Jim Davis
Known for Acting · 145 credits
- Born
- 1909-08-26
- Died
- 1981-04-26
- Place of birth
- Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- James Davis · Marlin Davis
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
TV Shows (47)
Perry Mason
1957
as George Tabor / Capt. Joe Farrell
Dallas
1978
as Jock Ewing
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Bonanza
1959
as Sam Wolfe / Sam Butler / Johnny
Lassie
1954
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The F.B.I.
1965
as Ellis Bengston
Daniel Boone
1964
as Carpenter / Sam Ralston / Rafe Carson
Rawhide
1959
as Sheriff
The Lucy Show
1962
as Cardenas
Night Gallery
1970
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
as Clell Williams / Gainer / Jim Basset / Jubal Gray / Ben Rawlins / Wes Cameron / Amos Carver / Sheriff Shackwood / Dave Carpenter / Luke Rumbaugh
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Roy Johnson
The High Chaparral
1967
as Robbins
Miss USA
1963
as Self - Judge
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Col. Jim Bowie
Laredo
1965
Laramie
1959
The Millionaire
1955
as Jim Driskill
Branded
1965
as James Swaney
Cavalcade of America
1952
as J.L. Armstrong
The Tall Man
1960
Banacek
1972
as Ed McKay
Outlaws
1960
The Silent Service
1957
as Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
December Bride
1954
Yancy Derringer
1958
as Bullet Pike
Stoney Burke
1962
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
26 Men
1957
The Sixth Sense
1972
The Aquanauts
1960
as Sam Hogarth
Hunter
1977
Dangerous Assignment
1952
as Holcomb
Coronado 9
1960
Gang Busters
1952
Stories of the Century
1954
as Matt Clark
Gunslinger
1961
as Jeb Crane
Death Valley Days
1952
as Ezra Meeker
General Electric Theater
1953
as Cole Treuitt
The Quest
1976
Rescue 8
1958
The Cowboys
1974
as Marshal Bill Winter
O. Henry Playhouse
1957
as Robert Arnold
Kung Fu
1972
as Sheriff Grogan
Movies (98)
El Dorado
1966
as Jim Purvis
The Magnificent Seven
1960
as Gunman at Boot Hill
Rio Lobo
1970
as Riley
Big Jake
1971
as Head of Lynching Party
The Parallax View
1974
as George Hammond
Comes a Horseman
1978
as Julie Blocker
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Slave Overseer (uncredited)
Bad Company
1972
as Marshal
The Outcast
1954
as Major Linton Cosgrave
Alias Jesse James
1959
as Frank James
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966
as Marshal MacPhee
The Big Sky
1952
as Streak
Ride the Man Down
1952
as Red Courteen
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
as Sgt. Martin
Brimstone
1949
as Nick Courteen
Monte Walsh
1970
as Cal Brennan
Satan's Triangle
1975
as Hal
The Cariboo Trail
1950
as Miller
The Choirboys
1977
as Drobeck
The Last Command
1955
as Ben Evans
Tennessee Johnson
1942
as Reporter (uncredited)
Hellfire
1949
as Gyp Stoner
The Restless Breed
1957
as Ed Newton
The Honkers
1972
as Sheriff Potter
Fort Utah
1967
as Scarecrow
The Sea Hornet
1951
as Tony Sullivan
The Trackers
1971
as Sheriff Naylor
The Maverick Queen
1956
as The Stranger
Pilot #5
1943
as Military Policeman
Stand by for Action
1942
as Talker (uncredited)
Cavalry Scout
1951
as Lt. Spaulding
White Cargo
1942
as Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
The Day Time Ended
1980
as Grant Williams
Monster from Green Hell
1957
as Dr. Quent Brady
Guns Don't Argue
1957
as Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
Hondo and the Apaches
1967
as Krantz
Oh! Susanna
1951
as Ira Jordan
Iron Angel
1964
as Sgt. Walsh
Hell's Outpost
1954
as Sam Horne
Jubilee Trail
1954
as Silky
Little Big Horn
1951
as Cpl. Doan Moylan
Noose for a Gunman
1960
as Case Britton
California Passage
1950
as Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958
as Johnny Ringo
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
as Mr. Wilkenson
Last Stagecoach West
1957
as Bill Cameron
Woman of the North Country
1952
as Steve Powell
Frontier Uprising
1961
as Jim Stockton
Up Goes Maisie
1946
as Matthews (Uncredited)
Raiders of Old California
1957
as Angus Clyde McKane
Hi-Jacked
1950
as Joe Harper
Trail of Danger
1978
as Pop Apling
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
as Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
The Wild Dakotas
1956
as Aaron Baring
Apache Warrior
1957
as Ben Ziegler
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
1957
as Jeff Harlan
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956
as George Cady
Rose of Cimarron
1952
as Willie Whitewater
Timberjack
1955
as Poole
The Vanishing American
1955
as Glendon
Frontier Gambler
1956
as Tony Burton
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
as Cole Younger
Winter Meeting
1948
as Slick Novak
Three Desperate Men
1951
as Fred Denton
Last of the Desperados
1955
as Chief Deputy John Poe
The Runaway Barge
1975
as Capt. Buckshot Bates
The Ice House
1969
as Jake
Inferno in Paradise
1974
as Rocky Stratton
Silver Canyon
1951
as Wade McQuarrie
Flaming Frontier
1958
as Col. Hugh Carver
Zebra in the Kitchen
1965
as Adam Carlyle
Duel at Apache Wells
1957
as Dean Cannary
The Gambler Wore a Gun
1961
as Case Silverthorne
The Savage Horde
1950
as Lt. Mike Baker
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954
as Marshal Dan Porter
Northwest Rangers
1942
as Mountie with Warrant
Deliver Us from Evil
1973
as Dixie
Just a Little Inconvenience
1977
as Dave Erickson
Keep 'Em Sailing
1942
as Joseph Cummins
They Ran for Their Lives
1968
as Vince Ballard
Merton of the Movies
1947
as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
Wolf Dog
1958
as Jim Hughes
Blonde Bait
1956
as Nick Randall
Law of the Land
1976
as Sheriff Pat Lambrose
A Lust to Kill
1958
as Marshal Matt Gordon
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949
as Joe Tascarelli
The Quiet Gun
1957
as Ralph Carpenter
Gallant Bess
1946
as Harry
Killing Stone
1978
as Sen. Barry Tyler
The Road Hustlers
1968
as Noah Reedy
Five Bloody Graves
1969
as Clay Bates
The Showdown
1950
as Cochran
The Big Chase
1954
as Brad Bellows
The Fabulous Texan
1947
as Sam Bass
Enigma
1977
as Colonel Valentine
Four Women in Black
1957
as Sheriff
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949
as Dave Ryder
Buttons and Her Beaus
1962
About Jim Davis
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 subsequ… With 145 credits spanning from 1942 to 1981, Jim Davis has appeared in 98 films and 47 TV shows.
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- El Dorado (1966) — as Jim Purvis
- The Magnificent Seven (1960) — as Gunman at Boot Hill
- Rio Lobo (1970) — as Riley
- Big Jake (1971) — as Head of Lynching Party
- The Parallax View (1974) — as George Hammond
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