Jim Davis

Jim Davis

  • Birthday: 1909-08-26
  • Deathday: 1981-04-26
  • Place of birth: Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA
  • Also know as: James Davis

Biography

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.

Filmography

Monster from Green Hell

1957

As Dr. Quent Brady

The Day Time Ended

1980

As Grant Williams

Hi-Jacked

1950

As Joe Harper

The Road Hustlers

1968

As Noah Reedy

Raiders of Old California

1957

As Angus Clyde McKane

Iron Angel

1964

As Sgt. Walsh

The Gambler Wore a Gun

1961

As Case Silverthorne

Noose for a Gunman

1960

As Case Britton

The Badge of Marshal Brennan

1957

As Jeff Harlan

Frontier Uprising

1961

As Jim Stockton

Lust to Kill

1958

As Marshal Matt Gordon

Last Stagecoach West

1957

As Bill Cameron

Wolf Dog

1958

As Jim Hughes

Law of the Land

1976

As Sheriff Pat Lambrose

Keep 'Em Sailing

1942

As Joseph Cummins

Three Desperate Men

1951

As Fred Denton

Duel at Apache Wells

1957

As Dean Cannary

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

1958

As Johnny Ringo

Apache Warrior

1957

As Ben Ziegler

Flaming Frontier

1958

As Col. Hugh Carver

Trail of Danger

1978

As Pop Appling

Winter Meeting

1948

As Slick Novak

Five Bloody Graves

1969

As Clay Bates

The Wild Dakotas

1956

As Aaron Baring

The Outcast

1954

As Major Linton Cosgrave

The Ice House

1969

As Jake

Cavalry Scout

1951

As Lt. Spaulding

The Runaway Barge

1975

As Capt. Buckshot Bates

The Outlaw's Daughter

1954

As Marshal Dan Porter

Last of the Desperados

1955

As Chief Deputy John Poe

Inferno in Paradise

1974

As Rocky Stratton

Killing Stone

1978

As Sen. Barry Tyler

The Big Chase

1954

As Brad Bellows

They Ran for Their Lives

1968

As Vince Ballard

The Restless Breed

1957

As Ed Newton

Frontier Gambler

1956

As Tony Burton

Rose of Cimarron

1952

As Willie Whitewater

Hellfire

1949

As Gyp Stoner

California Passage

1950

As Lincoln 'Linc' Corey

Silver Canyon

1951

As Wade McQuarrie

Monte Walsh

1970

As Cal Brennan

Satan's Triangle

1975

As Hal

Zebra in the Kitchen

1965

As Adam Carlyle

Blonde Bait

1956

As Nick Randall

Little Big Horn

1951

As Cpl. Doan Moylan

The Savage Horde

1950

As Lt. Mike Baker

Deliver Us from Evil

1973

As Dixie

The Trackers

1971

As Sheriff Naylor

Just a Little Inconvenience

1977

As Dave Erickson

The Sea Hornet

1951

As Tony Sullivan

Alias Jesse James

1959

As Frank James

The Vanishing American

1955

As Glendon

Oh! Susanna

1951

As Ira Jordan

Red Stallion In The Rockies

1949

As Dave Ryder

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

1949

As Joe Tascarelli

The Showdown

1950

As Cochran

The Quiet Gun

1957

As Ralph Carpenter

Woman of the North Country

1952

As Steve Powell

The Cariboo Trail

1950

As Miller

Timberjack

1955

As Poole

The Honkers

1972

As Sheriff Potter

Hell's Outpost

1954

As Sam Horne

The Maverick Queen

1956

As The Stranger

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

1971

As Sgt. Martin

Bad Company

1972

As Marshal

Brimstone

1949

As Nick Courteen

Gallant Bess

1946

As Harry

Ride the Man Down

1952

As Red Courteen

Jubilee Trail

1954

As Silky

Fort Utah

1967

As Scarecrow

The Big Sky

1952

As Streak

The Bottom of the Bottle

1956

As George Cady

Rio Lobo

1970

As Rio Lobo Deputy

The Last Command

1955

As Ben Evans

Guns Don't Argue

1957

As Police Captain Stewart / Narrator

Comes a Horseman

1978

As Julie Blocker

Big Jake

1971

As Head of Lynching Party

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953

As Cole Younger

White Cargo

1942

As Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)

Hondo and the Apaches

1967

As Krantz

The Parallax View

1974

As George Hammond

The Fabulous Texan

1947

As Sam Bass

Pilot #5

1943

As Military Policeman

Merton of the Movies

1947

As Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)

Northwest Rangers

1942

As Mountie with Warrant

El Dorado

1966

As Jim Purvis

Up Goes Maisie

1946

As Matthews (Uncredited)

Tennessee Johnson

1942

As Reporter (uncredited)

The Choirboys

1977

As Drobeck

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949

As Slave Overseer (uncredited)

The Magnificent Seven

1960

As Gunman at Boot Hill

Stand by for Action

1942

As Talker (uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie

1943

As Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)

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