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