Jim Davis
Born
August 26, 1909
Died
April 26, 1981 (71 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA
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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.
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Mr. Wilkenson
1981
The Day Time Ended
Grant Williams
1980
Comes a Horseman
Julie Blocker
1978
Killing Stone
Sen. Barry Tyler
1978
Dallas
Jock Ewing · (77 episodes)
1978
Trail of Danger
Pop Apling
1978
The Choirboys
Drobeck
1977
Just a Little Inconvenience
Dave Erickson
1977
Hunter
(1 episode)
1977
The Quest
(1 episode)
1976
Law of the Land
Sheriff Pat Lambrose
1976
The Runaway Barge
Capt. Buckshot Bates
1975
Satan's Triangle
Hal
1975
The Parallax View
George Hammond
1974
The Cowboys
Marshal Bill Winter · (12 episodes)
1974
Inferno in Paradise
Rocky Stratton
1974
Deliver Us from Evil
Dixie
1973
Kung Fu
Sheriff Grogan · (2 episodes)
1972
Bad Company
Marshal
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Roy Johnson · (2 episodes)
1972
Banacek
Ed McKay · (1 episode)
1972
The Honkers
Sheriff Potter
1972
The Sixth Sense
(1 episode)
1972
The Trackers
Sheriff Naylor
1971
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Sgt. Martin
1971
Big Jake
Head of Lynching Party
1971
Night Gallery
(1 episode)
1970
Monte Walsh
Cal Brennan
1970
Rio Lobo
Riley
1970
Five Bloody Graves
Clay Bates
1969
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
(1 episode)
1969
The Ice House
Jake
1969
The Road Hustlers
Noah Reedy
1968
They Ran for Their Lives
Vince Ballard
1968
The High Chaparral
Robbins · (1 episode)
1967
Hondo and the Apaches
Krantz
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
(1 episode)
1967
Fort Utah
Scarecrow
1967
El Dorado
Jim Purvis
1966
The Time Tunnel
Col. Jim Bowie · (1 episode)
1966
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Marshal MacPhee
1966
The F.B.I.
Ellis Bengston · (1 episode)
1965
Laredo
(1 episode)
1965
Zebra in the Kitchen
Adam Carlyle
1965
Branded
(3 episodes)
1965
Daniel Boone
Carpenter · (1 episode)
1964
Daniel Boone
Sam Ralston · (1 episode)
1964
Daniel Boone
Rafe Carson · (1 episode)
1964
Iron Angel
Sgt. Walsh
1964
Miss USA
Self - Judge · (1 episode)
1963
The Lucy Show
Cardenas · (1 episode)
1962
Stoney Burke
(1 episode)
1962
Buttons and Her Beaus
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961
The Gambler Wore a Gun
Case Silverthorne
1961
Frontier Uprising
Jim Stockton
1961
The Magnificent Seven
Gunman at Boot Hill
1960
Outlaws
(1 episode)
1960
The Aquanauts
Sam Hogarth · (1 episode)
1960
The Tall Man
(2 episodes)
1960
Coronado 9
(1 episode)
1960
Noose for a Gunman
Case Britton
1960
Laramie
(2 episodes)
1959
Bonanza
Sam Butler · (1 episode)
1959
Bonanza
Sam Wolfe · (1 episode)
1959
Bonanza
Johnny · (1 episode)
1959
Alias Jesse James
Frank James
1959
Rawhide
Sheriff · (1 episode)
1959
Yancy Derringer
Bullet Pike · (1 episode)
1958
Lust to Kill
Marshal Matt Gordon
1958
The Donna Reed Show
(2 episodes)
1958
Rescue 8
(40 episodes)
1958
Flaming Frontier
Col. Hugh Carver
1958
Wolf Dog
Jim Hughes
1958
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Johnny Ringo
1958
Raiders of Old California
Angus Clyde McKane
1957
26 Men
(1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
George Tabor · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Capt. Joe Farrell · (1 episode)
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
(1 episode)
1957
The Quiet Gun
Ralph Carpenter
1957
Last Stagecoach West
Bill Cameron
1957
Apache Warrior
Ben Ziegler
1957
Monster from Green Hell
Dr. Quent Brady
1957
The Restless Breed
Ed Newton
1957
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
Jeff Harlan
1957
The Silent Service
Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe · (1 episode)
1957
Duel at Apache Wells
Dean Cannary
1957
O. Henry Playhouse
Robert Arnold · (1 episode)
1957
Guns Don't Argue
Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
1957
Frontier Gambler
Tony Burton
1956
The Maverick Queen
The Stranger
1956
Blonde Bait
Nick Randall
1956
The Wild Dakotas
Aaron Baring
1956
The Bottom of the Bottle
George Cady
1956
The Vanishing American
Glendon
1955
Last of the Desperados
Chief Deputy John Poe
1955
Gunsmoke
Clell Williams · (2 episodes)
1955
Gunsmoke
Gainer · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Jim Basset · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Jubal Gray · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Ben Rawlins · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Wes Cameron · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Sheriff Shackwood · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Amos Carver · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Dave Carpenter · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Luke Rumbaugh · (1 episode)
1955
The Last Command
Ben Evans
1955
Timberjack
Poole
1955
The Millionaire
Jim Driskill · (1 episode)
1955
Hell's Outpost
Sam Horne
1954
The Outlaw's Daughter
Marshal Dan Porter
1954
December Bride
(1 episode)
1954
Lassie
(1 episode)
1954
The Outcast
Major Linton Cosgrave
1954
The Big Chase
Brad Bellows
1954
Jubilee Trail
Silky
1954
Stories of the Century
Matt Clark · (39 episodes)
1954
Woman They Almost Lynched
Cole Younger
1953
General Electric Theater
Cole Treuitt · (1 episode)
1953
Ride the Man Down
Red Courteen
1952
Cavalcade of America
J.L. Armstrong · (1 episode)
1952
Death Valley Days
Ezra Meeker · (1 episode)
1952
The Big Sky
Streak
1952
Woman of the North Country
Steve Powell
1952
Gang Busters
(1 episode)
1952
Rose of Cimarron
Willie Whitewater
1952
Dangerous Assignment
(5 episodes)
1952
The Sea Hornet
Tony Sullivan
1951
Silver Canyon
Wade McQuarrie
1951
Little Big Horn
Cpl. Doan Moylan
1951
Cavalry Scout
Lt. Spaulding
1951
Oh! Susanna
Ira Jordan
1951
Three Desperate Men
Fred Denton
1951
California Passage
Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
1950
The Showdown
Cochran
1950
The Cariboo Trail
Miller
1950
Hi-Jacked
Joe Harper
1950
The Savage Horde
Lt. Mike Baker
1950
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Joe Tascarelli
1949
Brimstone
Nick Courteen
1949
Hellfire
Gyp Stoner
1949
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Dave Ryder
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Slave Overseer (uncredited)
1949
Winter Meeting
Slick Novak
1948
The Fabulous Texan
Sam Bass
1947
Merton of the Movies
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
1947
Gallant Bess
Harry
1946
Up Goes Maisie
Matthews (Uncredited)
1946
Swing Shift Maisie
Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
1943
Pilot #5
Military Policeman
1943
Stand by for Action
Talker (uncredited)
1942
White Cargo
Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
1942
Tennessee Johnson
Reporter (uncredited)
1942
Keep 'Em Sailing
Joseph Cummins
1942
Northwest Rangers
Mountie with Warrant
1942