
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.

as Buffalo Bill Cody (voice)/"The Mysterious Traveler" (voice)

as JT Coffee

as Rider

as Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)

as Captain Tom Price

as Self - Host

as The Range Boss (The Virginian)

as Man from Virginia

as Gil Turner

as Joe Baker

as Ramrod (archive footage)

as Sergeant Cooley

as The Virginian

as The Virginian

as The Virginian

as Emmet

as Billy Hammond

as Walter Powell

as George Dodds

as Jim Weaver

as Paul Ridgely

as Jesse James, Jr.

as Langley Philip Beaymont

as Ray Reno

as Lt. Kelly

as Crewman Strong

as Lieutenant (uncredited)

as Eddie

as Hospital Attendant (uncredited)