OLIVER DRAKE RANCH


The ranch house was on the west bank of Big Rock Creek at the south end of the ranch. The property is in Big Rock Springs, near Valyermo. All buildings on the ranch were gone by 1975. The property is now part of a larger ranch.

The ranch house
The bunk house

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:

"Fighting Mustang" (Astor 1948) Directed by: Oliver Drake. Cast: Sunset Carson, Patricia Starling, Al Terry, Lee Roberts, Forrest Matthews, Polly McKay, William Val, Felice Raymond, Bob Curtis, Stephen Keyes, Joe Hiser, Al Ferguson, Hugh Hooker, Tex Wilson, Don Gray, Dale Harrison.

"Deadline" (Astor 1948) Directed by: Oliver Drake. Cast: Sunset Carson, Pat Starling, Lee Roberts, Stephen Keyes, Frank Ellis, Forrest Matthews, Al Terry, Pat Gleason, Bob Curtis, Phil Arnold, Joe HIser, Don Gray, Buck Monroe, Al Wyatt.

"Sunset Carson Rides Again" (Astor 1948) Directed by: Oliver Drake. Cast: Sunset Carson, Pat Starling, Al Terry, Dan White, Pat Gleason, Bob Cason, Steven Keyes, Ron Ormond, Bob Curtis, Joe Hiser, William Val, Forrest Matthews, Don Gray, Dale Harrison, The Rodeo Revelers.

"Rio Grande" (Astor 1949) Directed by: Norman Sheldon. Cast: Sunset Carson, Evohn Keyes, Lee Morgan, Bobby Clark, Bob Deats, Henry Garcia, Walter Calmback Jr., Maria Louisa Marulanda, Curley Rucker, Don Gray, Houston Teehee, Frank Lawyer, Carmen Grasso, Neil Levang, Morry Levang.

"Battling Marshal" (Astor 1950) Directed by: Oliver Drake. Cast: Sunset Carson, Pat Starling, Forrest Matthews, Al Terry, Lee Roberts, A. J. Baxley, Richard Bartell, Bob Curtis, Pat Gleason, Stephen Keyes, Don Gray, Dale Carson, William Val, Buck Buckley, Joe Hiser.

"The Kid From Gower Gulch" (Friedgen 1950) Directed by: Oliver Drake. Cast: Spade Cooley, Bob Gilbert, Wanda Cantlon, Billy Dix, Jack Baxley, Joe Hiser, William Val.

"Palomino" (Columbia 1950) Directed by: Ray Nazzaro. Cast: Jerome Courtland, Beverly Tyler, Joseph Calleia, Roy Roberts, Gordon Jones, Robert Osterloh, Tom Trout, Harry Garcia, Trevor Bardette, Juan Duval.

"A Lust to Kill" (Production Associates 1959) Directed by: Oliver Drake. Cast: Jim Davis, Don Megowan, Allison Hayes, Claire Carleton, John Holland, Tom Hubbard, Rickie Sorensen, Gerald Milton, Fred Sherman, Roger Williams, James Maloney, Al Terr, Toni Turner, Sandra Giles.