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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.
Cowboy Up!. Having grown up on an Oregon ranch, he knew horses, so when casting directors asked if he could ride, he could honestly say, “Yes.” “I'd been riding since I was in diapers. Most of the actors would lie about it, and the posse would ride off in all directions,” Drury says in the blog.
Drury held rank of Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve and participated in many recruiting films and public appearances for the Navy.
December 27, 1957 — September 25, 2021. Jim was born December 27, 1957 in Los Angeles, California. He was baptized at St Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in 1958. He left us on September 25, 2021.
Drury, who had iceberg-blue eyes and a no-nonsense mien befitting a frontier hero, appeared on television westerns like “Broken Arrow,” “Cheyenne” and “Wagon Train” before he landed the role on “The Virginian.” The show, which was loosely based on Owen Wister's novel “The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains” (1902), ...