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 ...

James Drury, best known for starring in the long-running Western series “The Virginian,” died Monday of natural causes. He was 85. His assistant, Karen Lindsey, posted the news on Facebook: “It is ...

He attended McKinley Elementary School and Leslie Junior High. He patterned his character in "The Virginian" after his maternal grandfather. He rode horses with Gov. Tom McCall in a parade in Salem in ...

A product of New York City and an Oregon ranch, he played the title character, a ranch foreman who is never named, for its entire nine-season run. By Daniel E. Slotnik James Drury, an actor best ...