 On Christmas eve 1959, Drury was cast in the episode, "Ten Feet of Nothing" on the syndicated anthology series, "Death Valley Days", hosted by Stanley Andrews.Drury portrayed a young miner, Joe Plato, who in a drunken stupor gives away half of his then-worthless mining claim to a saloon singer, Kathy Mulqueen (Preshy Marker).Kathy arrives to collect on her interest in the mine when gold is discovered on the adjacent property.