Oliver Drake

Highest Rated: 40% The Mummy's Curse (1944)

Lowest Rated: 40% The Mummy's Curse (1944)

Birthday: May 28, 1903

Birthplace: Not Available

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.

Highest Rated Movies

The Mummy's Curse
40%

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	The Parson and the Outlaw	Director Screenwriter	—	1957
No Score Yet	A Lust to Kill	Director	—	1957
No Score Yet	Battling Marshal	Director	—	1950
No Score Yet	Sunset Carson Rides Again	Director Producer	—	1948
No Score Yet	Fighting Mustang	Producer Director	—	1948
No Score Yet	Thunder Town	Screenwriter	—	1946
No Score Yet	Renegades of the Rio Grande	Producer	—	1945
No Score Yet	Weird Woman	Producer	—	1944
40%	The Mummy's Curse	Producer	—	1944
No Score Yet	Oklahoma Raiders	Producer	—	1944
No Score Yet	Trail of Terror	Director Screenwriter	—	1944
No Score Yet	Arizona Trail	Producer	—	1943
No Score Yet	Cheyenne Roundup	Producer	—	1943
No Score Yet	The Lone Star Trail	Screenwriter Producer	—	1943
No Score Yet	Raiders of San Joaquin	Producer	—	1943
No Score Yet	The Old Chisholm Trail	Producer	—	1942
No Score Yet	Boss of Hangtown Mesa	Screenwriter Producer	—	1942
No Score Yet	Silver Bullet	Producer	—	1942
No Score Yet	Billy the Kid Trapped	Screenwriter	—	1942
No Score Yet	Today I Hang	Director Screenwriter	—	1942
No Score Yet	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Screenwriter Producer	—	1942
No Score Yet	Hard Guy	Screenwriter	—	1941
No Score Yet	Fugitive Valley	Screenwriter	—	1941
No Score Yet	City of Missing Girls	Screenwriter	—	1941
No Score Yet	Trailing Double Trouble	Screenwriter	—	1940
No Score Yet	Trouble in Sundown	Screenwriter	—	1939
No Score Yet	Lawless Valley	Screenwriter	—	1938
No Score Yet	The Renegade Ranger	Screenwriter	—	1938
No Score Yet	The Purple Vigilantes	Screenwriter	—	1938
No Score Yet	Boots and Saddles	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	Heart of the Rockies	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	Public Cowboy No. 1	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke Ranch	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	Hit the Saddle	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	Round-Up Time in Texas	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	Riders of the Whistling Skull	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	Nation Aflame	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Trigger Trio	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	Oh, Susanna!	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	Roarin' Lead	Screenwriter	—	1936
No Score Yet	Ghost Town Gold	Screenwriter	—	1936
No Score Yet	Undersea Kingdom	Screenwriter	—	1936
No Score Yet	Comin' Round the Mountain	Screenwriter	—	1936
No Score Yet	The Singing Vagabond	Screenwriter	—	1935
No Score Yet	Sagebrush Troubadour	Screenwriter	—	1935
No Score Yet	Cyclone Ranger	Screenwriter	—	1935
No Score Yet	Deadwood Pass	Screenwriter	—	1933
No Score Yet	Gun Law	Screenwriter	—	1933
No Score Yet	When a Man Rides Alone	Screenwriter	—	1933
No Score Yet	Beyond the Rockies	Screenwriter	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Saddle Buster	Screenwriter	—	1932
No Score Yet	Sinister Hands	Screenwriter	—	1932
No Score Yet	Law and Lawless	Screenwriter	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Drifter	Screenwriter	—	1932
No Score Yet	Guns for Hire	Director	—	1932
No Score Yet	Rogue of the Rio Grande	Screenwriter	—	1930

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	The Adventures of Superman 1952-1958	Screenwriter	1956

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Oliver Drake

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MOVIES

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