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James Drury

Actor / Businessperson | * 04/18/1934 († 85, 04/06/2020) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Western | Drama | Action & Adventure

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A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life. ...

Pollyanna

Certification unknown

1960 | 3.5/5 | 2h 14min
Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
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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 friend is plotting to double-cross him. ...

Ride the High Country

Certification unknown

1962 | 3.5/5 | 1h 34min
Action, Western
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The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more b ...

The Virginian

FSK: 12+ years

1962 | 3.3/5 | 1h 30min per episode
Western, Drama
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A tough-as-rawhide cowpoke, debonair ladies' man and Harvard-educated smarty-britches roams from Frisco to Jalisco in pursuit of outlaws who killed his father...and in search of a mysterious orb posse ...

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

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1993 | 3.5/5 | 45min per episode
Western, Comedy, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Movies with James Drury as Actor(25)

as Buffalo Bill Cody (voice)/"The Mysterious Traveler" (voice)2015 The Cartoon Cowboys: Spirit of the Alamo
as JT Coffee2005 Hell to Pay
as Rider2000 The Virginian
as Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)1994 Maverick
as The Range Boss (The Virginian)1978 The Meanest Men in the West
as Man from Virginia1972 The Bull of the West
as Gil Turner1971 The Devil and Miss Sarah
as Joe Baker1970 Breakout
as Ramrod (archive footage)1969 Backtrack!
as Sergeant Cooley1967 The Young Warriors
as The Virginian1965 The Final Hour
as The Virginian1964 The Brazen Bell
as Billy Hammond1962 Ride the High Country
as The Virginian1962 The Devil's Children
as George Dodds1960 Pollyanna
as Jim Weaver1960 Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Walter Powell1960 Ten Who Dared
as Paul Ridgely1959 Good Day for a Hanging
as Jesse James, Jr.1958 Bitter Heritage
as Langley Philip Beaymont1957 Bernardine
1956 The Last Wagon
as Ray Reno1956 Love Me Tender
as Crewman Strong1956 Forbidden Planet
as Lieutenant (uncredited)1956 Diane
as Hospital Attendant (uncredited)1955 Blackboard Jungle

TV Shows/Series with James Drury as Actor(40)

1993 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Captain Tom Price1993 Walker, Texas Ranger
as Deacon1993 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Doctor1993 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1974 Firehouse
1971 Alias Smith and Jones
as Mr. Clifton, Ticket Agent1968 It Takes a Thief
as himself1967 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as The "Virginian"1962 The Virginian
1959 The Detectives
as Bert Pace1959 The Rebel
as Paul Travers1959 The Rebel
1959 Bourbon Street Beat
as Kenley1959 Rawhide
as Johnny Adler1959 Rawhide
as Rance1959 Rawhide
1959 Lock Up
as Neal Adams1959 Black Saddle
1958 The Texan
1958 Lawman
as Clay1958 Lawman
1958 The Rifleman
1958 Bronco
1957 The Walter Winchell File
as Arthur Harding1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 Have Gun, Will Travel
as Eddy King1957 Perry Mason
1957 Trackdown
as Jess McHugh1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Roy Richards1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Anton Cavrek1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Michael Grimes1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Booth Rider1955 Gunsmoke
as Jerry Cass1955 Gunsmoke
as Johnny Red1955 Gunsmoke
as Tom1955 Gunsmoke
1955 Cheyenne
as Deputy Joe Monroe1954 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
as Tony1953 Letter to Loretta
as Bob Prentiss1953 Letter to Loretta

Full Name: James Drury
Born: Wednesday, 04/18 1934 (April) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 04/06 2020 (April) in Houston (aged: 85)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for James Drury (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"James Child Drury Jr."
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