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James Drury. Actor: The Virginian. Laconic, dark and handsome were the essential attributes for Hollywood western leading men in the 50s and 60s. James Drury fit the bill, keeping in mind that his most famous screen persona - that of the stalwart Shiloh estate ranch foreman known only as 'the Virginian' - took a while to properly develop.
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.
Jun 5, 2019 · Trained as a classical actor at New York University and credited with 12 major Shakespeare roles and 18 major Shaw roles, Jim left the theatre in New York and went to Hollywood in 1954.
Jan 3, 2021 · James Drury born James Child Drury Jr. was an American actor. He was best known for his role in the 90-minute weekly Western television series The Virginian from 1962–71. He first appeared on stage at the age of 8, when he played King Herod in a children’s Christmas play.
Apr 6, 2020 · James Drury, an actor best remembered as the stolid, black-hatted title character of the long-running NBC western “The Virginian,” died on Monday at his home in Houston. He was 85.
James Drury. Actor: The Virginian. Laconic, dark and handsome were the essential attributes for Hollywood western leading men in the 50s and 60s. James Drury fit the bill, keeping in mind that his most famous screen persona - that of the stalwart Shiloh estate ranch foreman known only as 'the Virginian' - took a while to properly develop.
Apr 6, 2020 · James Drury was an actor best known for starring as the nameless title character of TV’s “The Virginian” from 1962 to 1971. Died: April 6, 2020 (Who else died on April 6?)
JAMES DRURY, the one true "Virginian" by whom all others are measured, is the star of the first 90-minute color western TV series, "The Virginian", which aired from 1962-1971. "The Virginian" is the third longest running western series in the history of television.
Apr 6, 2020 · James Drury, star of one of the longest-running Westerns in the history of television, The Virginian, has died. Dury’s assistant confirmed his death in a Facebook post, writing that he died of...
Apr 10, 2020 · James Drury, the actor, who has died aged 85, played the eponymous hero of The Virginian, the popular 1960s television series billed as “Tales from the last frontier of the great American West”.
