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

Red Blood and Blue

as

Slim

Production

1945

Beyond the Pecos

as

1945

Lonesome Trail

as

1943

Arizona Trail

as

1942

The Silver Bullet

as

1968

The Las Vegas Strangler

as

1946

Song of the Sierras

as

1944

Weird Woman

as

1944

Oklahoma Raiders

as

1942

The Old Chisholm Trail

as

1942

Little Joe, the Wrangler

as

1944

The Mummy's Curse

as

1948

Deadline

as

1944

Riders of the Santa Fe

as

1948

Sunset Carson Rides Again

as

1970

Angelica, the Young Vixen

as

1946

Moon Over Montana

as

1944

Marshal of Gunsmoke

as

Crew

Directing

1969

The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals

as

1955

Outlaw Treasure

as

1945

Lonesome Trail

as

1948

Sunset Carson Rides Again

as

1968

They Ran for Their Lives

as

1945

Saddle Serenade

as

1945

Riders of the Dawn

as

1957

The Parson and the Outlaw

as

1949

Across The Rio Grande

as

1958

Lust to Kill

as

1950

The Kid from Gower Gulch

as

1949

Lawless Code

as

1946

Song of the Sierras

as

1932

Texas Tornado

as

1950

Battling Marshal

as

1949

Roaring Westward

as

1946

Trail to Mexico

as

1946

West of the Alamo

as

1945

Springtime in Texas

as

1943

Trail of Terror

as

1942

Today I Hang

as

1969

Ride a Wild Stud

as

1943

Border Buckaroos

as

1943

West of Texas

as

1943

Fighting Valley

as

1948

Deadline

as

1948

Fighting Mustang

as

1947

Rainbow Over the Rockies

as

1949

Brand of Fear

as

1970

Angelica, the Young Vixen

as

1946

Moon Over Montana

as

1947

Ginger

as