James Drury
Known for: Acting
Born: April 17, 1934 in New York City, New York, USA - Died: April 5, 2020
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.
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Pollyanna
George Dodds
Ride the High Country
Billy Hammond
Diane
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Good Day for a Hanging
Paul Ridgely
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Jim Weaver
Love Me Tender
Ray Reno
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self
Third of a Man
Emmet
Backtrack!
Ramrod (archive footage)
The Bull of the West
Man from Virginia
The Meanest Men in the West
The Range Boss (The Virginian)
Ten Who Dared
Walter Powell
The Devil and Miss Sarah
Gil Turner
The Young Warriors
Sergeant Cooley
The Cartoon Cowboys: Spirit of the Alamo
Buffalo Bill Cody (voice)/"The Mysterious Traveler" (voice)
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
Captain Tom Price
Forbidden Planet
Crewman Strong
Hell to Pay
JT Coffee
Maverick
Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
Blackboard Jungle
Hospital Attendant (uncredited)
Breakout
Joe Baker
The Devil's Children
The Virginian
The Final Hour
The Virginian
The Brazen Bell
The Virginian