Jim Davis
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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.
Acted in
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
as Mr. Wilkenson
The Day Time Ended
1980
as Grant Williams
Comes a Horseman
1978
as Julie Blocker
Killing Stone
1978
as Sen. Barry Tyler
Dallas
1978
as Jock Ewing
Trail of Danger
1978
as Pop Apling
The Choirboys
1977
as Drobeck
Just a Little Inconvenience
1977
as Dave Erickson
Hunter
1977
The Quest
1976
Law of the Land
1976
as Sheriff Pat Lambrose
The Runaway Barge
1975
as Capt. Buckshot Bates
Satan's Triangle
1975
as Hal
The Parallax View
1974
as George Hammond
The Cowboys
1974
as Marshal Bill Winter
Inferno in Paradise
1974
as Rocky Stratton
Deliver Us from Evil
1973
as Dixie
Kung Fu
1972
Bad Company
1972
as Marshal
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Roy Johnson
Banacek
1972
as Ed McKay
The Honkers
1972
as Sheriff Potter
The Sixth Sense
1972
The Trackers
1971
as Sheriff Naylor
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
as Sgt. Martin
Big Jake
1971
as Head of Lynching Party
Night Gallery
1970
Monte Walsh
1970
as Cal Brennan
Rio Lobo
1970
as Rio Lobo Deputy
Five Bloody Graves
1969
as Clay Bates
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
The Ice House
1969
as Jake
The Road Hustlers
1968
as Noah Reedy
They Ran for Their Lives
1968
as Vince Ballard
The High Chaparral
1967
as Robbins
Hondo and the Apaches
1967
as Krantz
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Fort Utah
1967
as Scarecrow
El Dorado
1966
as Jim Purvis
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Col. Jim Bowie
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966
as Marshal MacPhee
The F.B.I.
1965
as Ellis Bengston
Laredo
1965
Zebra in the Kitchen
1965
as Adam Carlyle
Branded
1965
Daniel Boone
1964
as Carpenter
Daniel Boone
1964
as Sam Ralston
Daniel Boone
1964
as Rafe Carson
Iron Angel
1964
as Sgt. Walsh
Miss USA
1963
as Judge
The Lucy Show
1962
as Cardenas
Stoney Burke
1962
Buttons and Her Beaus
1962
The Gambler Wore a Gun
1961
as Case Silverthorne
Frontier Uprising
1961
as Jim Stockton
The Magnificent Seven
1960
as Gunman at Boot Hill
Outlaws
1960
The Aquanauts
1960
as Sam Hogarth
The Tall Man
1960
Coronado 9
1960
Noose for a Gunman
1960
as Case Britton
Laramie
1959
Bonanza
1959
as Sam Wolfe
Bonanza
1959
as Sam Butler
Bonanza
1959
as Johnny
Alias Jesse James
1959
as Frank James
Rawhide
1959
as Sheriff
Yancy Derringer
1958
as Bullet Pike
Lust to Kill
1958
as Marshal Matt Gordon
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Rescue 8
1958
Flaming Frontier
1958
as Col. Hugh Carver
Wolf Dog
1958
as Jim Hughes
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958
as Johnny Ringo
Raiders of Old California
1957
as Angus Clyde McKane
26 Men
1957
Perry Mason
1957
as George Tabor
Perry Mason
1957
as Capt. Joe Farrell
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Quiet Gun
1957
as Ralph Carpenter
Last Stagecoach West
1957
as Bill Cameron
Apache Warrior
1957
as Ben Ziegler
Monster from Green Hell
1957
as Dr. Quent Brady
The Restless Breed
1957
as Ed Newton
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
1957
as Jeff Harlan
The Silent Service
1957
as Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe
Duel at Apache Wells
1957
as Dean Cannary
O. Henry Playhouse
1957
as Robert Arnold
Guns Don't Argue
1957
as Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
Frontier Gambler
1956
as Tony Burton
The Maverick Queen
1956
as The Stranger
Blonde Bait
1956
as Nick Randall
The Wild Dakotas
1956
as Aaron Baring
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956
as George Cady
The Vanishing American
1955
as Glendon
Last of the Desperados
1955
as Chief Deputy John Poe
Gunsmoke
1955
as Clell Williams
Gunsmoke
1955
as Gainer
Gunsmoke
1955
as Jim Basset
Gunsmoke
1955
as Jubal Gray
Gunsmoke
1955
as Ben Rawlins
Gunsmoke
1955
as Wes Cameron
Gunsmoke
1955
as Sheriff Shackwood
Gunsmoke
1955
as Amos Carver
Gunsmoke
1955
as Dave Carpenter
Gunsmoke
1955
as Luke Rumbaugh
The Last Command
1955
as Ben Evans
Timberjack
1955
as Poole
The Millionaire
1955
as Jim Driskill
Hell's Outpost
1954
as Sam Horne
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954
as Marshal Dan Porter
December Bride
1954
Lassie
1954
The Outcast
1954
as Major Linton Cosgrave
The Big Chase
1954
as Brad Bellows
Jubilee Trail
1954
as Silky
Stories of the Century
1954
as Matt Clark
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
as Cole Younger
General Electric Theater
1953
as Cole Treuitt
Ride the Man Down
1952
as Red Courteen
Cavalcade of America
1952
as J.L. Armstrong
The Big Sky
1952
as Streak
Woman of the North Country
1952
as Steve Powell
Gang Busters
1952
Rose of Cimarron
1952
as Willie Whitewater
Dangerous Assignment
1952
The Sea Hornet
1951
as Tony Sullivan
Silver Canyon
1951
as Wade McQuarrie
Little Big Horn
1951
as Cpl. Doan Moylan
Cavalry Scout
1951
as Lt. Spaulding
Oh! Susanna
1951
as Ira Jordan
Three Desperate Men
1951
as Fred Denton
California Passage
1950
as Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
The Showdown
1950
as Cochran
The Cariboo Trail
1950
as Miller
Hi-Jacked
1950
as Joe Harper
The Savage Horde
1950
as Lt. Mike Baker
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949
as Joe Tascarelli
Brimstone
1949
as Nick Courteen
Hellfire
1949
as Gyp Stoner
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949
as Dave Ryder
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Slave Overseer (uncredited)
Winter Meeting
1948
as Slick Novak
The Fabulous Texan
1947
as Sam Bass
Merton of the Movies
1947
as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
Gallant Bess
1946
as Harry
Up Goes Maisie
1946
as Matthews (Uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
as Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
Pilot #5
1943
as Military Policeman
Stand by for Action
1942
as Talker (uncredited)
White Cargo
1942
as Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
Tennessee Johnson
1942
as Reporter (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Sailing
1942
as Joseph Cummins
Northwest Rangers
1942
as Mountie with Warrant