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