James Drury
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James Child Drury Jr. (April 18, 1934 – April 6, 2020) was an American actor. He is best known for having played the title role in the 90-minute weekly Western television series The Virginian, which was broadcast on NBC from 1962 to 1971. Drury was born in New York City, the son of James Child Drury and Beatrice Crawford Drury. His father was a New York University professor of marketing. He grew up between New York City and Salem, Oregon, where his mother owned a farm. Drury contracted polio at the age of 10. He studied drama at New York University and took additional classes at UCLA to complete his degree after he began acting in films at MGM. On February 7, 1957, Drury married Cristall Othones, and fathered two sons, Timothy and James III. The couple divorced on November 23, 1964 and on April 27, 1968, he married Phyllis Jacqueline Mitchell; the marriage ended in divorce on January 30, 1979. His third marriage was to Carl Ann Head on July 30, 1979; it lasted until her death on August 25, 2019. Drury had three stepchildren from his previous marriages, a stepdaughter, Rhonda Brown, and two stepsons, Frederick Drury and Gary Schero. Drury died from natural causes on April 6, 2020.
Known for
Credits
Forbidden Planet (1956)
as Crewman Strong
Maverick (1994)
as Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
Ride the High Country (1962)
as Billy Hammond
The Last Wagon (1956)
as Lt. Kelly
The Devil and Miss Sarah (1971)
as Gil Turner
Love Me Tender (1956)
as Ray Reno
Good Day for a Hanging (1959)
as Paul Ridgely
Ten Who Dared (1960)
as Walter Powell
The Tender Trap (1955)
as Eddie
Pollyanna (1960)
as George Dodds
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country (1960)
Actor
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
as Hospital Attendant (uncredited)
The Meanest Men in the West (1978)
as The Range Boss (The Virginian)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)
as Jim Weaver
The Devil's Children (1962)
as The Virginian
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991)
as Jim
Hell to Pay (2005)
as JT Coffee
Return to the Titanic (1981)
as Self - Host
The Bull of the West (1972)
as Man from Virginia
The Brazen Bell (1964)
as The Virginian
Backtrack! (1969)
as Ramrod (archive footage)
The Virginian (2000)
as Rider
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger (1993)
as Captain Tom Price
Diane (1956)
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
Bernardine (1957)
as Langley Philip Beaymont
The Final Hour (1965)
as The Virginian
The Cartoon Cowboys: Spirit of the Alamo (2015)
as Buffalo Bill Cody (voice)/"The Mysterious Traveler" (voice)
Bitter Heritage (1958)
as Jesse James, Jr.
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979)
as Self
Breakout (1970)
as Joe Baker
The Young Warriors (1967)
as Sergeant Cooley
Third of a Man (1962)
as Emmet