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 90minute 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 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia CLR
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