Oliver Drake (filmmaker)

Oliver Drake
Born	May 28, 1903 Boise, Idaho
Died	August 19, 1991 (age 88) Las Vegas, Nevada
Occupation(s)	film/television director, screenwriter, producer, actor
Years active	1922–1955

Clarence Oliver Drake (May 28, 1903 – August 19, 1991) was an American film/television director, screenwriter, producer and actor who was most active in the Western genre.^[1] Though Drake began his career as an actor, he is best known as a prolific screenwriter and director of low-budget Western films (sometimes referred to as B-Westerns).^[1] Drake was most active in the 1930s and 1940s, although he continued writing and directing films until 1974.

His films include Today I Hang (1942).

Selected filmography

• Red Blood and Blue (1925)
• Cyclone of the Range (1927)
• The Cherokee Kid (1927)
• The Flying U Ranch (1927)
• The Boy Rider (1927)
• The Desert Pirate (1927)
• Red Riders of Canada (1928)
• When the Law Rides (1928)
• Phantom of the Range (1928)
• The Little Buckaroo (1928)
• Driftin' Sands (1928)
• Orphan of the Sage (1928)
• The Pinto Kid (1928)
• The Drifter (1929)
• The Vagabond Cub (1929)
• The Cheyenne Cyclone (1931)
• The Law of the Tong (1931)
• The Hurricane Horseman (1931)
• West of Cheyenne (1931)
• Law and Lawless (1932)
• Battling Buckaroo (1932)
• The Reckless Rider (1932)
• The Scarlet Brand (1932)
• A Scarlet Week-End (1932)
• The Wyoming Whirlwind (1932)
• Lawless Valley (1932)
• Guns for Hire (1932)
• The Texas Tornado (1932)
• Via Pony Express (1933)
• War of the Range (1933)
• Gun Law (1933)
• Trouble Busters (1933)
• Fighting Through (1934)
• Arizona Bad Man (1935)
• The Cyclone Ranger (1935)
• Lightning Triggers (1935)
• The Cheyenne Tornado (1935)
• West of Texas (1937)
• Nation Aflame (1937)
• Arizona Legion (1939)
• Shut My Big Mouth (1942)
• The Lone Star Trail (1943)
• Riders of the Dawn (1945)
• The Lonesome Trail (1945)
• Ginger (1946)
• Moon Over Montana (1946)
• Deadline (1948)
• Across the Rio Grande (1949)
• Trail of the Yukon (1949)
• Battling Marshal (1950)
• Outlaw Treasure (1955)
• The Parson and the Outlaw (1957)

References

1. Hans J. Wollstein. "Oliver Drake: Full Biography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2011.

• Drake, Oliver (1990). Written, produced and directed : the autobiography of Oliver Drake : fifty years of working with Hollywood's famous film cowboys and many other stars. Outlaw Press. OCLC 27884459.

External links

• Oliver Drake at IMDb
• Western Film Maker Oliver Drake, South Fork Companion blog