About
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...
Known for
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
IronsideSeries • 1967
Wagon TrainSeries • 1957
The VirginianSeries • 1962
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
CheyenneSeries • 1955
Walker, Texas RangerSeries • 1993
RawhideSeries • 1959
LawmanSeries • 1958
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesSeries • 1993
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSeries • 1968
The DetectivesSeries • 1959
Alias Smith and JonesSeries • 1971
The TexanSeries • 1958
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955
BroncoSeries • 1958
The RebelSeries • 1959
It Takes a ThiefSeries • 1968
Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveSeries • 1957
TrackdownSeries • 1957