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