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Oliver Drake (1903–1991)

Writer | Director | Soundtrack

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A former cattle rancher, he turned to acting in and directing westerns in 1917, appearing with his trained horse. During the sound era he became a prolific writer and occasional producer/director of vehicles for Gene Autry, Tex Ritter and others, often for RKO, Monogram and Republic. Retired in 1947 to publish his autobiography "Written, Produced and Directed by Oliver Drake". See more trivia »

Born:

Clarence Oliver Drake
in Boise, Idaho, USA

Died:

(age 88) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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1974 Angelica: The Young Vixen (as Revilo Ekard)
 
1968 Las Vegas Strangler (writer)
 
1963 The Littlest Hobo (TV series)
– Chico (1963) (written by)
 
1959-1961 Lassie (TV series)
– The Patriot (1961) (writer)
– The Swallows of Los Pinos (1960) (writer)
– Champ (1960) (writer)
– Old Henry (1959) (writer)
 
1960 Laramie (TV series)
– The Protectors (1960) (story)
 
1957-1958 26 Men (TV series)
– Brief Glory (1958) (written by)
– The Bells of St. Thomas (1958) (written by)
– The Recruit (1957) (dramatization)
 
1958 Colt .45 (TV series)
– The Manbuster (1958) (teleplay)
 
1957-1958 Cheyenne (TV series)
– Renegades (1958) (writer)
– Top Hand (1957) (teleplay)
 
1955-1957 Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV series)
– Old Ben's Gold (1957) (written by)
– Treasure of Fifteen Mile Creek (1955) (writer)
 
1957 The Parson and the Outlaw (written by)
 
1957 Dragoon Wells Massacre (original story)
 
1956-1957 Adventures of Superman (TV series)
– Peril in Paris (1957) (writer)
– Blackmail (1956) (writer)
 
1956 Buffalo Bill, Jr. (TV series)
– Kansas City Lady (1956) (teleplay)
– Secret of the Silverado (1956) (teleplay)
 
1955-1956 The Adventures of Champion (TV series)
– The Return of Red Cloud (1956) (teleplay)
– The Deer Hunters (1955) (teleplay)
– King of the Rodeo (1955) (teleplay)
 
1956 Judge Roy Bean (TV series)
– Luck O' the Irish (1956) (teleplay)
– Outlaw's Son (1956) (writer)
 
1954 The Cisco Kid (TV series)
– Trouble in Tonopah (1954) (screenplay)
 
1951-1954 The Gene Autry Show (TV series)
– Outlaw of Blue Mesa (1954) (screenplay)
– Santa Fe Raiders (1954) (screenplay)
– Heir to the Lazy L (1951) (screenplay)
– Killer's Trail (1951) (screenplay)
 
1951-1953 The Range Rider (TV series)
– Cherokee Round-Up (1953) (screenplay)
– Outlaw Territory (1953) (writer)
– West of Cheyenne (1953) (writer)
– Trail of the Lawless (1952) (writer)
– Last of the Pony Express (1951) (writer)
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1949 Trail of the Yukon (screenplay)
 
1949 The Sky Dragon (screenplay / story / as Clint Johnson)
 
1948 The Feathered Serpent (adaptation and screenplay / original story "Riders of the Whistling Skull")
 
1948 Deadline (story / as C.O. Drake)
 
1947 Rainbow Over the Rockies (original story)
 
1946 Song of the Sierras (story)
 
1946 Ginger
 
1946 Trail to Mexico (original screenplay)
 
1946 Thunder Town (original screenplay / as James Oliver)
 
1946 Moon Over Montana (story)
 
1945 Lonesome Trail (story)
 
1945 Renegades of the Rio Grande (story - uncredited)
 
1944 The Mummy's Curse (uncredited)
 
1944 Pride of the Plains (original story)
 
1943 Trail of Terror (original story and screenplay)
 
1943 Fighting Valley (story and screenplay)
 
1943 The Lone Star Trail (screenplay)
 
1943 Border Buckaroos (writer)
 
1943 West of Texas (original story and screenplay)
 
1942 Deep in the Heart of Texas
 
1942 Arizona Stage Coach (story)
 
1942 Boss of Hangtown Mesa (original screenplay)
 
1942 The Silver Bullet (story)
 
1942 The Lone Rider in Cheyenne (story)
 
1942 Raiders of the West (original story and screenplay)
 
1942 Shut My Big Mouth (screenplay / story)
 
1942 Today I Hang (story & screenplay)
 
1941 Forbidden Trails (story - uncredited)
 
1941 Gauchos of El Dorado (story - uncredited)
 
1941 Hard Guy (story and screenplay)
 
1941 The Lone Rider Ambushed (original screenplay)
 
1941 Fugitive Valley (original story)
 
1941 Arizona Bound (original story)
 
1941 Riders of Death Valley (original story)
 
1941 Kansas Cyclone
 
1941 Robbers of the Range (story)
 
1941 Pals of the Pecos (original story / screenplay)
 
1941 City of Missing Girls (original screenplay)
 
1940 Trailing Double Trouble (screen adaptation)
 
1940 The Tulsa Kid (original screen play)
 
1940 Billy the Kid Outlawed
 
1940 Molly Cures a Cowboy (short)
 
1939 Death Rides the Range (story - uncredited)
 
1939 Cowboys from Texas (original screenplay)
 
1939 The Fighting Gringo (story and screen play)
 
1939 Racketeers of the Range (screenplay)
 
1939 Trouble in Sundown (screenplay)
 
1939 Arizona Legion (screen play)
 
1938 Lawless Valley (screen play)
 
1938 The Renegade Ranger (screen play)
 
1938 Painted Desert (screen play)
 
1938 Border G-Man (screen play)
 
1938 Gun Law (screenplay / story)
 
1938 The Purple Vigilantes (original screenplay)
 
1937 Wild Horse Rodeo (screenplay / story)
 
1937 The Trigger Trio (screenplay)
 
1937 Nation Aflame (story & screenplay)
 
1937 Boots and Saddles (screenplay)
 
1937 Heart of the Rockies (screenplay)
 
1937 Public Cowboy No. 1 (screen play)
 
1937 Gunsmoke Ranch (screenplay / story)
 
1937 Hit the Saddle (screenplay / story)
 
1937 Round-Up Time in Texas (original screenplay)
 
1937 The Riders of the Whistling Skull (original story / screenplay / as Olive Drake)
 
1936 Roarin' Lead (story and screenplay)
 
1936 Ghost-Town Gold (screenplay)
 
1936 Oh, Susanna! (original story and screen play)
 
1936 Undersea Kingdom (screenplay)
 
1936 Comin' 'Round the Mountain (original story / screen play)
 
1935 The Cheyenne Tornado
 
1935 The Singing Vagabond (screenplay / story)
 
1935 Sagebrush Troubadour (screen play / story)
 
1935 The Vanishing Riders
 
1935 The Texas Rambler (original story / screenplay)
 
1935 Gun Smoke (screenplay - uncredited)
 
1935 Born to Battle (story)
 
1935 The Cyclone Ranger (story and screenplay)
 
1935 The Reckless Buckaroo (story - uncredited)
 
1935 Six Gun Justice (story and screenplay)
 
1935 Arizona Bad Man (screenplay)
 
1935 Lightning Triggers (screenplay - uncredited / story "Lawless Valley" - uncredited)
 
1934 Fighting Through (story - uncredited)
 
1934 Western Racketeers (story and screenplay - uncredited)
 
1934 West of the Divide (story - uncredited)
 
1934 Border Guns (story and continuity / as Ollie Milliken)
 
1933 War of the Range (story and continuity)
 
1933 Trouble Busters (story and continuity)
 
1933 Deadwood Pass (adaptation and dialogue)
 
1933 Gun Law (adaptation / story)
 
1933 Via Pony Express (adaptation / story)
 
1933 When a Man Rides Alone (adapted by)
 
1932 The Wyoming Whirlwind (adaptation)
 
1932 Law and Lawless (story and continuity)
 
1932 Outlaw Justice (continuity & dialogue)
 
1932 A Scarlet Week-End
 
1932 Guns for Hire (adaptation and dialogue)
 
1932 Beyond the Rockies (screenplay)
 
1932 The Reckless Rider (story and continuity)
 
1932 Lawless Valley (story and scenario)
 
1932 The Scarlet Brand (adaptation)
 
1932 Texas Tornado (story and scenario)
 
1932 The Saddle Buster (screenplay)
 
1932 Sinister Hands (adaptation and continuity)
 
1932 Battling Buckaroo (story and continuity)
 
1932 The Drifter
 
1931 The Cheyenne Cyclone (screenplay / story "Sagebrush Romeo")
 
1931 Law of the Tong (story and scenario)
 
1931 Hurricane Horseman (adaptation)
 
1931 West of Cheyenne (story and scenario)
 
1930 Rogue of the Rio Grande (original screenplay)
 
1929 Pals of the Prairie (story)
 
1929 The Desert Rider (writer)
 
1929 The Drifter (story)
 
1929 Gun Law (original story / scenario)
 
1928 Orphan of the Sage (story and scenario)
 
1928 Tyrant of Red Gulch (continuity / original story)
 
1928 The Pinto Kid (scenario)
 
1928 Phantom of the Range (story)
 
1928 Red Riders of Canada (scenario & adaptation)
 
1928 Breed of the Sunsets (writer)
 
1928 When the Law Rides (screenplay / story)
 
1928 The Little Buckaroo (scenario)
 
1928 Driftin' Sands (scenario)
 
1927 The Desert Pirate
 
1927 The Slingshot Kid
 
1927 The Cherokee Kid
 
1927 The Boy Rider (continuity)
 
1927 The Mojave Kid
 
1927 The Flying U Ranch
 
1927 Cyclone of the Range (story)
 
Show ShowDirector (37 titles)
1974 Angelica: The Young Vixen (as Revilo Ekard)
 
1969 Ride a Wild Stud (as Revilo Ekard)
 
1969 The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals
 
1968 They Ran for Their Lives
 
1963 The Littlest Hobo (TV series)
– Chico (1963)
 
1960 Lassie (TV series)
– The Swallows of Los Pinos (1960)
– The Blind Dog (1960)
– Champ (1960)
 
1957-1958 26 Men (TV series)
– The Last Rebellion (1958)
– Shadow of Doubt (1958)
– Wayward Gun (1958)
– The Bells of St. Thomas (1958)
– Legacy of Death (1958)
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1958 A Lust to Kill
 
1958 Colt .45 (TV series)
– The Manbuster (1958)
 
1958 Sky King (TV series)
– The Circus Clown Mystery (1958)
– Fight for Oil (1958)
 
1957 The Parson and the Outlaw
 
1955 Outlaw Treasure
 
1950 Battling Marshal
 
1950 The Kid from Gower Gulch
 
1949 Lawless Code
 
1949 Roaring Westward
 
1949 Brand of Fear
 
1949 Across the Rio Grande
 
1948 Sunset Carson Rides Again
 
1948 Deadline
 
1948 Fighting Mustang
 
1947 Rainbow Over the Rockies
 
1946 Song of the Sierras
 
1946 Ginger
 
1946 Trail to Mexico
 
1946 West of the Alamo
 
1946 Moon Over Montana
 
1945 Lonesome Trail
 
1945 Riders of the Dawn
 
1945 Saddle Serenade
 
1945 Springtime in Texas
 
1943 Trail of Terror
 
1943 Fighting Valley
 
1943 Border Buckaroos
 
1943 West of Texas
 
1942 Today I Hang
 
1932 Texas Tornado
 
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1998 Clay Pigeons (writer: "Moon Over Montana")
 
1956 A Day of Fury (writer: "Vote for Emily Morgan" - uncredited)
 
1954 Dawn at Socorro (writer: "Carefree Cowboy" - uncredited, "Vote for Emily Morgan" - uncredited)
 
1953 The Gene Autry Show (TV series)
– Border Justice (1953) (writer: "Guns and Guitars")
 
1950 The Kid from Gower Gulch (writer: "Adios vaquero", "I'd Ruther Be Footloose an' Free")
 
1949 Gun Runner (writer: "Paradise Trail")
 
1948 Courtin' Trouble (writer: "Moon Over Montana")
 
1946 Rustler's Round-up (writer: "Vote For Cal Dixon")
 
1946 Moon Over Montana (writer: "Rose of the Prairie")
 
1945 Saddle Serenade (writer: "Stay Away From My Door")
 
1944 The Mummy's Curse ("Hey, You!")
 
1944 Riders of the Santa Fe (music: "The Defective Detective From Deadwood" / lyrics: "The Defective Detective From Deadwood", "Little Sweetheart of the Rio Grande")
 
1944 I'm from Arkansas (writer: "Whistlin' Down the Lane With You")
 
1944 Trail to Gunsight (writer: "Slumbertime Out On the Prairie")
 
1944 Trigger Trail (writer: "Trail Dreamin'")
 
1943 Boss of Rawhide (writer: "Stardust Trail", "I Ain't Got a Gal To Come Home To", "Ride On, Vaquero")
 
1943 The Return of the Rangers (writer: "Paradise Trail")
 
1943 The Lone Star Trail (writer: "Adios Vaqueros", "Welcome Home")
 
1943 Raiders of San Joaquin (writer: "A Carefree Cowboy", "I'd Ruther Be Footloose an' Free", "The Hatches and the Morgans")
 
1943 Cheyenne Roundup (writer: "Ain't Got Nothin' and Nothin' Worries Me" / "Rose of the Hills")
 
1942 The Old Chisholm Trail (writer: "Out On The Lone Star Trail", "Little Sweetheart of the Rio Grande")
 
1942 Deep in the Heart of Texas (writer: "Out On The Lone Star Trail")
 
1942 Boss of Hangtown Mesa (writer: "Pappy Was A Gunman" - uncredited, "Ain't Got Nothin'" - uncredited, "Trail Dream" - uncredited, "Nothin' Worries Me")
 
1942 The Silver Bullet (writer: "My Gal, She Works In A Laundry", "Sweetheart of the Rio Grande", "Vote For Emily Morgan")
 
1941 Sierra Sue (writer: "Heebie Jeebie Blues" - uncredited)
 
1941 Hard Guy (writer: "Alone Again")
 
1941 Sunset in Wyoming (lyrics: "Heebie Jeebie Blues")
 
1939 Arizona Legion (writer: "I'd Rather Be Footloose" - uncredited)
 
1938 Painted Desert (music: "Moonlight on the Painted Desert" 1938 - uncredited / lyrics: "Moonlight on the Painted Desert" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1938 Gun Law (music: "Pappy Was a Gun Man" 1938, "So Long Old Pinto" 1938)
 
1937 Come on, Cowboys (writer: "On the Prairie")
 
1937 Gunsmoke Ranch (writer: "When the Campfire Is Low on the Prairie" - uncredited)
 
1937 Hit the Saddle (writer: "Winding the Trail")
 
1936 The Singing Cowboy (music: "Rainbow Trail" 1936 - uncredited / lyrics: "Rainbow Trail" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 Red River Valley (writer: "Where a Water Wheel Keeps Turning On" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 Comin' 'Round the Mountain (lyrics: "Don Juan of Sevillio" 1936 - uncredited, "Chiquita" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 The Old Corral (writer: "The Old Corral" - uncredited, "In the Heart of the West" - uncredited, "So Long Old Pinto" - uncredited)
 
1936 Oh, Susanna! (writer: "They Never Come Through with the Ring" - uncredited)
 
1936 Guns and Guitars (writer: "Dreamy Valley" - uncredited / music: "Guns and Guitars" 1936 - uncredited / lyrics: "Guns and Guitars" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1935 The Singing Vagabond (music: "Singing Vagabonds" 1935 - uncredited, "Honeymoon Trail" 1935 - uncredited / lyrics: "Singing Vagabonds" 1935 - uncredited, "Honeymoon Trail" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 The Vanishing Riders (writer: "We're The Bandoliers")
 
1935 The Cyclone Ranger (writer: "Ride On, Vacquero")
 
1932 Texas Tornado (writer: "Cabin in the Valley")
 
1930 Rogue of the Rio Grande (writer: "Ride on, Vaquero")
 
Show ShowProducer (37 titles)
1968 Las Vegas Strangler (producer)
 
1968 They Ran for Their Lives (executive producer)
 
1957-1958 26 Men (TV series) (associate producer - 3 episodes)
– Wayward Gun (1958) (associate producer)
– Legacy of Death (1958) (associate producer)
– The Recruit (1957) (associate producer)
 
1950 Battling Marshal (associate producer)
 
1950 The Kid from Gower Gulch (producer)
 
1948 Sunset Carson Rides Again (associate producer)
 
1948 Deadline (associate producer)
 
1947 Rainbow Over the Rockies (producer)
 
1946 Song of the Sierras (producer)
 
1946 Trail to Mexico (producer)
 
1946 West of the Alamo (producer)
 
1946 Moon Over Montana (producer)
 
1945 Lonesome Trail (producer)
 
1945 Riders of the Dawn (producer)
 
1945 Saddle Serenade (producer)
 
1945 Springtime in Texas (producer)
 
1945 Renegades of the Rio Grande (associate producer)
 
1945 Beyond the Pecos (associate producer)
 
1944 The Mummy's Curse (associate producer)
 
1944 The Old Texas Trail (associate producer)
 
1944 Riders of the Santa Fe (associate producer)
 
1944 Trail to Gunsight (associate producer)
 
1944 Trigger Trail (associate producer)
 
1944 Boss of Boomtown (associate producer)
 
1944 Oklahoma Raiders (associate producer)
 
1944 Weird Woman (associate producer)
 
1944 Marshal of Gunsmoke (associate producer)
 
1943 Arizona Trail (associate producer)
 
1943 The Lone Star Trail (associate producer)
 
1943 Frontier Law (associate producer)
 
1943 Raiders of San Joaquin (associate producer)
 
1943 Cheyenne Roundup (associate producer)
 
1943 Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground (associate producer)
 
1942 The Old Chisholm Trail (associate producer)
 
1942 Little Joe, the Wrangler (associate producer)
 
1942 Deep in the Heart of Texas (associate producer)
 
1942 The Silver Bullet (associate producer)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (3 titles)
1943 The Lone Star Trail (composer: songs)
 
1937 Public Cowboy No. 1 (songs by)
 
1932 Law and Lawless (composer: song "I Love You for a Song" - uncredited)
 
1941 Arizona Bound (assistant director - as William Drake)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1925 Red Blood and Blue
Slim
 

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Other Works:

(????) Story: "Lawless Valley" (filmed as Lightning Triggers). See more »

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1 Print Biography  | See more »

Alternate Names:

C.O. Drake | Olive Drake | William Drake | Revilo Ekard | Clint Johnson | Ollie Milliken | James Oliver

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Trivia:

A former cattle rancher, he turned to acting in and directing westerns in 1917, appearing with his trained horse. During the sound era he became a prolific writer and occasional producer/director of vehicles for Gene Autry, Tex Ritter and others, often for RKO, Monogram and Republic. Retired in 1947 to publish his autobiography "Written, Produced and Directed by Oliver Drake". See more »

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