Jim Davis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 26, 1909
- Died
- April 26, 1981 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jim Davis (born Marlin Davis, August 26, 1909 – April 26, 1981) was an American actor, best known for his role as Jock Ewing in the CBS prime-time soap opera, Dallas, a role which continued until he was too ill from a terminal illness to perform. He was known as Jim Davis by the time of his first major screen role, which was opposite Bette Davis in the 1948 melodrama Winter Meeting,[3] a lavish failure for which he was lambasted in the press as being too inexperienced to play the part properly. His subsequent film career consisted of mostly B movies, many of them westerns, although he made an impression as a U.S. senator in the Warren Beatty conspiracy thriller The Parallax View. Davis performed in numerous television series episodes in the 1950s-1970s. After years of relatively low-profile roles, Davis was cast as family patriarch Jock Ewing on Dallas, which debuted in 1978. During season four, he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma but continued to film the show as long as he could. In many scenes as the season progressed he was shown seated, and his voice became softer and more obviously affected by his illness. He wore a hairpiece to cover the hair he'd lost from chemotherapy. A season four storyline regarding the Takapa development and Jock's separation from Miss Ellie was ended abruptly at the end of season four. The writers depicted the couple suddenly leaving to go on an extended second honeymoon when it became obvious that Davis could no longer continue to work. Their departure in a limousine in the episode "New Beginnings" was Davis' only scene in that episode, and his condition was so poor that close watching reveals (based on his unsynchronized lip movement) that he overdubbed his one last line of dialogue. It was his final appearance on the show. He died of complications from his illness while season four was being aired.
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Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Movie · as Mr. Wilkenson
The Day Time Ended
Movie · as Grant Williams
Comes a Horseman
Movie · as Julie Blocker
Killing Stone
Movie · as Sen. Barry Tyler
Trail of Danger
Movie · as Pop Apling
Dallas
TV · as Jock Ewing · 77 eps
Just a Little Inconvenience
Movie · as Dave Erickson
The Choirboys
Movie · as Drobeck
Enigma
Movie · as Colonel Valentine
Hunter
TV · 1 ep
Law of the Land
Movie · as Sheriff Pat Lambrose
The Quest
TV · 1 ep
Satan's Triangle
Movie · as Hal
The Runaway Barge
Movie · as Capt. Buckshot Bates
The Parallax View
Movie · as George Hammond
Inferno in Paradise
Movie · as Rocky Stratton
The Cowboys
TV · as Marshal Bill Winter · 12 eps
Deliver Us from Evil
Movie · as Dixie
Bad Company
Movie · as Marshal
The Honkers
Movie · as Sheriff Potter
Kung Fu
TV · as Sheriff Grogan · 2 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · as Roy Johnson · 2 eps
The Sixth Sense
TV · 1 ep
Banacek
TV · as Ed McKay · 1 ep
Big Jake
Movie · as Head of Lynching Party
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Movie · as Sgt. Martin
The Trackers
Movie · as Sheriff Naylor
Rio Lobo
Movie · as Riley
Monte Walsh
Movie · as Cal Brennan
Night Gallery
TV · 1 ep
Five Bloody Graves
Movie · as Clay Bates
The Ice House
Movie · as Jake
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
TV · 1 ep
The Road Hustlers
Movie · as Noah Reedy
They Ran for Their Lives
Movie · as Vince Ballard
Hondo and the Apaches
Movie · as Krantz
Fort Utah
Movie · as Scarecrow
The High Chaparral
TV · as Robbins · 1 ep
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV · as Sheriff Hawks · 1 ep
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Movie · as Marshal MacPhee
El Dorado
Movie · as Jim Purvis
The Time Tunnel
TV · as Col. Jim Bowie · 1 ep
Zebra in the Kitchen
Movie · as Adam Carlyle
The F.B.I.
TV · as Ellis Bengston · 1 ep
Laredo
TV · 1 ep
Branded
TV · as James Swaney · 2 eps
Iron Angel
Movie · as Sgt. Walsh
Daniel Boone
TV · as Carpenter, Sam Ralston, Rafe Carson · 1 ep
Miss USA
TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep
Buttons and Her Beaus
Movie
The Lucy Show
TV · as Cardenas · 1 ep
Stoney Burke
TV · 1 ep
The Gambler Wore a Gun
Movie · as Case Silverthorne
Frontier Uprising
Movie · as Jim Stockton
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Gunslinger
TV · as Jeb Crane · 1 ep
Noose for a Gunman
Movie · as Case Britton
The Magnificent Seven
Movie · as Gunman at Boot Hill
The Tall Man
TV · 2 eps
Outlaws
TV · 1 ep
The Aquanauts
TV · as Sam Hogarth · 1 ep
Coronado 9
TV · 1 ep
Alias Jesse James
Movie · as Frank James
Rawhide
TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep
Laramie
TV · as Hake Ballard · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Sam Butler, Sam Wolfe, Johnny · 1 ep
A Lust to Kill
Movie · as Marshal Matt Gordon
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Movie · as Johnny Ringo
Wolf Dog
Movie · as Jim Hughes
Flaming Frontier
Movie · as Col. Hugh Carver
Yancy Derringer
TV · as Bullet Pike · 1 ep
The Donna Reed Show
TV · 2 eps
Rescue 8
TV · 41 eps
Monster from Green Hell
Movie · as Dr. Quent Brady
Raiders of Old California
Movie · as Angus Clyde McKane
The Restless Breed
Movie · as Ed Newton
Duel at Apache Wells
Movie · as Dean Cannary
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
Movie · as Jeff Harlan
The Quiet Gun
Movie · as Ralph Carpenter
Last Stagecoach West
Movie · as Bill Cameron
Apache Warrior
Movie · as Ben Ziegler
Guns Don't Argue
Movie · as Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
Four Women in Black
Movie · as Sheriff
Perry Mason
TV · as George Tabor, Capt. Joe Farrell · 1 ep
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · 1 ep
O. Henry Playhouse
TV · as Robert Arnold · 1 ep
26 Men
TV · 1 ep
The Silent Service
TV · as Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Gabe Henry · 1 ep
The Bottom of the Bottle
Movie · as George Cady
Blonde Bait
Movie · as Nick Randall
The Wild Dakotas
Movie · as Aaron Baring
Frontier Gambler
Movie · as Tony Burton
The Maverick Queen
Movie · as The Stranger
The Vanishing American
Movie · as Glendon
Timberjack
Movie · as Poole
The Last Command
Movie · as Ben Evans
Last of the Desperados
Movie · as Chief Deputy John Poe
Gunsmoke
TV · as Clell Williams, Gainer, Jim Basset, Jubal Gray, Ben Rawlins, Wes Cameron, Sheriff Shackwood, Amos Carver, Dave Carpenter, Luke Rumbaugh · 2 eps
The Millionaire
TV · as Jim Driskill · 1 ep
The Big Chase
Movie · as Brad Bellows
The Outcast
Movie · as Major Linton Cosgrave
The Outlaw's Daughter
Movie · as Marshal Dan Porter
Hell's Outpost
Movie · as Sam Horne
Jubilee Trail
Movie · as Silky
December Bride
TV · 1 ep
Lassie
TV · 1 ep
Stories of the Century
TV · as Matt Clark · 39 eps
Woman They Almost Lynched
Movie · as Cole Younger
General Electric Theater
TV · as Cole Treuitt · 1 ep
The Big Sky
Movie · as Streak
Rose of Cimarron
Movie · as Willie Whitewater
Ride the Man Down
Movie · as Red Courteen
Woman of the North Country
Movie · as Steve Powell
Cavalcade of America
TV · as J.L. Armstrong · 1 ep
Dangerous Assignment
TV · as Holcomb · 4 eps
Gang Busters
TV · 1 ep
Death Valley Days
TV · as Ezra Meeker · 1 ep
Three Desperate Men
Movie · as Fred Denton
Little Big Horn
Movie · as Cpl. Doan Moylan
Oh! Susanna
Movie · as Ira Jordan
Cavalry Scout
Movie · as Lt. Spaulding
Silver Canyon
Movie · as Wade McQuarrie
The Sea Hornet
Movie · as Tony Sullivan
Hi-Jacked
Movie · as Joe Harper
The Savage Horde
Movie · as Lt. Mike Baker
The Cariboo Trail
Movie · as Miller
The Showdown
Movie · as Cochran
California Passage
Movie · as Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
Brimstone
Movie · as Nick Courteen
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Movie · as Dave Ryder
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Movie · as Joe Tascarelli
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie · as Slave Overseer (uncredited)
Hellfire
Movie · as Gyp Stoner
Winter Meeting
Movie · as Slick Novak
Merton of the Movies
Movie · as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
The Fabulous Texan
Movie · as Sam Bass
Gallant Bess
Movie · as Harry
Up Goes Maisie
Movie · as Matthews (Uncredited)
Pilot #5
Movie · as Military Policeman
Swing Shift Maisie
Movie · as Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
Tennessee Johnson
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)
White Cargo
Movie · as Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
Stand by for Action
Movie · as Talker (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Sailing
Movie · as Joseph Cummins
Northwest Rangers
Movie · as Mountie with Warrant