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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). [1]
Oliver Drake was born on 28 May 1903 in Boise, Idaho, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Moon Over Montana (1946), 26 Men (1957) and Today I Hang (1942). He was married to Liz Marshall and Maybelle Barringer. He died on 19 August 1991 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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- Boise, Idaho, USA
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- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The Parson and the Outlaw is a 1957 American Western film directed by Oliver Drake for Charles "Buddy" Rogers Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Written by Drake and John Mantley, the film stars Anthony Dexter as Billy the Kid, along with Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Sonny Tufts, Marie Windsor and Jean Parker.
Aug 5, 1991 · Biography. 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.
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.
- May 28, 1903
Aug 19, 1991 · 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). [1]
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.
