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Oliver Drake

May 28, 1903 - Boise, Idaho, USA

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 Credits

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie	1925	Red Blood and Blue	Slim

Crew

Media
Movie	1932	Lawless Valley	Story	Writing
Movie	1937	The Riders of the Whistling Skull	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1932	The Scarlet Brand	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1969	The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals	Director	Directing
Movie	1936	Sharad of Atlantis	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1937	Boots and Saddles	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1942	Arizona Stage Coach	Story	Writing
Movie	1928	Orphan of the Sage	Story	Writing
Movie	1928	Orphan of the Sage	Scenario Writer	Writing
Movie	1929	The Vagabond Cub	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1929	Pals of the Prairie	Story	Writing
Movie	1928	The Little Buckaroo	Scenario Writer	Writing
Movie	1937	Gunsmoke Ranch	Story	Writing
Movie	1937	Gunsmoke Ranch	Songs	Sound
Movie	1937	Gunsmoke Ranch	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1957	Dragoon Wells Massacre	Original Story	Writing
Movie	1948	The Feathered Serpent	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1948	The Feathered Serpent	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1949	Sky Dragon	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1948	The Feathered Serpent	Story	Writing
Movie	1955	Outlaw Treasure	Director	Directing
Movie	1945	Lonesome Trail	Director	Directing
Movie	1948	Sunset Carson Rides Again	Director	Directing
Movie	1939	Death Rides the Range	Story	Writing
Movie	1945	Beyond the Pecos	Associate Producer	Production
Movie	1945	Lonesome Trail	Producer	Production
Movie	1945	Lonesome Trail	Story	Writing
Movie	1932	The Drifter	Writer	Writing
Movie	1941	Forbidden Trails	Story	Writing
Movie	1968	They Ran for Their Lives	Director	Directing
Movie	1940	Trailing Double Trouble	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1941	Arizona Bound	Story	Writing
Movie	1936	Oh, Susanna	Story	Writing
Movie	1936	Oh, Susanna	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1937	Hit the Saddle	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1937	Hit the Saddle	Story	Writing
Movie	1945	Saddle Serenade	Director	Directing
Movie	1945	Riders of the Dawn	Director	Directing
Movie	1935	The Vanishing Riders	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1937	Public Cowboy No. 1	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1957	The Parson and the Outlaw	Director	Directing
Movie	1949	Across The Rio Grande	Director	Directing
Movie	1943	Arizona Trail	Associate Producer	Production
Movie	1958	Lust to Kill	Director	Directing
Movie	1940	Billy the Kid Outlawed	Writer	Writing
Movie	1950	The Kid from Gower Gulch	Director	Directing
Movie	1946	Thunder Town	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1942	The Silver Bullet	Producer	Production
Movie	1939	Racketeers of the Range	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1968	The Las Vegas Strangler	Writer	Writing
Movie	1968	The Las Vegas Strangler	Producer	Production
Movie	1935	Gun Smoke	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1931	The Hurricane Horseman	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1932	A Scarlet Week-End	Writer	Writing
Movie	1932	The Wyoming Whirlwind	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1949	Lawless Code	Director	Directing
Movie	1946	Song of the Sierras	Producer	Production
Movie	1946	Song of the Sierras	Director	Directing
Movie	1932	The Saddle Buster	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1932	Beyond the Rockies	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1944	Weird Woman	Associate Producer	Production
Movie	1946	Song of the Sierras	Story	Writing
Movie	1934	Border Guns	Writer	Writing
Movie	1932	Texas Tornado	Director	Directing
Movie	1933	Deadwood Pass	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1938	Border G-Man	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1944	Oklahoma Raiders	Associate Producer	Production
Movie	1939	Arizona Legion	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1932	The Texan	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1935	The Reckless Buckaroo	Story	Writing
Movie	1932	Law and Lawless	Story	Writing
Movie	1927	The Mojave Kid	Writer	Writing
Movie	1943	The Lone Star Trail	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1928	The Phantom of the Range	Scenario Writer	Writing
Movie	1931	West of Cheyenne	Writer	Writing
Movie	1933	War of the Range	Writer	Writing
Movie	1935	Born to Battle	Writer	Writing
Movie	1950	Battling Marshal	Director	Directing
Movie	1949	Roaring Westward	Director	Directing
Movie	1932	Outlaw Justice	Dialogue	Writing
Movie	1930	Rogue of the Rio Grande	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1930	Rogue of the Rio Grande	Dialogue	Writing
Movie	1946	Trail to Mexico	Director	Directing
Movie	1946	West of the Alamo	Director	Directing
Movie	1935	The Texas Rambler	Story	Writing
Movie	1935	The Texas Rambler	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1945	Springtime in Texas	Director	Directing
Movie	1943	Trail of Terror	Director	Directing
Movie	1943	Trail of Terror	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1957	The Parson and the Outlaw	Writer	Writing
Movie	1937	Nation Aflame	Story	Writing
Movie	1941	Riders of Death Valley	Story	Writing
Movie	1938	The Purple Vigilantes	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1941	City of Missing Girls	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1935	The Singing Vagabond	Original Story	Writing
Movie	1935	The Singing Vagabond	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1938	The Renegade Ranger	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1941	Pals of the Pecos	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1941	Pals of the Pecos	Story	Writing
Movie	1944	Pride of the Plains	Story	Writing
Movie	1936	Roarin' Lead	Story	Writing
Movie	1937	The Trigger Trio	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1937	The Riders of the Whistling Skull	Screenstory	Writing
Movie	1942	Shut My Big Mouth	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1942	Shut My Big Mouth	Story	Writing
Movie	1938	Lawless Valley	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1931	The Law of the Tong	Story	Writing
Movie	1931	The Law of the Tong	Scenario Writer	Writing
Movie	1939	Trouble in Sundown	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1941	Hard Guy	Story	Writing
Movie	1942	Today I Hang	Story	Writing
Movie	1942	Today I Hang	Director	Directing
Movie	1932	The Reckless Rider	Writer	Writing
Movie	1937	Heart of the Rockies	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1936	Ghost Town Gold	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1937	Wild Horse Rodeo	Story	Writing
Movie	1937	Wild Horse Rodeo	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1939	Cowboys from Texas	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1942	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Writer	Writing
Movie	1945	Gun Smoke	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1949	Trail of the Yukon	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1937	Round-Up Time in Texas	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1942	The Old Chisholm Trail	Associate Producer	Production
Movie	1942	Little Joe, the Wrangler	Associate Producer	Production
Movie	1944	The Mummy's Curse	Associate Producer	Production
Movie	1969	Ride a Wild Stud	Director	Directing
Movie	1942	Boss of Hangtown Mesa	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1936	Comin' 'Round the Mountain	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1941	The Lone Rider Ambushed	Story	Writing
Movie	1941	The Lone Rider Ambushed	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1940	The Tulsa Kid	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1943	Border Buckaroos	Writer	Writing
Movie	1943	Border Buckaroos	Director	Directing
Movie	1942	The Lone Rider in Cheyenne	Story	Writing
Movie	1941	Fugitive Valley	Story	Writing
Movie	1941	Kansas Cyclone	Writer	Writing
Movie	1942	Raiders of the West	Story	Writing
Movie	1942	Raiders of the West	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1943	West of Texas	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1943	West of Texas	Director	Directing
Movie	1943	West of Texas	Story	Writing
Movie	1941	Robbers of the Range	Story	Writing
Movie	1943	Fighting Valley	Director	Directing
Movie	1943	Fighting Valley	Story	Writing
Movie	1943	Fighting Valley	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1948	Deadline	Director	Directing
Movie	1948	Deadline	Story	Writing
Movie	1948	Fighting Mustang	Director	Directing
Movie	1946	Trail to Mexico	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1938	Gun Law	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1938	Gun Law	Story	Writing
Movie	1948	Deadline	Associate Producer	Production
Movie	1947	Rainbow Over the Rockies	Story	Writing
Movie	1947	Rainbow Over the Rockies	Director	Directing
Movie	1933	Deadwood Pass	Dialogue	Writing
Movie	1944	The Mummy's Curse	Songs	Sound
Movie	1944	Riders of the Santa Fe	Producer	Production
Movie	1949	Brand of Fear	Director	Directing
Movie	1948	Sunset Carson Rides Again	Associate Producer	Production
Movie	1935	The Cyclone Ranger	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1935	The Cyclone Ranger	Story	Writing
Movie	1970	Angelica, the Young Vixen	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Angelica, the Young Vixen	Writer	Writing
Movie	1970	Angelica, the Young Vixen	Producer	Production
Movie	1929	The Desert Rider	Writer	Writing
Movie	1935	Lightning Triggers	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1934	Fighting Thru	Story	Writing
Movie	1930	Rogue of the Rio Grande	Lyricist	Writing
Movie	1939	The Fighting Gringo	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1949	Sky Dragon	Story	Writing
Movie	1946	Moon Over Montana	Director	Directing
Movie	1946	Moon Over Montana	Writer	Writing
Movie	1946	Moon Over Montana	Producer	Production
Movie	1947	Ginger	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1947	Ginger	Director	Directing
Movie	1944	Marshal of Gunsmoke	Associate Producer	Production
Movie	1938	Painted Desert	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1929	The Drifter	Story	Writing
Movie	1934	West of the Divide	Story	Writing
Movie	1932	Texas Tornado	Writer	Writing
Movie	1933	When a Man Rides Alone	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1935	The Sagebrush Troubadour	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1928	Red Riders of Canada	Scenario Writer	Writing
Movie	N/A	The Cherokee Kid	Scenario Writer	Writing
Movie	1929	The Drifter	Writer	Writing
TV Show	1955	Cheyenne	Teleplay	Writing
TV Show	1978	Western von gestern	Screenplay	Writing