Oliver Drake (filmmaker)

Clarence Oliver Drake (May 28, 1903 – August 19, 1991) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who was most active in the Western genre. 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). 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

• 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)
• The Scarlet Brand (1932)
• Guns for Hire (1932)
• The Texas Tornado (1932)
• Via Pony Express (1933)
• Gun Law (1933)
• Trouble Busters (1933)
• 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)
• Across the Rio Grande (1949)
• Trail of the Yukon (1949)
• Outlaw Treasure (1955)

References

• 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