what is the virginian's name
The Cowboy Way. JAMES DRURY, the one true Virginian by whom all others are measured, is the star of the first 90-minute color western TV series, The Virginian, which aired from 1962-1971. The Virginian is the third longest running western series in the history of television. The television series was adapted from the 1902 Owen Wister western novel, The Virginian, A Horseman of the Plains. Like in the novel, the lead character was never given a name other than the Virginian.