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Jim Davis
Born · August 26, 1909
Died · April 26, 1981 (71 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA
Bio
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.
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Mr. Wilkenson
6.0
1981
The Day Time Ended
Grant Williams
3.5
1980
Comes a Horseman
Julie Blocker
6.0
1978
Killing Stone
Sen. Barry Tyler
0.0
1978
Dallas
Jock Ewing · (77 episodes)
6.8
1978
Trail of Danger
Pop Apling
0.0
1978
The Choirboys
Drobeck
5.3
1977
Just a Little Inconvenience
Dave Erickson
0.0
1977
Hunter
(1 episode)
8.0
1977
The Quest
(1 episode)
6.4
1976
Law of the Land
Sheriff Pat Lambrose
3.7
1976
The Runaway Barge
Capt. Buckshot Bates
0.0
1975
Satan's Triangle
Hal
5.5
1975
The Parallax View
George Hammond
6.8
1974
The Cowboys
Marshal Bill Winter · (12 episodes)
5.0
1974
Inferno in Paradise
Rocky Stratton
0.0
1974
Deliver Us from Evil
Dixie
7.3
1973
Kung Fu
(2 episodes)
7.6
1972
Bad Company
Marshal
6.4
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Roy Johnson · (2 episodes)
7.0
1972
Banacek
Ed McKay · (1 episode)
8.6
1972
The Honkers
Sheriff Potter
5.6
1972
The Sixth Sense
(1 episode)
6.3
1972
The Trackers
Sheriff Naylor
5.7
1971
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Sgt. Martin
4.6
1971
Big Jake
Head of Lynching Party
6.8
1971
Night Gallery
(1 episode)
7.8
1970
Monte Walsh
Cal Brennan
6.2
1970
Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo Deputy
6.4
1970
Five Bloody Graves
Clay Bates
4.1
1969
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
(1 episode)
4.0
1969
The Ice House
Jake
4.0
1969
The Road Hustlers
Noah Reedy
2.0
1968
They Ran for Their Lives
Vince Ballard
5.0
1968
The High Chaparral
Robbins · (1 episode)
6.5
1967
Hondo and the Apaches
Krantz
7.0
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
(1 episode)
5.7
1967
Fort Utah
Scarecrow
3.6
1967
El Dorado
Jim Purvis
7.3
1966
The Time Tunnel
Col. Jim Bowie · (1 episode)
7.6
1966
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Marshal MacPhee
4.1
1966
The F.B.I.
Ellis Bengston · (1 episode)
5.4
1965
Laredo
(1 episode)
6.3
1965
Zebra in the Kitchen
Adam Carlyle
5.0
1965
Branded
(3 episodes)
6.4
1965
Daniel Boone
Carpenter · (1 episode)
6.9
1964
Daniel Boone
Sam Ralston · (1 episode)
6.9
1964
Daniel Boone
Rafe Carson · (1 episode)
6.9
1964
Iron Angel
Sgt. Walsh
6.0
1964
Miss USA
Judge · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
The Lucy Show
Cardenas · (1 episode)
7.1
1962
Stoney Burke
(1 episode)
5.7
1962
Buttons and Her Beaus
0.0
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.1
1961
The Gambler Wore a Gun
Case Silverthorne
5.0
1961
Frontier Uprising
Jim Stockton
4.8
1961
The Magnificent Seven
Gunman at Boot Hill
7.5
1960
Outlaws
(1 episode)
6.2
1960
The Aquanauts
Sam Hogarth · (1 episode)
5.5
1960
The Tall Man
(2 episodes)
6.3
1960
Coronado 9
(1 episode)
6.0
1960
Noose for a Gunman
Case Britton
5.3
1960
Laramie
(2 episodes)
6.4
1959
Bonanza
Sam Wolfe · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
Bonanza
Sam Butler · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
Bonanza
Johnny · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
Alias Jesse James
Frank James
5.9
1959
Rawhide
Sheriff · (1 episode)
7.1
1959
Yancy Derringer
Bullet Pike · (1 episode)
6.0
1958
Lust to Kill
Marshal Matt Gordon
6.0
1958
The Donna Reed Show
(2 episodes)
6.3
1958
Rescue 8
(40 episodes)
4.0
1958
Flaming Frontier
Col. Hugh Carver
0.0
1958
Wolf Dog
Jim Hughes
6.5
1958
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Johnny Ringo
6.0
1958
Raiders of Old California
Angus Clyde McKane
4.7
1957
26 Men
(1 episode)
4.2
1957
Perry Mason
George Tabor · (1 episode)
7.7
1957
Perry Mason
Capt. Joe Farrell · (1 episode)
7.7
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
(1 episode)
7.4
1957
The Quiet Gun
Ralph Carpenter
6.4
1957
Last Stagecoach West
Bill Cameron
4.3
1957
Apache Warrior
Ben Ziegler
4.6
1957
Monster from Green Hell
Dr. Quent Brady
3.7
1957
The Restless Breed
Ed Newton
6.0
1957
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
Jeff Harlan
6.0
1957
The Silent Service
Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe · (1 episode)
0.0
1957
Duel at Apache Wells
Dean Cannary
4.0
1957
O. Henry Playhouse
Robert Arnold · (1 episode)
6.0
1957
Guns Don't Argue
Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
6.0
1957
Frontier Gambler
Tony Burton
6.0
1956
The Maverick Queen
The Stranger
5.2
1956
Blonde Bait
Nick Randall
4.8
1956
The Wild Dakotas
Aaron Baring
0.0
1956
The Bottom of the Bottle
George Cady
5.5
1956
The Vanishing American
Glendon
4.0
1955
Last of the Desperados
Chief Deputy John Poe
6.0
1955
Gunsmoke
Clell Williams · (2 episodes)
6.5
1955
Gunsmoke
Gainer · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Gunsmoke
Jim Basset · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Gunsmoke
Jubal Gray · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Gunsmoke
Ben Rawlins · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Gunsmoke
Wes Cameron · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Gunsmoke
Sheriff Shackwood · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Gunsmoke
Amos Carver · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Gunsmoke
Dave Carpenter · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Gunsmoke
Luke Rumbaugh · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
The Last Command
Ben Evans
6.4
1955
Timberjack
Poole
3.2
1955
The Millionaire
Jim Driskill · (1 episode)
5.0
1955
Hell's Outpost
Sam Horne
5.0
1954
The Outlaw's Daughter
Marshal Dan Porter
0.0
1954
December Bride
(1 episode)
5.5
1954
Lassie
(1 episode)
6.1
1954
The Outcast
Major Linton Cosgrave
6.6
1954
The Big Chase
Brad Bellows
4.4
1954
Jubilee Trail
Silky
4.6
1954
Stories of the Century
Matt Clark · (39 episodes)
5.7
1954
Woman They Almost Lynched
Cole Younger
6.2
1953
General Electric Theater
Cole Treuitt · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
Ride the Man Down
Red Courteen
6.5
1952
Cavalcade of America
J.L. Armstrong · (1 episode)
3.5
1952
The Big Sky
Streak
6.5
1952
Woman of the North Country
Steve Powell
4.5
1952
Gang Busters
(1 episode)
0.0
1952
Rose of Cimarron
Willie Whitewater
5.0
1952
Dangerous Assignment
(5 episodes)
3.5
1952
The Sea Hornet
Tony Sullivan
5.0
1951
Silver Canyon
Wade McQuarrie
7.0
1951
Little Big Horn
Cpl. Doan Moylan
6.6
1951
Cavalry Scout
Lt. Spaulding
5.8
1951
Oh! Susanna
Ira Jordan
5.0
1951
Three Desperate Men
Fred Denton
5.5
1951
California Passage
Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
4.0
1950
The Showdown
Cochran
4.8
1950
The Cariboo Trail
Miller
6.3
1950
Hi-Jacked
Joe Harper
4.8
1950
The Savage Horde
Lt. Mike Baker
5.8
1950
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Joe Tascarelli
4.0
1949
Brimstone
Nick Courteen
6.5
1949
Hellfire
Gyp Stoner
5.8
1949
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Dave Ryder
0.0
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Slave Overseer (uncredited)
6.2
1949
Winter Meeting
Slick Novak
6.5
1948
The Fabulous Texan
Sam Bass
4.0
1947
Merton of the Movies
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
6.8
1947
Gallant Bess
Harry
6.5
1946
Up Goes Maisie
Matthews (Uncredited)
6.7
1946
Swing Shift Maisie
Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
6.5
1943
Pilot #5
Military Policeman
5.8
1943
Stand by for Action
Talker (uncredited)
7.0
1942
White Cargo
Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
5.8
1942
Tennessee Johnson
Reporter (uncredited)
6.2
1942
Keep 'Em Sailing
Joseph Cummins
0.0
1942
Northwest Rangers
Mountie with Warrant
6.0
1942