Oliver Drake (filmmaker)

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. 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

 * 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)