Jim Davis
Acting
🎂 1909-08-26
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.
Cast credits(155)
1954
Self
1961
Jock Ewing
1978
Ellis Bengston
1965
Sam Wolfe
1959
Sam Butler
1959
Johnny
1959
1957
1967
1972
1969
Self - Judge
1963
George Tabor
1957
Capt. Joe Farrell
1957
Carpenter
1964
Sam Ralston
1964
Rafe Carson
1964
Cardenas
1962
1959
1954
1958
Roy Johnson
1972
Sheriff
1959
1962
1960
Matt Clark
1954
Sam Hogarth
1960
Col. Jim Bowie
1966
Robert Arnold
1957
1977
Jim Driskill
1955
1976
Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe
1957
1952
Bullet Pike
1958
Robbins
1967
1970
1958
1952
Clell Williams
1955
Gainer
1955
Jim Basset
1955
Jubal Gray
1955
Ben Rawlins
1955
Wes Cameron
1955
Sheriff Shackwood
1955
Amos Carver
1955
Dave Carpenter
1955
Luke Rumbaugh
1955
1965
1960
1960
Ed McKay
1972
1957
1965
J.L. Armstrong
1952
Gunman at Boot Hill
1960
Cole Treuitt
1953
Riley
1970
Jim Purvis
1966
Streak
1952
Sheriff Grogan
1972
Marshal MacPhee
1966
Drobeck
1977
Head of Lynching Party
1971
George Hammond
1974
Marshal Bill Winter
1974
Hal
1975
Ed Newton
1957
Cal Brennan
1970
Marshal
1972
Slave Overseer (uncredited)
1949
Julie Blocker
1978
Frank James
1959
Reporter (uncredited)
1942
Dr. Quent Brady
1957
Gyp Stoner
1949
Sheriff Naylor
1971
Miller
1950
Red Courteen
1952
Wade McQuarrie
1951
Willie Whitewater
1952
Major Linton Cosgrave
1954
Clay Bates
1969
Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
1943
Joe Harper
1950
Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
1942
Ben Evans
1955
Talker (uncredited)
1942
Sgt. Martin
1971
Cpl. Doan Moylan
1951
Sheriff Potter
1972
Ira Jordan
1951
Steve Powell
1952
Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
1950
Lt. Mike Baker
1950
Sgt. Walsh
1964
Nick Courteen
1949
Angus Clyde McKane
1957
Bill Cameron
1957
Grant Williams
1980
Sam Horne
1954
Matthews (Uncredited)
1946
The Stranger
1956
Mr. Wilkenson
1981
Lt. Spaulding
1951
Nick Randall
1956
Military Policeman
1943
Sam Bass
1947
Johnny Ringo
1958
Cochran
1950
Jim Stockton
1961
Jeff Harlan
1957
Marshal Dan Porter
1954
Case Britton
1960
Adam Carlyle
1965
Slick Novak
1948
Sen. Barry Tyler
1978
Silky
1954
Fred Denton
1951
Scarecrow
1967
Marshal Matt Gordon
1958
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
1947
Jake
1969
Krantz
1967
Cole Younger
1953
Case Silverthorne
1961
Poole
1955
Tony Sullivan
1951
Glendon
1955
Brad Bellows
1954
Ben Ziegler
1957
Vince Ballard
1968
Dave Erickson
1977
Ralph Carpenter
1957
Dave Ryder
1949
George Cady
1956
Aaron Baring
1956
Capt. Buckshot Bates
1975
Mountie with Warrant
1942
Chief Deputy John Poe
1955
Dean Cannary
1957
Harry
1946
Dixie
1973
Jim Hughes
1958
1962
Joe Tascarelli
1949
Joseph Cummins
1942
Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
1957
Pop Apling
1978
Tony Burton
1956
Sheriff Pat Lambrose
1976
Noah Reedy
1968
Rocky Stratton
1974
Col. Hugh Carver
1958