Jim Davis
Acting
Born: August 26, 1909 · Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA
Died: April 26, 1981 (aged 71)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Magnificent Seven
1960
El Dorado
1966
Bonanza
1959
The Parallax View
1974
Rio Lobo
1970
Big Jake
1971
Dallas
1978
Kung Fu
1972
The Time Tunnel
1966
Perry Mason
1957
Gunsmoke
1955
Night Gallery
1970
Photos (6)
Movies (97)
The Magnificent Seven
Gunman at Boot Hill
Monte Walsh
Cal Brennan
The Parallax View
George Hammond
Rio Lobo
Riley
El Dorado
Jim Purvis
Alias Jesse James
Frank James
Bad Company
Marshal
Comes a Horseman
Julie Blocker
Big Jake
Head of Lynching Party
The Last Command
Ben Evans
Oh! Susanna
Ira Jordan
The Big Sky
Streak
California Passage
Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
Ride the Man Down
Red Courteen
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Slave Overseer (uncredited)
Monster from Green Hell
Dr. Quent Brady
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Sgt. Martin
Jubilee Trail
Silky
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Johnny Ringo
Satan's Triangle
Hal
The Outcast
Major Linton Cosgrave
The Day Time Ended
Grant Williams
The Sea Hornet
Tony Sullivan
Guns Don't Argue
Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
Stand by for Action
Talker (uncredited)
Woman of the North Country
Steve Powell
The Choirboys
Drobeck
The Bottom of the Bottle
George Cady
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Marshal MacPhee
Brimstone
Nick Courteen
Woman They Almost Lynched
Cole Younger
The Showdown
Cochran
Keep 'Em Sailing
Joseph Cummins
Hi-Jacked
Joe Harper
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
Jeff Harlan
Law of the Land
Sheriff Pat Lambrose
Rose of Cimarron
Willie Whitewater
White Cargo
Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
The Trackers
Sheriff Naylor
Deliver Us from Evil
Dixie
The Gambler Wore a Gun
Case Silverthorne
Noose for a Gunman
Case Britton
The Cariboo Trail
Miller
Zebra in the Kitchen
Adam Carlyle
Cavalry Scout
Lt. Spaulding
The Restless Breed
Ed Newton
Raiders of Old California
Angus Clyde McKane
Tennessee Johnson
Reporter (uncredited)
Hellfire
Gyp Stoner
Fort Utah
Scarecrow
The Quiet Gun
Ralph Carpenter
Iron Angel
Sgt. Walsh
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Dave Ryder
Just a Little Inconvenience
Dave Erickson
The Outlaw's Daughter
Marshal Dan Porter
The Honkers
Sheriff Potter
Timberjack
Poole
Hondo and the Apaches
Krantz
Up Goes Maisie
Matthews (Uncredited)
Last of the Desperados
Chief Deputy John Poe
Hell's Outpost
Sam Horne
The Vanishing American
Glendon
Five Bloody Graves
Clay Bates
Last Stagecoach West
Bill Cameron
A Lust to Kill
Marshal Matt Gordon
Duel at Apache Wells
Dean Cannary
Frontier Gambler
Tony Burton
Frontier Uprising
Jim Stockton
Northwest Rangers
Mountie with Warrant
Winter Meeting
Slick Novak
Blonde Bait
Nick Randall
Silver Canyon
Wade McQuarrie
The Big Chase
Brad Bellows
Killing Stone
Sen. Barry Tyler
The Maverick Queen
The Stranger
Merton of the Movies
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
Pilot #5
Military Policeman
Little Big Horn
Cpl. Doan Moylan
Apache Warrior
Ben Ziegler
Wolf Dog
Jim Hughes
Trail of Danger
Pop Apling
The Fabulous Texan
Sam Bass
The Savage Horde
Lt. Mike Baker
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Joe Tascarelli
Four Women in Black
Sheriff
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Mr. Wilkenson
Swing Shift Maisie
Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
The Runaway Barge
Capt. Buckshot Bates
Three Desperate Men
Fred Denton
Inferno in Paradise
Rocky Stratton
Gallant Bess
Harry
Enigma
Colonel Valentine
Flaming Frontier
Col. Hugh Carver
The Road Hustlers
Noah Reedy
They Ran for Their Lives
Vince Ballard
The Wild Dakotas
Aaron Baring
The Ice House
Jake
TV Shows (59)
Dallas
Jock Ewing · 77 eps
Perry Mason
George Tabor · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Capt. Joe Farrell · 1 eps
Bonanza
Sam Butler · 1 eps
Bonanza
Sam Wolfe · 1 eps
Bonanza
Johnny · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Gabe Henry · 1 eps
Lassie
1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
1 eps
The F.B.I.
Ellis Bengston · 1 eps
The Donna Reed Show
2 eps
The Lucy Show
Cardenas · 1 eps
Rawhide
Sheriff · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Carpenter · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Sam Ralston · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Rafe Carson · 1 eps
The High Chaparral
Robbins · 1 eps
Night Gallery
1 eps
Gunsmoke
Clell Williams · 2 eps
Gunsmoke
Gainer · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Jim Basset · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Jubal Gray · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Ben Rawlins · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Wes Cameron · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Sheriff Shackwood · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Amos Carver · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Dave Carpenter · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Luke Rumbaugh · 1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
Roy Johnson · 2 eps
Laramie
1 eps
Laramie
Hake Ballard · 1 eps
The Time Tunnel
Col. Jim Bowie · 1 eps
December Bride
1 eps
Laredo
1 eps
The Millionaire
Jim Driskill · 1 eps
Outlaws
1 eps
Branded
2 eps
Branded
James Swaney · 1 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Sheriff Hawks · 1 eps
Banacek
Ed McKay · 1 eps
The Tall Man
2 eps
Stoney Burke
1 eps
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1 eps
Yancy Derringer
Bullet Pike · 1 eps
Cavalcade of America
J.L. Armstrong · 1 eps
The Sixth Sense
1 eps
The Aquanauts
Sam Hogarth · 1 eps
26 Men
1 eps
Dangerous Assignment
4 eps
Dangerous Assignment
Holcomb · 2 eps
Coronado 9
1 eps
The Quest
1 eps
Stories of the Century
Matt Clark · 39 eps
Death Valley Days
Ezra Meeker · 1 eps
Gunslinger
Jeb Crane · 1 eps
Hunter
1 eps
The Silent Service
Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Cole Treuitt · 1 eps
Kung Fu
Sheriff Grogan · 2 eps
