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