James Drury – RIP

18 Comments on James Drury – RIP

1. He acted with his eyebrows. 🙂
   He reminds me of Ken Berry. (Cpt. Parmenter F TROOP)
   I guess I should check out The Virginian.

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2. Remember his show as a youngster. Great entertainment. Was also a incredible artist and a musical composer which many people are unaware.

3. I LOVED that show. RIP

   Another video with Bob Hope and others:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv9c7lT6oew

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4. God needed him to guard the gates of hell with 71 other Virginians. RIP

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5. Nobody better bug me when the Virginian comes on today.
   A sad, sad day.
   I liked him better than Robert Conrad
   If Gordon Lightfoot dies this year, 2020, when it passes, will never be mentioned by me ever again.
   I will refer to it as ‘That Year’

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6. The cast and their interaction made that show. Doug McClure,James Drury,Clu Gulager etc.

   The Virginian is in syndication all over heck and back, I watch about two episodes a night.

   Rumor has it you had to pass a Horseman Ship test to even be considered as a guest star.

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7. I saw the notice of his death right before The Virginian was on this morning on the INSP channel. I was more of a Gunsmoke fan and still am especially the older B&W episodes.

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8. I liked him best in Ride The High Country with Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott and a very young and beautiful Mariette Hartley.

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9. I never watched that show as a kid, but caught a show a few months ago which featured a pre Star Trek Leonard Nimoy, along with Michael “This is Kang” Ansara

   So, to sum up I actually saw a show which had Spock, The Virginian and the greatest Klingon ever in a well written story

   Grest stuff, Ed .. great

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10. The first television show I ever saw in color was The Virginian. My grandmother, who was babysitting while our parents were out, took us to her friend’s, Bertha Merkle, house and Bertha had just gotten a new color television that day. I was less than impressed because I wanted to watch the Patty Duke Show and said as much. I’ll never forget Mrs. Merkle’s retort: “But it’s not in COLOR!”

    Rest in infinite peace, Virginian.

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11. Geoff, I like anybody with a young and beautiful Mariette Hartley

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12. My grandmother always made me watch Lawrence Welk so I could learn some culture. I would have preferred The Virginian.

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13. Watched “The Virginian” as a kid and really liked it and often watch it now on GRIT TV. Drury was an excellent actor. The theme music for “The Virginian” is one of my favorites.
    https://youtu.be/hjjUlljGNK0 .

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14. Gladys…Excellent clip…of course I’m biased with anything Bob Hope.

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15. The last one left.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fuller_(actor)

    Pretty cool web site

    http://www.robertfuller.info/index.html

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16. RIP James Drury. Always enjoyed Western TV shows…and movies.

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17. And I read somewhere that he and his band entertained the troops in Vietnam.

    RIP
    Enjoyed his work.
    Did a couple of stints on “Lawman,” too.

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18. Did he die from Coronavirus?