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James Drury

Highest Rated: 94% Forbidden Planet (1956)

Lowest Rated: 58% Love Me Tender (1956)

Birthday: Apr 18, 1934

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

James Drury rose to fame as an actor, gracing the silver screen many times over the course of his Hollywood career. Drury began his acting career with roles in such films as "Love Me or Leave Me" (1955), "The Tender Trap" (1955) and "Diane" (1956). He also appeared in the sci-fi fantasy "Forbidden Planet" (1956) with Walter Pidgeon, the western "The Last Wagon" (1956) with Richard Widmark and the Richard Egan romance "Love Me Tender" (1956). He kept working in film throughout the fifties and the sixties, starring in the Fred MacMurray western "Good Day For a Hanging" (1958), "Toby Tyler" (1960) and the Hayley Mills drama "Pollyanna" (1960). He also appeared in the adventure "Ten Who Dared" (1960) with Brian Keith. He also was featured in the TV movies "Breakout" (NBC, 1970-71) and "The Devil and Miss Sarah" (ABC, 1971-72). Most recently, Drury appeared in "The Virginian" (TNT, 1999-2000). James Drury died on April 6, 2020 at the age of 85.

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Highest-Rated Movies

94% 85% Forbidden Planet
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89% 83% Ride the High Country
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86% 79% Pollyanna
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67% 56% The Tender Trap
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58% 64% Love Me Tender
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30% The Meanest Men in the West
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The Young Warriors
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22% Ten Who Dared
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72% The Virginian
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50% The Bull of the West
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Filmography

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Hell To Pay 18% 2005 JT Coffee Actor The Virginian 72% 2000 Rider Actor The Bull of the West 50% 1972 Man from Virginia Actor Alias Smith and Jones 1971 Sheriff Lom Trevors Actor The Devil and Miss Sarah 1971 Gil Turner Actor Breakout 1970 Joe Baker Actor Backtrack 1969 Ramrod Actor The Young Warriors 1967 Sergeant Cooley Actor The Meanest Men in the West 30% 1966 The Range Boss Actor Ride the High Country 89% 83% 1962 Billy Hammond Actor Ten Who Dared 22% 1960 Walter Powell Actor Pollyanna 86% 79% 1960 George Dodds Actor Toby Tyler 67% 1960 Jim Weaver Actor Six-Gun Law 1959 Actor Good Day for a Hanging 44% 1958 Paul Ridgely Actor Bernardine 1957 Lt. Langley Beaumont Actor The Last Wagon 70% 1956 Lt. Kelly Actor Forbidden Planet 94% 85% 1956 Joe Strong Actor Love Me Tender 58% 64% 1956 Ray Reno Actor The Tender Trap 67% 56% 1955 Eddie Actor
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