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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-05-28 (121 years old)

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.

Known For

Acting

1925

Writing

1978

Western von gestern as Screenplay

1957

Dragoon Wells Massacre as Original Story

1955

Cheyenne as Teleplay

1949

Sky Dragon as Screenplay
Trail of the Yukon as Screenplay
Sky Dragon as Story

1948

The Feathered Serpent as Screenplay
The Feathered Serpent as Adaptation
Deadline as Story

1947

Ginger as Screenplay

1946

Thunder Town as Screenplay
Trail to Mexico as Screenplay

1945

Gun Smoke as Screenplay

1944

1943

The Lone Star Trail as Screenplay
Trail of Terror as Screenplay
West of Texas as Screenplay
West of Texas as Story
Fighting Valley as Screenplay

1940

The Tulsa Kid as Screenplay

1939

Arizona Legion as Screenplay
Trouble in Sundown as Screenplay
Cowboys from Texas as Screenplay
The Fighting Gringo as Screenplay

1938

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

1937

Boots and Saddles as Screenplay
Gunsmoke Ranch as Screenplay
Hit the Saddle as Screenplay
Public Cowboy No. 1 as Screenplay
Nation Aflame as Story
The Trigger Trio as Screenplay
Heart of the Rockies as Screenplay
Wild Horse Rodeo as Screenplay

1936

Sharad of Atlantis as Screenplay
Oh, Susanna as Story
Oh, Susanna as Screenplay
Roarin' Lead as Story
Ghost-Town Gold as Screenplay

1935

The Vanishing Riders as Screenplay
Gun Smoke as Screenplay
Born to Battle as Writer
The Texas Rambler as Screenplay
The Singing Vagabond as Original Story
The Singing Vagabond as Screenplay
The Cyclone Ranger as Screenplay
Lightning Triggers as Screenplay

1934

Border Guns as Writer
Fighting Thru as Story

1933

Deadwood Pass as Adaptation
Deadwood Pass as Dialogue

1932

The Scarlet Brand as Adaptation
The Drifter as Writer
The Wyoming Whirlwind as Adaptation
The Saddle Buster as Screenplay
Beyond the Rockies as Screenplay
The Texan as Screenplay
Outlaw Justice as Dialogue
Texas Tornado as Writer

1931

The Law of the Tong as Scenario Writer

1929

The Vagabond Cub as Screenplay
The Drifter as Story

1928

Orphan of the Sage as Scenario Writer
The Little Buckaroo as Scenario Writer
The Phantom of the Range as Scenario Writer
Red Riders of Canada as Scenario Writer

1927

The Mojave Kid as Writer

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The Cherokee Kid as Scenario Writer

Directing

1968

1958

Lust to Kill as Director

1955

Outlaw Treasure as Director

1950

Battling Marshal as Director

1949

Lawless Code as Director
Roaring Westward as Director
Brand of Fear as Director

1948

Deadline as Director
Fighting Mustang as Director

1947

Ginger as Director

1946

Trail to Mexico as Director
West of the Alamo as Director
Moon Over Montana as Director

1945

Lonesome Trail as Director
Saddle Serenade as Director
Riders of the Dawn as Director

1943

Trail of Terror as Director
Border Buckaroos as Director
West of Texas as Director
Fighting Valley as Director

1942

Today I Hang as Director

1932

Texas Tornado as Director

Sound

1944

1937

Production

1968

1948

Deadline as Associate Producer
Sunset Carson Rides Again as Associate Producer

1946

Moon Over Montana as Producer

1945

Beyond the Pecos as Associate Producer
Lonesome Trail as Producer

1944

Weird Woman as Associate Producer
Oklahoma Raiders as Associate Producer
The Mummy's Curse as Associate Producer
Marshal of Gunsmoke as Associate Producer

1943

Arizona Trail as Associate Producer

1942

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