Oliver Drake

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1903-05-28

Deathday 1991-08-19 (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

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

Writer

The Cherokee Kid

as Scenario Writer

1978
Western von gestern

as Screenplay

1957
Dragoon Wells Massacre

as Original Story

1955
Cheyenne

as Teleplay

1949
Sky Dragon

as Screenplay

1949
Trail of the Yukon

as Screenplay

1949
Sky Dragon

as Story

1948
The Feathered Serpent

as Adaptation

1948
The Feathered Serpent

as Screenplay

1948
Deadline

as Story

1947
Ginger

as Screenplay

1946
Thunder Town

as Screenplay

1946
1946
Trail to Mexico

as Screenplay

1946
1945
1945
Gun Smoke

as Screenplay

1944
1943
The Lone Star Trail

as Screenplay

1943
Trail of Terror

as Screenplay

1943
1943
West of Texas

as Screenplay

1943
West of Texas

as Story

1943
1943
Fighting Valley

as Screenplay

1942
1942
Shut My Big Mouth

as Screenplay

1942
1942
Today I Hang

as Story

1942
Boss of Hangtown Mesa

as Screenplay

1942
1942
Raiders of the West

as Screenplay

1941
1941
Arizona Bound

as Story

1941
City of Missing Girls

as Screenplay

1941
Pals of the Pecos

as Screenplay

1941
1941
Hard Guy

as Story

1941
1941
1941
Kansas Cyclone

as Writer

1940
1940
The Tulsa Kid

as Screenplay

1939
1939
Arizona Legion

as Screenplay

1939
Trouble in Sundown

as Screenplay

1939
Cowboys from Texas

as Screenplay

1939
The Fighting Gringo

as Screenplay

1938
Border G-Man

as Screenplay

1938
The Purple Vigilantes

as Screenplay

1938
The Renegade Ranger

as Screenplay

1938
Lawless Valley

as Screenplay

1938
Gun Law

as Story

1938
Gun Law

as Screenplay

1938
Painted Desert

as Screenplay

1937
Boots and Saddles

as Screenplay

1937
Gunsmoke Ranch

as Screenplay

1937
1937
1937
Hit the Saddle

as Screenplay

1937
Public Cowboy No. 1

as Screenplay

1937
Nation Aflame

as Story

1937
The Trigger Trio

as Screenplay

1937
Wild Horse Rodeo

as Screenplay

1937
Heart of the Rockies

as Screenplay

1937
1937
1936
Sharad of Atlantis

as Screenplay

1936
Oh, Susanna

as Screenplay

1936
Oh, Susanna

as Story

1936
Roarin' Lead

as Story

1936
Ghost-Town Gold

as Screenplay

1936
1935
The Vanishing Riders

as Screenplay

1935
Gun Smoke

as Screenplay

1935
Born to Battle

as Writer

1935
1935
The Texas Rambler

as Screenplay

1935
The Singing Vagabond

as Original Story

1935
The Singing Vagabond

as Screenplay

1935
1935
The Cyclone Ranger

as Screenplay

1935
Lightning Triggers

as Screenplay

1935
1934
Border Guns

as Writer

1934
Fighting Thru

as Story

1934
1933
Deadwood Pass

as Adaptation

1933
1933
Deadwood Pass

as Dialogue

1933
1932
1932
The Scarlet Brand

as Adaptation

1932
The Drifter

as Writer

1932
1932
The Wyoming Whirlwind

as Adaptation

1932
The Saddle Buster

as Screenplay

1932
Beyond the Rockies

as Screenplay

1932
The Texan

as Screenplay

1932
1932
Outlaw Justice

as Dialogue

1932
1932
Texas Tornado

as Writer

1931
1931
1931
The Law of the Tong

as Scenario Writer

1931
1930
1930
1930
1929
The Vagabond Cub

as Screenplay

1929
1929
1929
The Drifter

as Story

1928
1928
Orphan of the Sage

as Scenario Writer

1928
The Little Buckaroo

as Scenario Writer

1928
The Phantom of the Range

as Scenario Writer

1928
Red Riders of Canada

as Scenario Writer

1927
The Mojave Kid

as Writer

Director

1969
Ride a Wild Stud

as Director

1968
1958
Lust to Kill

as Director

1955
Outlaw Treasure

as Director

1950
1950
Battling Marshal

as Director

1949
1949
Lawless Code

as Director

1949
Roaring Westward

as Director

1949
Brand of Fear

as Director

1948
Deadline

as Director

1948
Fighting Mustang

as Director

1947
1947
Ginger

as Director

1946
1946
Trail to Mexico

as Director

1946
West of the Alamo

as Director

1946
Moon Over Montana

as Director

1945
Lonesome Trail

as Director

1945
Saddle Serenade

as Director

1945
Riders of the Dawn

as Director

1945
1943
Trail of Terror

as Director

1943
Border Buckaroos

as Director

1943
West of Texas

as Director

1943
Fighting Valley

as Director

1942
Today I Hang

as Director

1932
Texas Tornado

as Director

Producer

1968
1948
Deadline

as Associate Producer

1948
Sunset Carson Rides Again

as Associate Producer

1946
1946
Moon Over Montana

as Producer

1945
Beyond the Pecos

as Associate Producer

1945
Lonesome Trail

as Producer

1944
Weird Woman

as Associate Producer

1944
Oklahoma Raiders

as Associate Producer

1944
The Mummy's Curse

as Associate Producer

1944
1944
Marshal of Gunsmoke

as Associate Producer

1943
Arizona Trail

as Associate Producer

1942
The Silver Bullet

as Producer

1942
The Old Chisholm Trail

as Associate Producer

1942
Little Joe, the Wrangler

as Associate Producer

Sound

1944
1937

Actor

1925