenne	Writer
1930	Rogue of the Rio Grande	Screenplay
1929	The Desert Rider	Writer
1929	The Drifter	Writer
1929	The Vagabond Cub	Screenplay
1928	When the Law Rides	Screenplay
1927	The Mojave Kid	Writer

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