RIP: James Drury (The Virginian)

[erik]

We lost another good one today: James Drury, who was the titular character of the long-running TV western series The Virginian (1962-1971). Among his film roles were starring in Elvis' first feature LOVE ME TENDER in 1956, and as one of the Hammond Brothers in director Sam Peckinpah's 1962 classic RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY. Drury would have turned 86 later this month:

www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/arts/television/james-drury-dies.html