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Years active. 1922–1955. 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. [1] Though Drake began his career as an actor, he is best known as a prolific screenwriter and director of low-budget Western films (sometimes ...
- film/television director, screenwriter, producer, actor
- May 28, 1903, Boise, Idaho
- 1922–1955
- August 19, 1991 (age 88), Las Vegas, Nevada
Oliver Drake may refer to: Oliver Drake (filmmaker) (1903–1991), American screenwriter and director of Western movies. Oliver Drake (baseball) (born 1987), American baseball player. Category: Human name disambiguation pages.
Sunset Carson Rides Again is a 1948 American Western film produced and directed by Oliver Drake and shot on his own ranch. [1] Filmed in 1947 in Kodachrome on 16mm film, the film was the first of Drake's Yucca Pictures Corporation to star Sunset Carson. [2] The film was released by Astor Pictures Corporation in 35mm Cinecolor. [3]
- Yucca Pictures
- See below
- 10 September 1948
- Frank Sanucci
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. As a writer-director for Republic, Monogram, RKO ...
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.
- January 1, 1903
- August 5, 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). Drake was most active in the 1930s and 1940s, although ...
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