James Drury

Birth Name:

James Child Drury

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Actor

Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the Nation Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1991
Was a guest at the 2012 Memphis Film Festival's "A Gathering of Guns 4: A TV Western Reunion․"
Won a Bronze Wrangler Award, part of the Western Heritage Awards, in 1966 for "The Virginian․"
Won the Golden Boot Award in 1995
His son is Timothy Drury, musician who has played with The Eagles and Whitesnake
Was sidelined from stage acting because he contracted Polio at the age of 10
Trained as a classical actor at New York University

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