James Drury
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1934-04-18
- Fallecimiento:
- 2020-04-06
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- New York City, New York, USA
Biografía
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.
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Filmografía
Titanic: Secrets of the Shipwreck
The Cartoon Cowboys: Spirit of the Alamo
Hell to Pay
El virginiano
Maverick
Las aventuras de Brisco County, Jr
Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger
Walker Texas Ranger
Kung Fu: la leyenda continúa
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Return to the Titanic
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
El odio de los McGuire
Firehouse
Huellas de fuego
The Devil and Miss Sarah
Los dos mosqueteros
Breakout
El virginiano
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Ladrón sin destino
Ironside
Héroes corrientes
Hollywood Squares
The Final Hour
The Brazen Bell
The Devil's Children
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
El Virginiano
Third of a Man
Duelo en la alta sierra
The Mike Douglas Show
Los diez osados
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country
Stagecoach West
Pollyanna
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Los detectives
Bourbon Street Beat
The Rebel
Lock-Up
Black Saddle
Cuero crudo
Un buen día para una ejecución
Lawman
El hombre del rifle
The Texan
The Ed Wynn Show
Bronco
Steve Canyon
Bitter Heritage
Trackdown
Perry Mason
Caravana
Have Gun, Will Travel
Bernardine
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Love Me Tender (Ámame tiernamente)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Broken Arrow
La ley del talión
Planeta prohibido
Astucias de mujer
El solterón y el amor
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Alfred Hitchcock presenta
Cheyenne
La ley del revólver
Semilla de maldad
The Wonderful World of Disney
Letter to Loretta
The Red Skelton Show
Cameo Theatre
The Bob Hope Show