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