James Drury Couldn’t Stand His Co-Star on the Virginian

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[@Rick123691]

I was personal friends with this Man for over 25 years . He was TRUE to everything that he said and TRUE as a PATRIOT to our country ! I will miss you my friend ❤️🚔

[@marthacarbonero1385]

@@Rick123691 I would have given anything to meet him. I got a framed poster of him in my living room. I adored him. I started watching The Virginian when I was 7.

[@Helenwyatt-d8k]

@@Rick123691 was he short or tall?

[@Helenwyatt-d8k]

I missed most of the shows due to working late hours. Retired now I watch almost every day. Always had a crush on James Drury, he was so handsome. Had the right qualities. Thanks for your good work.

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

1st place: Gunsmoke 20 years 2nd place: Tie Bonanza 14 years, Death Valley Days 14 years 3rd place: Virginian 9 years 4th place: Tie; Wagon Train 8 years and Rawhide 8 years 5th place: Cheyenne 7 years (although most were 13 episodes) 6th place: Have Gun will Travel 6 years 7th place (possibly) Lone Ranger 5 years. After that are numerous 4 season Westerns. Note; I could also be wrong, this is just my personal Collection. I don't know how many years Cisco Kid ran, for example, as I only have Collections.

[@MarieW521]

Death Valley Days ran from 1952-1970

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

Ah, correction, Death Valley Days ran for 18 years! That makes it only behind Gunsmoke! And I did say I could be wrong.

[@PeterOHalloran-hf2ho]

James Drury was a realy good guy I met him when he came to Ireland in 2008 with his wife what a guy I met him 3 times a class act

[@edmondcamp2878]

The Virginian ran for nine seasons. Gunsmoke ran for twenty and Bonanza ran four fourteen.

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[@edmondcamp2878]

@@FactsVerse Gunsmoke

[@bailey9r]

Really, the second I heard nine the longest I scrolled down to see your comment beat me to it haha.

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[@ginger1549]

When I was growing up in the 50's & 60's my Mom made us go to bed at 8PM every night.Later, as a teen, we could stay up til 10 on the weekends only.For this reason I never saw many of the TV shows that were prime time. So now I watch them on GRIT or INSP & it's all new to me. My husband says watching TV with me gives him saddle sores.

[@mjleger4555]

Same here, Ginger, I was either in school or working so I rarely watched TV at night. But I've been watching westerns now for years, they are one of the few honest serials on TV! I have INSP on all the time, and two other western channels I watch also from time to time, among my science, history and nature programs. Twilight just started on one of the channels I watch and I never saw that either except for a half-dozen times, so I'll watch that also.

[@AllynCurtisCameron]

Wow! Amazing that that can only be considered amazing in America!😮😊❤

[@buddyclements8457]

I’m pretty sure both BONANZA and GUNSMOKE were both longer running western series than the VIRGINIAN (unless I’ll misunderstood the host’s comments here)

[@bnz300]

Correct, Gunsmoke lasted 20 years and Bonanza ran from 1959 to 1973..!

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

Virginian ran for 9 years, but Bonanza ran for 14 years and Gunsmoke ran for 20 years. In 4th place is an official tie; Wagon Train and Rawhide both ran for 8 seasons, 5th place is Cheyenne with 7 seasons (most were short seasons), and in 6th place was Have Gun Will Travel with 6 seasons. Lone Ranger ran for 5 seasons, and is 7th place I believe. But I can't swear to it.

[@gregoryhainsworth2663]

The Rifleman ran for 5 seasons also.

[@AllynCurtisCameron]

Death valley days was not originally intentionally added, because it was an Anthology series with a new variety ensemble of casts of characters every single week. The main others were strongly purposely character driven and showcased series, which made most of the leading and supporting actors stars, rich, and famous.

[@michellesouders2627]

Gunsmoke was a boring show!! Don't care for Westerns that much I do like The Virginian!❤❤

[@nancymcnulty4740]

Wrong! Gunsmoke was the longest running western..20 yrs from 1955 to 1975.

[@rongendron8705]

It was also the longest running "drama" show, until NCIS broke the record! Still has more episodes, though!

[@nancymcnulty4740]

@@rongendron8705 oh really? I didn’t know that. Thanks!

[@stephaniestewart6086]

Gunsmoke was the longest running western

[@terriselph4100]

Goodness, how I loved James Drury.

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[@Juliaflo]

Before she sang the praises of ambulatory footwear, Nancy Sinatra made a guest appearance on 'The Virginian' in the episode 'If You Have Years'. (She also did some singing in the episode).

[@nicfewer8393]

I have a clip of that on KZbin, plus videosof cast reunions in 2011 and 2012 and Jim's 80th birthday.

[@AllynCurtisCameron]

Was Randy in it?😮

[@karenelizabeth9720]

The Best opening credits and theme music!

[@billiegodfrey8395]

They didn't say it was the longest running show. They said it was the lonest running show AT the time.

[@evylysk1367]

I'm still watching the reruns of 'The Virginian and I'm still in love with James Drury. I'm still watching Gunsmoke, too, and I'm still in love with Marshal Dillion. Another man I adore today is Carl Higbie on Newsmax.

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We're happy to know that you're a fan of the show and James. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

[@Madmanmarque]

The Men From Shiloh was not a TV movie but a re-vamping of the series with more facial hair, bigger hats and an Ennio Morricone theme. It added Lee Majors to the cast and only ran one season. You can also not forget to include Doug McClure's Trampas as a factor in the shows success.

[@marthacarbonero1385]

I was a little girl, but I had the biggest crush on Drury❤❤❤😊.

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[@SherryBeardslee-ie5kj]

You need to recheck your facts, gunsmoke was the longest running western.

[@stefsomful]

He said, 'At the time...'

[@TigerDominic-uh1dv]

He played a good role on the Show 😊

[@Zekmakou]

Best actor and best performance for the best western series

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[@puppylov3808]

Thanks for posting. Interesting about Drury

[@Teho231]

Where is the announcer getting his facts ?

[@ricklee5845]

I am still watching the whole series for the first time in my life. I was a bit sceptical at first after having watched quite a few other Western series but I really began to appreciate it after the first few episodes. The anticlimax for me has been the departure of the perky, irresistible Betsy.

[@bailey9r]

The Virginian was like a series of movies. ;

[@ricklee5845]

@@bailey9r So was Gunsmoke, the best of them all!

[@karenughoc2849]

I thought Gunsmoke 20 seasons and over 600 episodes would would b the longer wester show. No The Virginian.

[@bailey9r]

The true reason Gunsmoke was the longest running series was when the studio head agreed to cancel the show his wife, who loved the show, said if you cut me off from my weekly Gunsmoke I'm cutting YOU off! And so it kept running for twenty years ;

[@davidmoser3535]

not true

[@davidbrown386]

Catch Drury on Death Valley Days. One of the best episodes of the series

[@Helenwyatt-d8k]

@@davidbrown386 I would like to see Death Valley Days with him in the cast

[@fredanastas7103]

The Virginian was the first prime time show to air 90 minute episodes.

[@bruce8808]

The Virginian longest running at the time? Gunsmoke made its debut in 1955. Bonanza in 1959. Now maybe The Virginian was at some point was considered a long running western being that each episode was 90 minutes. 9 Seasons. Gunsmoke 20 and Bonanza 14. I always thought James got along with all his costars. Surprised he had issues Katherine Crawford.

[@janetrauger8449]

yeah, but 'The Virginian' was an hour and a half show, not an hour.

[@bruce8808]

​@@janetrauger8449Yes. On my comment it says that each episode of The Virginian is 90 minutes. What else is good is all 9 Seasons are in color. I collected all on DVDs whatever I could from stores and the rest I ordered for ship to home.

[@nicfewer8393]

As far as I know Jim, whom I knew from first meeting him in 2008, never wrote an autobiography, or had a biography written about him, he was a very private man. One co-star he didn't like was Stewart Granger in the last season. "He sunk the show" Jim said in a panel discussion in Memphis. "Facts" are lacking in this video.

[@mariemancuso8367]

Best Western series ❤

[@alecwilliams7111]

I thought GUNSMOKE was the longest running Western.

[@SherryBeardslee-ie5kj]

Gunsmoke ran longer

[@Janet-ko2nr]

The Virginian was. not longer than Gunsmoke or Bonanza.

[@jons.6216]

Oh boy! Bette Davis on the show?! If it was anything like her Gunsmoke episode it likely played out like "The Anniversary" in the old west! Haha! I'll have to go look for it!

[@janetrauger8449]

and Joan Crawford. Both wore too much makeup and looked like hags.

[@nicfewer8393]

Owen Wister was in an episode??? He died in 1938! I don't remember his name even being mentioned in the series.

[@vannshuttleworth4738]

I want dirt! I wanna hear that Drury and Doug McClure have bad blood because some producers wanted to re-name it 'Travis and the Virginian "! That said, I enjoyed this.

[@bailey9r]

Who the heck was Travis?

[@vannshuttleworth4738]

@@bailey9r I meant "Trampas". Thanks.

[@nicfewer8393]

Jim and Doug were the best of friends both on screen and off screen.

[@bailey9r]

Auto correct probably never watched the show. ;

[@vannshuttleworth4738]

@@nicfewer8393 I'm sure that they were. But Hollywood loves "drama ". That's why I said what I said.

[@ricksaunders8074]

Noway do they do that today ?

[@MaryMiller-c9g]

I just like the show of it to watch

[@frankieturner630]

He also acted in a movie called Pollyanna

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@@FactsVerseFor starters, ones where your fact checking is better.

[@margaretmasters3582]

Why is it never repeated

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[@grannydyess]

James drury told me himself he couldn’t stand Katherine Crawford but they later became friends

[@karenughoc2849]

I have seen all 8 season of the Virginian, but I did not care fore the Men of Shilo. It was boring to me I see why it did not make it.

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[@rony41165]

Shiloh did well in the ratings so why was it canceled

[@katemccullough7821]

If you watch Jim's 1971 interview in Finland, you will see that he was very popular. You will also see that he spoke his mind challenging the messages of the films "Easy Rider" and "Midnight Cowboy." Lastly, he mentioned that prior to his appearance that he recorded a pilot for a nationally syndicated radio program. With his popularity, he would have had a much larger impact than Rush Limbaugh. It is a real shame that he was "canceled" then, like they are retaliating and "canceling" now. P.S. Katherine Crawford was the daughter of Communist Roy Higgins. She married Frank Price, an Executive Producer of "The Virginian" after Roy Higgins left.

[@WaKincaid]

It bugs me that the characters clothes never change.

[@jimdandy8996]

Drury wasn't tall, he was short in real life. Watch the show. And Gunsmoke ran much longer.

[@janetrauger8449]

his height is given as 6 feet in various sources.

[@jimdandy8996]

@@janetrauger8449 Yeah, and look at the variations in height given for James Arnes. I think fans see them as larger than life. Drury was a good looking dude, just look at his on sets in relation to door knob heights, height of heels they gave hims, etc.

[@Helenwyatt-d8k]

I read that he was 6ft. 1, hazel eyes and brown hair

[@jimdandy8996]

@@Helenwyatt-d8k Watch the Virginian and look at the lifts in his heels and his height in relation to things like doors. He also sits short in the saddle.

[@Helenwyatt-d8k]

@@jimdandy8996 thanks for info

[@melvinreed4136]

It's a shame that so many talented Black actors, movies and TV shows have been slighted, marginalized, or otherwise ignored, over the decades. It's a bigger shame that you continue to do the same thing now.

[@stevenjohnson2610]

What does this have to do with James Drury and the Virginian tv show? Nothing!!!

[@melvinreed4136]

@@stevenjohnson2610 I know it makes most of you MAGA folks uncomfortable, right? But I simply was pointing out the history of bigotry, prejudice and discrimination in the history of TV and film making. Hence, although perhaps not germane to this specific story, it IS relevant.

[@stevenjohnson2610]

I will try to remember that the next time I watch a Sidney Poitier or Denzel Washington movie. Your feeble attempt to inject racism into a discussion about Western films and TV shows was unnecessary unwarranted and without merit.

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[@jimfee9758]

What a load of bollox