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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James Drury Biography / Wiki
| Name | James Drury |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1934-04-18 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 85 |
| Deathday | 2020-04-06 |
James Drury Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Devil and Miss Sarah | Gil Turner | 1971-12-04 | A notorious outlaw being escorted to prison by a homesteader and his wife turns out to have satanic powers. He uses them on the man’s wife to try to p… |
| The Young Warriors | Sergeant Cooley | 1966-12-02 | In World War II, a tough sergeant is put in charge of a squad of young recruits and assigned to lead them on a mission against the Germans…. |
| Breakout | Joe Baker | 1970-08-12 | A prison inmate comes up with a plan to break out in order to be near his wife–and also the $50,000 in stolen cash for which he was originally impris… |
| Backtrack! | Ramrod (archive footage) | 1969-05-26 | Sent to Mexico to buy a bull, a Wyoming cowhand (Doug McClure) teams up with three Texas Rangers to solve a robbery/murder…. |
| Hell to Pay | JT Coffee | 2005-08-12 | Ten legendary Western stars are reunited in this action-packed tale of brothers at odds-one a decorated soldier and reluctant hero, the other a gamble… |
| The Final Hour | The Virginian | 1965-05-27 | two episodes of the TV series “The Virginan” edited together…. |
| Bitter Heritage | Jesse James, Jr. | 1958-08-07 | A powerful story of the son of America’s most famous outlaw: Jesse James. Jesse, Jr. struggles to return to the town which his father lived. His love … |
| Ten Who Dared | Walter Powell | 1960-11-01 | The John Wesley Powell expedition of 1869 explores the dangerous Colorado River, withstands internal dissension, and finally discovers the Grand Canyo… |
| The Brazen Bell | The Virginian | 1964-03-18 | … |
| Good Day for a Hanging | Paul Ridgely | 1959-01-01 | As a youth, Eddie came into the town with his gang to rob the bank, but was caught and convicted. Marshal Ben helped him to become a honorable citizen… |
| The Bull Of The West | Man from Virginia | 1972-05-04 | Two episodes of the TV series “The Virginian” edited together: “Duel at Shiloh” (2 Jan. 1963) and “Nobility of Kings” (10 Nov. 1965)…. |
| The Meanest Men in the West | The Range Boss (The Virginian) | 1978-05-04 | Bronson and Marvin star as murderous half-brothers who are running from the law as well as each other. A climatic confrontation proves to each of them… |
| The Devil’s Children | The Virginian | 1962-12-05 | … |
| Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus | Jim Weaver | 1960-01-21 | Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee… |
| The Cartoon Cowboys: Spirit of the Alamo | Buffalo Bill Cody (voice)/”The Mysterious Traveler” (voice) | 2015-08-01 | Escorting a wagon full of children from their hometown of Tumbleweed Valley to the remains of the Alamo in Texas, singing cowboy band Riders In The Sk… |
| The Virginian | Rider | 2000-01-09 | A cowboy finds himself betrayed by his best friend and must choose between bringing him to justice and alienating the pretty schoolteacher he is in lo… |
| Bernardine | Langley Philip Beaymont | 1957-07-24 | A teenager pines for (and sings about) his dream girl…. |
| Ride the High Country | Billy Hammond | 1962-06-20 | An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn’t realize is that his partner and old f… |
| Love Me Tender | Ray Reno | 1956-11-15 | At the end of the Civil War, a Confederate team is ordered to rob a Union payroll train but the war ends leaving these men with their Union loot, unti… |
| Pollyanna | George Dodds | 1960-05-19 | A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life…. |
| The Last Wagon | 1956-09-21 | When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who ha… | |
| Forbidden Planet | Crewman Strong | 1956-03-23 | Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship “Bellerophon,” a scientific expedition that has been missing for 20 years,… |
| Blackboard Jungle | Hospital Attendant | 1955-03-25 | Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadi… |
| Diane | Lieutenant (uncredited) | 1956-01-12 | Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II’s mistress in 1500s France…. |
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