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James Drury, The Virginian, RIP

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
edited April 2020 in Not Sports Related
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/arts/television/james-drury-dies.html

Regular viewing our house in the 60s.  Never realised until years later he had a red shirt as we only had a black and white TV.

No mention if COVID19 involved so didn't use the other thread.

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  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    RIP.  The theme tune comes to mind immediately.
  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,148
    RIP...
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Another iconic name from my childhood. RIP
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469

    RIP James,

    Used to love The Virginian.

  • Vincenzo
    Vincenzo Posts: 2,911
    RIP. Was staple viewing at my house too.

    Always thought of Trampas as the star of the show, though maybe because 'The Virginian' was never named.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,791
    RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    RIP. 
  • 3blokes
    3blokes Posts: 4,610
    Yep standard fare in our house when I was a kid. I remember one episode that seemed longer than normal when they all got involved in the Civil War. Trampas, aka Doug Mclure seemed to steal a lot of the scenes as I recall, I always wanted to be him, rather than The Virginian himself, who seemed a bit po faced in comparison.
    RIP
  • kodfish
    kodfish Posts: 631
    RIP
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  • Addickted2U
    Addickted2U Posts: 3,080
    Henry Irving said:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/arts/television/james-drury-dies.html

    Regular viewing our house in the 60s.  Never realised until years later he had a red waistcoat as we only had a black and white TV.

    No mention if COVID19 involved so didn't use the other thread.
    Natural causes according to IMDb. 
    RIP
  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,015
    The Virginian - up there with Casey Jones and White Horses as childhood viewing.

    RIP.
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    Man! I used to love that show. RIP
  • 3blokes
    3blokes Posts: 4,610
    edited April 2020
    EveshamAddick said:
    The Virginian - up there with Casey Jones and White Horses as childhood viewing.

    RIP.
    My goodness, Casey Jones, I’d forgotten that one..... Casey Jones...... can’t remember anything about it apart from the credits with ol Casey giving a cheesy grin, as the feem toon blasted on about Casey at the throttle of the Cannonball Express!
    Edit - just watched 5 mins of an old Casey episode I found on YouTube. Yeah, of it’s time, best left there I think....👍🏻😉

  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,015
    3blokes said:
    EveshamAddick said:
    The Virginian - up there with Casey Jones and White Horses as childhood viewing.

    RIP.
    My goodness, Casey Jones, I’d forgotten that one..... Casey Jones...... can’t remember anything about it apart from the credits with ol Casey giving a cheesy grin, as the feem toon blasted on about Casey at the throttle of the Cannonball Express!
    Edit - just watched 5 mins of an old Casey episode I found on YouTube. Yeah, of it’s time, best left there I think....👍🏻😉

    And Champion the Wonder Horse!
  • Phil
    Phil Posts: 612
    RIP. Like others loved the programme. Seem to recall several Western type programmes ( Bonanza etc ) from back in the day.
  • addick19
    addick19 Posts: 378
    Loved the show. TV back in the day was mostly westerns and we watched them all. If I listed all of them I'd end up with writer's cramp!

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