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Jim Davis
Actor
Born August 26, 1909Died April 26, 1981 (71 years)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
| 2021 | Monster from British Hell · as Dr. Quent Brady |
| 2019 | |
| 2011 | Miss USA Pageant (TV Series) · as Judge |
| 2004 | Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork · as Jock Ewing |
| 2002 | After Dallas · as Jock Ewing |
| 2000 | Doing Dallas · as Jock Ewing |
| 1995 | Attack of the Killer B-Movies · as Cast |
| 1991 | The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 · as Corporal |
| 1981 | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige · as Mr. Wilkenson |
| 1979 | The Day Time Ended · as Grant Williams |
| 1978 | Comes a Horseman · as Julie Blocker |
| 1978 | Dallas (TV Series) · as Jock Ewing |
| 1978 | Project UFO (TV Series) · as Earl Clay |
| 1977 | The Choirboys · as Drobeck |
| 1977 | Just a Little Inconvenience · as Dave Erickson |
| 1977 | The Legend of Frank Woods · as Deputy |
| 1976 | The Quest (1976) (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Hunter (1977) (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Law of the Land · as Sheriff Pat Lambrose |
| 1976 | The Oregon Trail (TV Series) · as J.d. Price |
| 1975 | The Blue Knight (TV Series) · as Daniels |
| 1975 | The Runaway Barge · as Capt. Buckshot Bates |
| 1975 | Caribe (TV Series) · as David Mayfield |
| 1975 | Satan's Triangle · as Hal |
| 1974 | The Parallax View · as George Hammond |
| 1974 | The Cowboys (TV Series) · as Marshal Bill Winter |
| 1974 | Inferno in Paradise · as Rocky Stratton |
| 1973 | Deliver Us from Evil · as Dixie |
| 1973 | One Little Indian · as Trail Boss |
| 1972 | Bad Company · as Marshal |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as Roy Johnson |
| 1972 | The Honkers · as Sheriff Potter |
| 1972 | Banacek (TV Series) · as Ed Mckay |
| 1972 | Kung Fu (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense (TV Series) |
| 1971 | The Trackers · as Sheriff Naylor |
| 1971 | Dracula vs. Frankenstein · as Sgt. Martin |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) · as Henry Rawdon |
| 1971 | Big Jake · as Head Of Lynching Party |
| 1971 | Vanished (1971) (TV Series) · as Capt. Cooledge |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Monte Walsh · as Cal Brennan |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Five Bloody Graves · as Clay Bates |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV Series) |
| 1969 | The Ice House · as Jake |
| 1968 | They Ran for Their Lives · as Vince Ballard |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral (TV Series) · as Robbins |
| 1967 | Hondo and the Apaches · as Krantz |
| 1967 | Hondo (TV Series) · as Krantz |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip (TV Series) · as Clo Vardeman |
| 1967 | Fort Utah · as Scarecrow |
| 1966 | El Dorado · as Jim Purvis |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel (TV Series) · as Col. Jim Bowie |
| 1966 | Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter · as Marshal Macphee |
| 1965 | Laredo (TV Series) |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Ellis Bengston |
| 1965 | Zebra in the Kitchen · as Adam Carlyle |
| 1965 | Branded (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Carpenter |
| 1964 | Iron Angel · as Sgt. Walsh |
| 1963 | The Littlest Hobo (1963) (TV Series) · as Danny Kilgarren |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Cardenas |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Mckinley |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Tim |
| 1961 | Whispering Smith (TV Series) · as Sam Chandler |
| 1961 | The Gambler Wore a Gun · as Case Silverthorne |
| 1961 | Gunslinger (TV Series) · as Jeb Crane |
| 1961 | Frontier Uprising · as Jim Stockton |
| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven · as Gunman At Boot Hill |
| 1960 | Outlaws (TV Series) |
| 1960 | The Aquanauts (TV Series) · as Sam Hogarth |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as The Marshal |
| 1960 | The Tall Man (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Coronado 9 (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Noose for a Gunman · as Case Britton |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Deputy (TV Series) · as Trace Phelan |
| 1959 | Markham (TV Series) · as Neal Holland |
| 1959 | Alias Jesse James · as Frank James |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 1958 | U.S. Marshal (TV Series) · as Harvey Granger |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer (TV Series) · as Bullet Pike |
| 1958 | A Lust to Kill · as Marshal Matt Gordon |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Rescue 8 (TV Series) |
| 1958 | The Toughest Gun in Tombstone · as Johnny Ringo |
| 1957 | Raiders of Old California · as Angus Clyde Mckane |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as George Tabor |
| 1957 | M Squad (TV Series) · as Harry Evans |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Clyde Hubble |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Last Stagecoach West · as Bill Cameron |
| 1957 | Apache Warrior · as Ben Ziegler |
| 1957 | Monster from Green Hell · as Dr. Quent Brady |
| 1957 | The Restless Breed · as Ed Newton |
| 1957 | The Badge of Marshal Brennan · as Jeff Harlan |
| 1957 | The Silent Service (TV Series) · as Comm. W. J. 'bill' Ruhe |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Al Porter |
| 1957 | The Quiet Gun · as Ralph Carpenter |
| 1957 | Duel at Apache Wells · as Dean Cannary |
| 1957 | O. Henry Playhouse (TV Series) · as Robert Arnold |
| 1957 | Guns Don't Argue · as Police Captain Stewart / Narrator |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 1956 | Frontier Gambler · as Tony Burton |
| 1956 | The Bottom of the Bottle · as George Cady |
| 1956 | Women Without Men · as Nick Randall (usa Version) |
| 1956 | The Maverick Queen · as The Stranger |
| 1956 | Blonde Bait · as Nick Randall |
| 1956 | The Wild Dakotas · as Aaron Baring |
| 1955 | The Vanishing American · as Glendon |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Clell Williams |
| 1955 | The Last Command · as Ben Evans |
| 1955 | Timberjack · as Poole |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Jim Driskill |
| 1954 | Hell's Outpost · as Sam Horne |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Col. Porter |
| 1954 | December Bride (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) |
| 1954 | The Outcast · as Major Linton Cosgrave |
| 1954 | The Big Chase · as Brad Bellows |
| 1954 | Stories of the Century (TV Series) · as Matt Clark |
| 1954 | Jubilee Trail · as Silky |
| 1953 | The President's Lady · as Jason Robards |
| 1953 | Woman They Almost Lynched · as Cole Younger |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Cole Treuitt |
| 1952 | Rose of Cimarron · as Willie Whitewater |
| 1952 | Ride the Man Down · as Red Courteen |
| 1952 | The Big Sky · as Streak |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as J.l. Armstrong |
| 1952 | Cowboy G-Men (TV Series) · as Dance - Shafer Henchman |
| 1952 | Woman of the North Country · as Steve Powell |
| 1952 | Gang Busters (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as William Lewis Manley |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Detective |
| 1951 | The Sea Hornet · as Tony Sullivan |
| 1951 | Silver Canyon · as Wade Mcquarrie |
| 1951 | Little Big Horn · as Cpl. Doan Moylan |
| 1951 | Cavalry Scout · as Lt. Spaulding |
| 1951 | Oh! Susanna · as Ira Jordan |
| 1951 | Three Desperate Men · as Fred Denton |
| 1950 | California Passage · as Lincoln 'linc' Corey |
| 1950 | The Showdown · as Cochran |
| 1950 | The Cariboo Trail · as Miller |
| 1950 | Hi-Jacked · as Joe Harper |
| 1950 | The Savage Horde · as Lt. Mike Baker |
| 1950 | Dangerous Assignment (TV Series) |
| 1949 | Yes Sir, That's My Baby · as Joe Tascarelli |
| 1949 | Brimstone · as Nick Courteen |
| 1949 | Hellfire · as Gyp Stoner |
| 1949 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court · as Slave Overseer (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Col. Streeter |
| 1948 | Winter Meeting · as Slick Novak |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Texan · as Sam Bass |
| 1947 | Merton of the Movies · as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge · as Badge Dessark |
| 1947 | The Beginning or the End · as Pilot At Tinian |
| 1946 | Gallant Bess · as Harry |
| 1946 | Up Goes Maisie · as Matthews (uncredited) |
| 1945 | What Next, Corporal Hargrove? · as Sgt. Hill |
| 1943 | Three Hearts for Julia · as Daily Globe Staff Member |
| 1943 | Swing Shift Maisie · as Investigator / Airport Announcer (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Salute to the Marines · as Pvt. Saunders |
| 1943 | Pilot #5 · as Military Policeman |
| 1942 | Stand by for Action · as Talker (uncredited) |
| 1942 | White Cargo · as Seaplane Pilot (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Tennessee Johnson · as Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Northwest Rangers · as Mountie With Warrant |
| 1942 | Cairo · as Sergeant |