James Drury played the title character on The Virginian. His character was the foreman of Shiloh Ranch in Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Drury was one of the only actors who stayed with the show ...

James Drury, who starred as the no-name, no-nonsense foreman of the Shiloh Ranch on 'The Virginian,' one of the longest-running Westerns in the history of television, has died. He was 85.

Ninety years ago, Paramount released “The Virginian” starring Gary Cooper ... As foreman of the show’s Shiloh Ranch set in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, Drury’s character answered to the ranch ...

In his first attempt at “The Virginian,” in a 1958 TV pilot ... playing a laconic foreman of the Shiloh ranch in 1890s Wyoming. He usually wore a black hat and leather vest in the series ...

the character was now re-branded as a Wyoming ranch foreman with no discernable Southern accent or Confederate sympathies.

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Sara Lane, who portrayed the orphaned frontier girl Elizabeth Grainger for four seasons of the NBC drama The Virginian ... owner of the Shiloh Ranch, and Don Quine ...

He starred in "The Virginian," a popular western television ... He was tough but tender as the foreman of Shiloh Ranch, with good looks, polite manners and deadly aim, the whole package for ...

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories ...

Mr. Drury’s character, the tough but fair foreman of the Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming ... and other outlaws threatening the ranch until “The Virginian” was canceled in 1971, after 249 episodes.

The enduring popularity of “The Virginian,” originally airing on ... As foreman of the show’s Shiloh Ranch set in Medicine Bow, Wyo., Drury’s character answered to the ranch’s owner ...

James Drury, best known for starring in the long-running Western series “The Virginian,” died Monday of natural causes. He was 85. His assistant, Karen Lindsey, posted the news on Facebook ...