Acting · Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA · Born August 26, 1909
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.
MovieDon't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
as Mr. Wilkenson
MovieThe Day Time Ended
1980
as Grant Williams
MovieComes a Horseman
1978
as Julie Blocker
MovieKilling Stone
1978
as Sen. Barry Tyler
TVDallas
1978
as Jock Ewing
MovieTrail of Danger
1978
as Pop Apling
MovieThe Choirboys
1977
as Drobeck
Just a Little Inconvenience
1977
as Dave Erickson
MovieEnigma
1977
as Colonel Valentine
TVHunter
1977
TVThe Quest
1976
MovieLaw of the Land
1976
as Sheriff Pat Lambrose
MovieThe Runaway Barge
1975
as Capt. Buckshot Bates
MovieSatan's Triangle
1975
as Hal
MovieThe Parallax View
1974
as George Hammond
The Cowboys
1974
as Marshal Bill Winter
MovieInferno in Paradise
1974
as Rocky Stratton
MovieDeliver Us from Evil
1973
as Dixie
TVKung Fu
1972
as Sheriff Grogan
MovieBad Company
1972
as Marshal
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Roy Johnson
TVBanacek
1972
as Ed McKay
MovieThe Honkers
1972
as Sheriff Potter
TVThe Sixth Sense
1972
MovieThe Trackers
1971
as Sheriff Naylor
MovieDracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
as Sgt. Martin
MovieBig Jake
1971
as Head of Lynching Party
TVNight Gallery
1970
MovieMonte Walsh
1970
as Cal Brennan
MovieRio Lobo
1970
as Riley
MovieFive Bloody Graves
1969
as Clay Bates
TVThe Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
MovieThe Ice House
1969
as Jake
MovieThe Road Hustlers
1968
as Noah Reedy
MovieThey Ran for Their Lives
1968
as Vince Ballard
TVThe High Chaparral
1967
as Robbins
MovieHondo and the Apaches
1967
as Krantz
TVThe Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Sheriff Hawks
MovieFort Utah
1967
as Scarecrow
MovieEl Dorado
1966
as Jim Purvis
TVThe Time Tunnel
1966
as Col. Jim Bowie
MovieJesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966
as Marshal MacPhee
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Ellis Bengston
TVLaredo
1965
MovieZebra in the Kitchen
1965
as Adam Carlyle
TVBranded
1965
TVDaniel Boone
1964
as Carpenter
MovieIron Angel
1964
as Sgt. Walsh
TVMiss USA
1963
as Self - Judge
TVThe Lucy Show
1962
as Cardenas
TVStoney Burke
1962
Buttons and Her Beaus
1962
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MovieThe Gambler Wore a Gun
1961
as Case Silverthorne
TVGunslinger
1961
as Jeb Crane
MovieFrontier Uprising
1961
as Jim Stockton
MovieThe Magnificent Seven
1960
as Gunman at Boot Hill
TVOutlaws
1960
TVThe Aquanauts
1960
as Sam Hogarth
TVThe Tall Man
1960
TVCoronado 9
1960
MovieNoose for a Gunman
1960
as Case Britton
TVLaramie
1959
TVBonanza
1959
as Sam Butler
MovieAlias Jesse James
1959
as Frank James
TVRawhide
1959
as Sheriff
TVYancy Derringer
1958
as Bullet Pike
MovieA Lust to Kill
1958
as Marshal Matt Gordon
TVThe Donna Reed Show
1958
Rescue 8
1958
MovieFlaming Frontier
1958
as Col. Hugh Carver
MovieWolf Dog
1958
as Jim Hughes
MovieThe Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958
as Johnny Ringo
MovieRaiders of Old California
1957
as Angus Clyde McKane
TV26 Men
1957
TVPerry Mason
1957
as George Tabor
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieGuns Don't Argue
1957
as Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
MovieThe Quiet Gun
1957
as Ralph Carpenter
MovieLast Stagecoach West
1957
as Bill Cameron
MovieApache Warrior
1957
as Ben Ziegler
MovieMonster from Green Hell
1957
as Dr. Quent Brady
MovieThe Restless Breed
1957
as Ed Newton
MovieFour Women in Black
1957
as Sheriff
MovieThe Badge of Marshal Brennan
1957
as Jeff Harlan
TVThe Silent Service
1957
as Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe
MovieDuel at Apache Wells
1957
as Dean Cannary
O. Henry Playhouse
1957
as Robert Arnold
MovieFrontier Gambler
1956
as Tony Burton
MovieThe Maverick Queen
1956
as The Stranger
MovieBlonde Bait
1956
as Nick Randall
MovieThe Wild Dakotas
1956
as Aaron Baring
MovieThe Bottom of the Bottle
1956
as George Cady
MovieThe Vanishing American
1955
as Glendon
MovieLast of the Desperados
1955
as Chief Deputy John Poe
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Clell Williams
MovieThe Last Command
1955
as Ben Evans
MovieTimberjack
1955
as Poole
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Jim Driskill
MovieHell's Outpost
1954
as Sam Horne
MovieThe Outlaw's Daughter
1954
as Marshal Dan Porter
TVDecember Bride
1954
TVLassie
1954
MovieThe Outcast
1954
as Major Linton Cosgrave
MovieThe Big Chase
1954
as Brad Bellows
MovieJubilee Trail
1954
as Silky
TVStories of the Century
1954
as Matt Clark
MovieWoman They Almost Lynched
1953
as Cole Younger
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Cole Treuitt
MovieRide the Man Down
1952
as Red Courteen
TVCavalcade of America
1952
as J.L. Armstrong
TVDeath Valley Days
1952
as Ezra Meeker
MovieThe Big Sky
1952
as Streak
MovieWoman of the North Country
1952
as Steve Powell
Gang Busters
1952
MovieRose of Cimarron
1952
as Willie Whitewater
TVDangerous Assignment
1952
MovieThe Sea Hornet
1951
as Tony Sullivan
MovieSilver Canyon
1951
as Wade McQuarrie
MovieLittle Big Horn
1951
as Cpl. Doan Moylan
MovieCavalry Scout
1951
as Lt. Spaulding
MovieOh! Susanna
1951
as Ira Jordan
MovieThree Desperate Men
1951
as Fred Denton
MovieCalifornia Passage
1950
as Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
MovieThe Showdown
1950
as Cochran
MovieThe Cariboo Trail
1950
as Miller
MovieHi-Jacked
1950
as Joe Harper
MovieThe Savage Horde
1950
as Lt. Mike Baker
MovieYes Sir, That's My Baby
1949
as Joe Tascarelli
MovieBrimstone
1949
as Nick Courteen
MovieHellfire
1949
as Gyp Stoner
MovieRed Stallion In The Rockies
1949
as Dave Ryder
MovieA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Slave Overseer (uncredited)
MovieWinter Meeting
1948
as Slick Novak
MovieThe Fabulous Texan
1947
as Sam Bass
MovieMerton of the Movies
1947
as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
MovieGallant Bess
1946
as Harry
MovieUp Goes Maisie
1946
as Matthews (Uncredited)
MovieSwing Shift Maisie
1943
as Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
MoviePilot #5
1943
as Military Policeman
MovieStand by for Action
1942
as Talker (uncredited)
MovieWhite Cargo
1942
as Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
MovieTennessee Johnson
1942
as Reporter (uncredited)
MovieKeep 'Em Sailing
1942
as Joseph Cummins
MovieNorthwest Rangers
1942
as Mountie with Warrant
