Jim Davis
Acting
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.
TV Shows(47)
Dallas
Jock Ewing
1978
Hunter
1977
The Quest
1976
The Cowboys
Marshal Bill Winter
1974
Kung Fu
Sheriff Grogan
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Roy Johnson
1972
Banacek
Ed McKay
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
Night Gallery
1970
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
The High Chaparral
Robbins
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
The Time Tunnel
Col. Jim Bowie
1966
The F.B.I.
Ellis Bengston
1965
Laredo
1965
Branded
1965
Daniel Boone
Carpenter
1964
Miss USA
Self - Judge
1963
The Lucy Show
Cardenas
1962
Stoney Burke
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Gunslinger
Jeb Crane
1961
Outlaws
1960
The Aquanauts
Sam Hogarth
1960
The Tall Man
1960
Coronado 9
1960
Laramie
1959
Bonanza
Sam Wolfe
1959
Rawhide
Sheriff
1959
Yancy Derringer
Bullet Pike
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Rescue 8
1958
26 Men
1957
Perry Mason
George Tabor
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Silent Service
Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe
1957
O. Henry Playhouse
Robert Arnold
1957
Gunsmoke
Clell Williams
1955
The Millionaire
Jim Driskill
1955
December Bride
1954
Lassie
1954
Stories of the Century
Matt Clark
1954
General Electric Theater
Cole Treuitt
1953
Cavalcade of America
J.L. Armstrong
1952
Death Valley Days
Ezra Meeker
1952
Gang Busters
1952
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Movies(98)
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Mr. Wilkenson
1981
The Day Time Ended
Grant Williams
1980
Comes a Horseman
Julie Blocker
1978
Killing Stone
Sen. Barry Tyler
1978
Trail of Danger
Pop Apling
1978
The Choirboys
Drobeck
1977
Just a Little Inconvenience
Dave Erickson
1977
Enigma
Colonel Valentine
1977
Law of the Land
Sheriff Pat Lambrose
1976
The Runaway Barge
Capt. Buckshot Bates
1975
Satan's Triangle
Hal
1975
The Parallax View
George Hammond
1974
Inferno in Paradise
Rocky Stratton
1974
Deliver Us from Evil
Dixie
1973
Bad Company
Marshal
1972
The Honkers
Sheriff Potter
1972
The Trackers
Sheriff Naylor
1971
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Sgt. Martin
1971
Big Jake
Head of Lynching Party
1971
Monte Walsh
Cal Brennan
1970
Rio Lobo
Riley
1970
Five Bloody Graves
Clay Bates
1969
The Ice House
Jake
1969
The Road Hustlers
Noah Reedy
1968
They Ran for Their Lives
Vince Ballard
1968
Hondo and the Apaches
Krantz
1967
Fort Utah
Scarecrow
1967
El Dorado
Jim Purvis
1966
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Marshal MacPhee
1966
Zebra in the Kitchen
Adam Carlyle
1965
Iron Angel
Sgt. Walsh
1964
Buttons and Her Beaus
1962
The Gambler Wore a Gun
Case Silverthorne
1961
Frontier Uprising
Jim Stockton
1961
The Magnificent Seven
Gunman at Boot Hill
1960
Noose for a Gunman
Case Britton
1960
Alias Jesse James
Frank James
1959
A Lust to Kill
Marshal Matt Gordon
1958
Flaming Frontier
Col. Hugh Carver
1958
Wolf Dog
Jim Hughes
1958
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Johnny Ringo
1958
Raiders of Old California
Angus Clyde McKane
1957
Guns Don't Argue
Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
1957
The Quiet Gun
Ralph Carpenter
1957
Last Stagecoach West
Bill Cameron
1957
Apache Warrior
Ben Ziegler
1957
Monster from Green Hell
Dr. Quent Brady
1957
The Restless Breed
Ed Newton
1957
Four Women in Black
Sheriff
1957
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
Jeff Harlan
1957
Duel at Apache Wells
Dean Cannary
1957
Frontier Gambler
Tony Burton
1956
The Maverick Queen
The Stranger
1956
Blonde Bait
Nick Randall
1956
The Wild Dakotas
Aaron Baring
1956
The Bottom of the Bottle
George Cady
1956
The Vanishing American
Glendon
1955
Last of the Desperados
Chief Deputy John Poe
1955
The Last Command
Ben Evans
1955
Timberjack
Poole
1955
Hell's Outpost
Sam Horne
1954
The Outlaw's Daughter
Marshal Dan Porter
1954
The Outcast
Major Linton Cosgrave
1954
The Big Chase
Brad Bellows
1954
Jubilee Trail
Silky
1954
Woman They Almost Lynched
Cole Younger
1953
Ride the Man Down
Red Courteen
1952
The Big Sky
Streak
1952
Woman of the North Country
Steve Powell
1952
Rose of Cimarron
Willie Whitewater
1952
The Sea Hornet
Tony Sullivan
1951
Silver Canyon
Wade McQuarrie
1951
Little Big Horn
Cpl. Doan Moylan
1951
Cavalry Scout
Lt. Spaulding
1951
Oh! Susanna
Ira Jordan
1951
Three Desperate Men
Fred Denton
1951
California Passage
Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
1950
The Showdown
Cochran
1950
The Cariboo Trail
Miller
1950
Hi-Jacked
Joe Harper
1950
The Savage Horde
Lt. Mike Baker
1950
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Joe Tascarelli
1949
Brimstone
Nick Courteen
1949
Hellfire
Gyp Stoner
1949
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Dave Ryder
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Slave Overseer (uncredited)
1949
Winter Meeting
Slick Novak
1948
The Fabulous Texan
Sam Bass
1947
Merton of the Movies
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
1947
Gallant Bess
Harry
1946
Up Goes Maisie
Matthews (Uncredited)
1946
Swing Shift Maisie
Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
1943
Pilot #5
Military Policeman
1943
Stand by for Action
Talker (uncredited)
1942
White Cargo
Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
1942
Tennessee Johnson
Reporter (uncredited)
1942
Keep 'Em Sailing
Joseph Cummins
1942
Northwest Rangers
Mountie with Warrant
1942