Jim Davis
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-08-26
Day of Death
1981-04-26 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA
Jim 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.
Acting
(1981)
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
as Mr. Wilkenson
(1980)
The Day Time Ended
as Grant Williams
(1978)
Comes a Horseman
as Julie Blocker
(1978)
Killing Stone
as Sen. Barry Tyler
(1978)
Trail of Danger
as Pop Apling
(1977)
The Choirboys
as Drobeck
(1977)
Just a Little Inconvenience
as Dave Erickson
(1976)
Law of the Land
as Sheriff Pat Lambrose
(1975)
Satan's Triangle
as Hal
(1975)
The Runaway Barge
as Capt. Buckshot Bates
(1974)
The Parallax View
as George Hammond
(1974)
Inferno in Paradise
as Rocky Stratton
(1973)
Deliver Us from Evil
as Dixie
(1972)
Bad Company
as Marshal
(1972)
The Honkers
as Sheriff Potter
(1971)
Big Jake
as Head of Lynching Party
(1971)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
as Sgt. Martin
(1971)
The Trackers
as Sheriff Naylor
(1970)
Rio Lobo
as Riley
(1970)
Monte Walsh
as Cal Brennan
(1969)
Five Bloody Graves
as Clay Bates
(1969)
The Ice House
as Jake
(1968)
The Road Hustlers
as Noah Reedy
(1968)
They Ran for Their Lives
as Vince Ballard
(1967)
Fort Utah
as Scarecrow
(1967)
Hondo and the Apaches
as Krantz
(1966)
El Dorado
as Jim Purvis
(1966)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
as Marshal MacPhee
(1965)
Zebra in the Kitchen
as Adam Carlyle
(1964)
Iron Angel
as Sgt. Walsh
(1962)
(1961)
Frontier Uprising
as Jim Stockton
(1961)
The Gambler Wore a Gun
as Case Silverthorne
(1960)
The Magnificent Seven
as Gunman at Boot Hill
(1960)
Noose for a Gunman
as Case Britton
(1959)
Alias Jesse James
as Frank James
(1958)
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
as Johnny Ringo
(1958)
Wolf Dog
as Jim Hughes
(1958)
Lust to Kill
as Marshal Matt Gordon
(1958)
Flaming Frontier
as Col. Hugh Carver
(1957)
The Restless Breed
as Ed Newton
(1957)
Monster from Green Hell
as Dr. Quent Brady
(1957)
Apache Warrior
as Ben Ziegler
(1957)
Raiders of Old California
as Angus Clyde McKane
(1957)
The Quiet Gun
as Ralph Carpenter
(1957)
Duel at Apache Wells
as Dean Cannary
(1957)
Last Stagecoach West
as Bill Cameron
(1957)
Guns Don't Argue
as Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
(1957)
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
as Jeff Harlan
(1956)
The Wild Dakotas
as Aaron Baring
(1956)
The Maverick Queen
as The Stranger
(1956)
The Bottom of the Bottle
as George Cady
(1956)
Frontier Gambler
as Tony Burton
(1956)
Blonde Bait
as Nick Randall
(1955)
The Last Command
as Ben Evans
(1955)
Timberjack
as Poole
(1955)
Last of the Desperados
as Chief Deputy John Poe
(1955)
The Vanishing American
as Glendon
(1954)
The Outcast
as Major Linton Cosgrave
(1954)
The Outlaw's Daughter
as Marshal Dan Porter
(1954)
The Big Chase
as Brad Bellows
(1954)
Jubilee Trail
as Silky
(1954)
Hell's Outpost
as Sam Horne
(1953)
Woman They Almost Lynched
as Cole Younger
(1952)
The Big Sky
as Streak
(1952)
Ride the Man Down
as Red Courteen
(1952)
Woman of the North Country
as Steve Powell
(1952)
Rose of Cimarron
as Willie Whitewater
(1951)
Silver Canyon
as Wade McQuarrie
(1951)
Cavalry Scout
as Lt. Spaulding
(1951)
The Sea Hornet
as Tony Sullivan
(1951)
Oh! Susanna
as Ira Jordan
(1951)
Little Big Horn
as Cpl. Doan Moylan
(1951)
Three Desperate Men
as Fred Denton
(1950)
The Cariboo Trail
as Miller
(1950)
California Passage
as Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
(1950)
The Showdown
as Cochran
(1950)
Hi-Jacked
as Joe Harper
(1950)
The Savage Horde
as Lt. Mike Baker
(1949)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Slave Overseer (uncredited)
(1949)
Brimstone
as Nick Courteen
(1949)
Hellfire
as Gyp Stoner
(1949)
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
as Joe Tascarelli
(1949)
Red Stallion In The Rockies
as Dave Ryder
(1948)
Winter Meeting
as Slick Novak
(1947)
Merton of the Movies
as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
(1947)
The Fabulous Texan
as Sam Bass
(1946)
Up Goes Maisie
as Matthews (Uncredited)
(1946)
Gallant Bess
as Harry
(1943)
Swing Shift Maisie
as Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
(1943)
Pilot #5
as Military Policeman
(1942)
White Cargo
as Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
(1942)
Tennessee Johnson
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1942)
Stand by for Action
as Talker (uncredited)
(1942)
Northwest Rangers
as Mountie with Warrant
(1942)
Keep 'Em Sailing
as Joseph Cummins