One of the most prolific auteurs in B-Western history, Oliver Drake began his screen career directing and acting in very low-budget fare produced in San Diego. He turned to directing in the early talkie era and established himself as a producer/writer/director at Universal in the 1940s. His entire career spent in the cheapest Hollywood productions possible, Drake was there for the B-Western genre's last gasps. In 1948-1949, his Yucca Productions released a series of Sunset Carson Westerns filmed in 16-millimeter (in the immortal words of historian Don Miller: "Yucca is right!") and in 1955 he directed the last star of independent budget oaters, John Carpenter. Drake ended his long career in the medium that killed off double-bills, television. A highly readable autobiography, Written, Produced and Directed By, was published in 1990.
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They Ran for Their Lives
Director |
1968 | |||
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Mummy and the Curse of the Jackal
Director |
1967 | |||
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Dragoon Wells Massacre
Screen Story |
1957 | |||
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The Parson and the Outlaw
Director, Screenwriter |
1957 | |||
The Adventures of Superman: Blackmail
Screenwriter |
1956 | |||
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Outlaw Treasure
Director |
1955 | |||
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Across the Rio Grande
Director |
1949 | |||
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Brand of Fear
Director |
1949 | |||
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Courtin' Trouble
Songwriter |
1949 | |||
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Lawless Code
Director |
1949 | |||
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Roaring Westward
Director |
1949 | |||
The Kid from Gower Gulch
Director |
1949 | |||
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The Sky Dragon
Screenwriter |
1949 | |||
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Trail of the Yukon
Screenwriter |
1949 | |||
Battling Marshal
Director |
1948 | |||
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Deadline
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1948 | |||
Fighting Mustang
Director |
1948 | |||
Sunset Carson Rides Again
Director |
1948 | |||
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The Feathered Serpent
Screenwriter |
1948 | |||
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Ginger
Director, Screenwriter |
1947 | |||
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Rainbow over the Rockies
Director, Producer |
1947 | |||
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Moon over Montana
Director, Producer |
1946 | |||
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Song of the Sierras
Director, Producer |
1946 | |||
Thunder Town
Screenwriter |
1946 | |||
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Trail to Mexico
Director |
1946 | |||
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West of the Alamo
Director, Producer |
1946 | |||
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Beyond the Pecos
Producer |
1945 | |||
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Renegades of the Rio Grande
Producer |
1945 | |||
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Riders of the Dawn
Director, Producer |
1945 | |||
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Saddle Serenade
Director |
1945 | |||
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Springtime in Texas
Director |
1945 | |||
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The Lonesome Trail
Director, Producer |
1945 | |||
Boss of the Rawhide
Songwriter |
1944 | |||
Marshal of Gunsmoke
Producer |
1944 | |||
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Oklahoma Raiders
Producer |
1944 | |||
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Pride of the Plains
Screen Story |
1944 | |||
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Riders of the Santa Fe
Producer |
1944 | |||
The Mummy's Curse
Producer |
1944 | |||
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The Old Texas Trail
Producer |
1944 | |||
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Trail of Terror
Director, Screenwriter |
1944 | |||
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Trail to Gunsight
Producer |
1944 | |||
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Trigger Trail
Producer |
1944 | |||
Weird Woman
Producer |
1944 | |||
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Arizona Trail
Producer |
1943 | |||
Border Buckaroos
Director, Screenwriter |
1943 | |||
Cheyenne Roundup
Producer |
1943 | |||
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Fighting Valley
Director, Screenwriter |
1943 | |||
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Frontier Law
Producer |
1943 | |||
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Old Chisholm Trail
Producer, Songwriter |
1943 | |||
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Raiders of San Joaquin
Producer |
1943 | |||
| 1943 | ||||
The Lone Star Trail
Producer, Screenwriter |
1943 | |||
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West of Texas
Director, Screenwriter |
1943 | |||
Billy the Kid Trapped
Screenwriter |
1942 | |||
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Producer, Screenwriter, Songwriter |
1942 | |||
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Deep in the Heart of Texas
Producer, Screenwriter |
1942 | |||
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Little Joe, the Wrangler
Producer |
1942 | |||
Raiders of the West
Screenwriter |
1942 | |||
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Shut My Big Mouth
Screenwriter |
1942 | |||
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The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
Screenwriter |
1942 | |||
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The Silver Bullet
Producer |
1942 | |||
Today I Hang
Director, Screenwriter |
1942 | |||
City of Missing Girls
Screenwriter |
1941 | |||
Forbidden Trails
Screen Story |
1941 | |||
Fugitive Valley
Screenwriter |
1941 | |||
Hard Guy
Screenwriter |
1941 | |||
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Kansas Cyclone
Screenwriter |
1941 | |||
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Pals of the Pecos
Screenwriter |
1941 | |||
Robbers of the Range
Screen Story |
1941 | |||
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The Lone Rider Ambushed
Screenwriter |
1941 | |||
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The Tulsa Kid
Screenwriter |
1940 | |||
Trailing Double Trouble
Screenwriter |
1940 | |||
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Arizona Legion
Screenwriter |
1939 | |||
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Cowboys from Texas
Screenwriter |
1939 | |||
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Racketeers of the Range
Screenwriter |
1939 | |||
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The Fighting Gringo
Screenwriter |
1939 | |||
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Trouble in Sundown
Screenwriter |
1939 | |||
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Border G-Man
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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Gun Law
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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Lawless Valley
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
The Painted Desert
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
The Purple Vigilantes
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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The Renegade Ranger
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
Boots and Saddles
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
Gunsmoke Ranch
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
Heart of the Rockies
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
Hit the Saddle
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Nation Aflame
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
Oh, Susanna!
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
Public Cowboy No. 1
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
Riders of the Whistling Skull
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
Roarin' Lead
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
Round-Up Time in Texas
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
The Trigger Trio
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
Wild Horse Rodeo
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
Comin' Round the Mountain
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
Ghost Town Gold
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
The Old Corral
Songwriter |
1936 | |||
The Singing Cowboy
Songwriter |
1936 | |||
Born to Battle
Screen Story |
1935 | |||
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Cyclone Ranger
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
The Sagebrush Troubador
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
The Singing Vagabond
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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Lawless Valley
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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Texas Tornado
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
Deadwood Pass
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
Gun Law
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
Via Pony Express
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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War of the Range
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
When a Man Rides Alone
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Battling Buckaroo
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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Beyond the Rockies
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
Law and Lawless
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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Outlaw Justice
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
Sinister Hands
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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The Cheyenne Cyclone
Screen Story, Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
The Drifter
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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The Saddle Buster
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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Hurricane Horseman
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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Law of the Tong
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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West of Cheyenne
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
Rogue of the Rio Grande
Screenwriter, Songwriter |
1930 | |||
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Gun Law
Screenwriter |
1929 | |||
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Pals of the Prairie
Screen Story |
1929 | |||
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The Desert Rider
Screenwriter |
1929 | |||
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The Drifter
Screen Story |
1929 | |||
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Vagabond Cub
Screen Story |
1929 | |||
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Breed of the Sunsets
Screenwriter |
1928 | |||
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Driftin' Sands
Editor, Screenwriter |
1928 | |||
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Orphan of the Sage
Screenwriter |
1928 | |||
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Phantom of the Range
Screen Story |
1928 | |||
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The Desert Pirate
Screenwriter |
1928 | |||
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Tyrant of Red Gulch
Continuity, Screen Story |
1928 | |||
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When the Law Rides
Screen Story |
1928 | |||
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Cyclone of the Range
Screen Story |
1927 | |||
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Mojave Kid
Continuity, Screen Story |
1927 |
