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James Drury Died at age: 85

Actor | Producer

    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

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    Hell to Pay

    JT Coffee ( Actor )

    ... 2005

    The Virginian

    Rider ( Actor )

    ... 2000

    Maverick

    Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited) ( Actor )

    ... 1994

Fullname:

James Drury

Date of Birth:

Apr 18, 1934

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Apr 06, 2020

Biography of

James Drury

    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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Filmography of

James Drury

Found 27 Movies in total

Hell to Pay

JT Coffee ( Actor )

... 2005

The Virginian

Rider ( Actor )

... 2000

Maverick

Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1993

... 1993

... 1991

The Meanest Men in the West

The Range Boss (The Virginian) ( Actor )

... 1978

The Bull of the West

Man from Virginia ( Actor )

... 1972

The Devil and Miss Sarah

Gil Turner ( Actor )

... 1971

Backtrack!

Ramrod (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1969

The Young Warriors

Sergeant Cooley ( Actor )

... 1967

The Final Hour

The Virginian ( Actor )

... 1965

The Devil's Children

The Virginian ( Actor )

... 1962

Ride the High Country

Billy Hammond ( Actor )

... 1962

Third of a Man

Emmet ( Actor )

... 1962

Ten Who Dared

Walter Powell ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1960

Pollyanna

George Dodds ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1960

Good Day for a Hanging

Paul Ridgely ( Actor )

... 1959

Bitter Heritage

Jesse James, Jr. ( Actor )

... 1958

Bernardine

Langley Philip Beaymont ( Actor )

... 1957

Love Me Tender

Ray Reno ( Actor )

... 1956

... 1956

Forbidden Planet

Crewman Strong ( Actor )

... 1956

Diane

Lieutenant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1956

Blackboard Jungle

Hospital Attendant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1955