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Hell to Pay

as JT Coffee

2005
The Meanest Men in the West

as The Range Boss (The Virginian)

1978
The Devil and Miss Sarah

as Gil Turner

1971
Breakout

as Joe Baker

1970
Backtrack!

as Ramrod (archive footage)

1969
The Virginian

as The "Virginian"

1962
Ride the High Country

as Billy Hammond

1962
Pollyanna

as George Dodds

1960
Good Day for a Hanging

as Paul Ridgely

1959
Love Me Tender

as Ray Reno

1956
James Drury James Drury

Birthday

1934-04-18

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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
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