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Oliver Drake

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Birthday: May 28, 1903

Birthplace: Boise, Idaho, USA

Prolific director of B westerns whose career spanned the early days of silent film through the "golden age" of TV. A former cattle rancher, Drake entered silent films as the star of numerous Westerns for Golden West Productions in San Diego, most of which he also wrote and directed. As a writer-director for Republic, Monogram, RKO, Columbia and Universal, he reworked basic sagebrush plots as vehicles for Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Sunset Carson and Jimmy Wakely. Drake moved to TV in 1951, working on the western series "The Gene Autry Show," "Annie Oakley" and "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" as well as "The Adventures of Superman" and "Lassie" before his retirement in 1967.

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Filmography

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The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals 1969 Director They Ran for Their Lives 1969 Director Border Lust 1957 Director A Lust to Kill 1957 Director The Parson and the Outlaw 1957 Director, Screenwriter Outlaw Treasure 1955 Director Battling Marshal 1950 Director David Harding, Counterspy 1950 Screenwriter Kid From Gower Gulch 1950 Director Lawless Code 1949 Director Brand of Fear 1949 Director Trail of the Yukon 1949 Screenwriter Across the Rio Grande 1949 Director Roaring Westward 1949 Director Sunset Carson Rides Again 1948 Director Fighting Mustang 1948 Director Ginger 1947 Director Rainbow Over The Rockies 1947 Director, Producer Moon Over Montana 1946 Director Beyond the Pecos 1945 Producer Springtime In Texas 1945 Director, Producer The Lonesome Trail 1945 Director, Producer Saddle Serenade 1945 Director, Producer Trigger Trail 1944 Producer Trail of Terror 1944 Director
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