James Drury

DOB: 1934-04-18

DOD: 2020-04-06

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia CLR

Starred In

1960
Movie

Pollyanna

1956
Movie

Diane

1956
Movie

Love Me Tender

1962
Movie

Third of a Man

1969
Movie

Backtrack!

1960
Movie

Ten Who Dared

1967
Movie

The Young Warriors

1956
Movie

Forbidden Planet

2005
Movie

Hell to Pay

1994
Movie

Maverick

1955
Movie

Blackboard Jungle

1970
Movie

Breakout

1965
Movie

The Final Hour

1964
Movie

The Brazen Bell

2000
Movie

The Virginian

1958
Movie

Bitter Heritage

1957
Movie

Bernardine

1956
Movie

The Last Wagon

1974
Tv

Firehouse

1955
Tv

Gunsmoke

1957
Tv

Perry Mason

1959
Tv

Rawhide

1962
Tv

The Virginian

1958
Tv

Bronco

1959
Tv

Lock-Up

1959
Tv

The Rebel

1958
Tv

The Rifleman

1958
Tv

Lawman

1958
Tv

Lawman

1967
Tv

Ironside

1958
Tv

The Texan

1959
Tv

Rawhide

1959
Tv

Rawhide

1955
Tv

Gunsmoke

1955
Tv

Gunsmoke

1955
Tv

Gunsmoke

1959
Tv

The Rebel

1957
Tv

Trackdown

1958
Tv

The Rifleman

1955
Tv

Cheyenne