Jim Davis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 26, 1909
- Died
- April 26, 1981
- Birthplace
- Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA
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
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige 1981
as Mr. Wilkenson
The Day Time Ended 1980
as Grant Williams
Comes a Horseman 1978
as Julie Blocker
Killing Stone 1978
as Sen. Barry Tyler
Trail of Danger 1978
as Pop Apling
The Choirboys 1977
as Drobeck
Just a Little Inconvenience 1977
as Dave Erickson
Enigma 1977
as Colonel Valentine
Law of the Land 1976
as Sheriff Pat Lambrose
The Runaway Barge 1975
as Capt. Buckshot Bates
Satan's Triangle 1975
as Hal
The Parallax View 1974
as George Hammond
Inferno in Paradise 1974
as Rocky Stratton
Deliver Us from Evil 1973
as Dixie
Bad Company 1972
as Marshal
The Honkers 1972
as Sheriff Potter
The Trackers 1971
as Sheriff Naylor
Dracula vs. Frankenstein 1971
as Sgt. Martin
Big Jake 1971
as Head of Lynching Party
Monte Walsh 1970
as Cal Brennan
Rio Lobo 1970
as Riley
Five Bloody Graves 1969
as Clay Bates
The Ice House 1969
as Jake
They Ran for Their Lives 1968
as Vince Ballard
The Road Hustlers 1968
as Noah Reedy
Hondo and the Apaches 1967
as Krantz
Fort Utah 1967
as Scarecrow
El Dorado 1966
as Jim Purvis
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter 1966
as Marshal MacPhee
Zebra in the Kitchen 1965
as Adam Carlyle
Iron Angel 1964
as Sgt. Walsh
- Buttons and Her Beaus
Buttons and Her Beaus 1962
Actor
The Gambler Wore a Gun 1961
as Case Silverthorne
Frontier Uprising 1961
as Jim Stockton
The Magnificent Seven 1960
as Gunman at Boot Hill
Noose for a Gunman 1960
as Case Britton
Alias Jesse James 1959
as Frank James
A Lust to Kill 1958
as Marshal Matt Gordon
Flaming Frontier 1958
as Col. Hugh Carver
Wolf Dog 1958
as Jim Hughes
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone 1958
as Johnny Ringo
Raiders of Old California 1957
as Angus Clyde McKane
Guns Don't Argue 1957
as Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
The Quiet Gun 1957
as Ralph Carpenter
Last Stagecoach West 1957
as Bill Cameron
Apache Warrior 1957
as Ben Ziegler
Monster from Green Hell 1957
as Dr. Quent Brady
The Restless Breed 1957
as Ed Newton
Four Women in Black 1957
as Sheriff
The Badge of Marshal Brennan 1957
as Jeff Harlan
Duel at Apache Wells 1957
as Dean Cannary
Frontier Gambler 1956
as Tony Burton
The Maverick Queen 1956
as The Stranger
Blonde Bait 1956
as Nick Randall
The Wild Dakotas 1956
as Aaron Baring
The Bottom of the Bottle 1956
as George Cady
The Vanishing American 1955
as Glendon
Last of the Desperados 1955
as Chief Deputy John Poe
The Last Command 1955
as Ben Evans
Timberjack 1955
as Poole
Hell's Outpost 1954
as Sam Horne
The Outlaw's Daughter 1954
as Marshal Dan Porter
The Outcast 1954
as Major Linton Cosgrave
The Big Chase 1954
as Brad Bellows
Jubilee Trail 1954
as Silky
Woman They Almost Lynched 1953
as Cole Younger
Ride the Man Down 1952
as Red Courteen
The Big Sky 1952
as Streak
Woman of the North Country 1952
as Steve Powell
Rose of Cimarron 1952
as Willie Whitewater
The Sea Hornet 1951
as Tony Sullivan
Silver Canyon 1951
as Wade McQuarrie
Little Big Horn 1951
as Cpl. Doan Moylan
Cavalry Scout 1951
as Lt. Spaulding
Oh! Susanna 1951
as Ira Jordan
Three Desperate Men 1951
as Fred Denton
California Passage 1950
as Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
The Showdown 1950
as Cochran
The Cariboo Trail 1950
as Miller
Hi-Jacked 1950
as Joe Harper
The Savage Horde 1950
as Lt. Mike Baker
Yes Sir, That's My Baby 1949
as Joe Tascarelli
Brimstone 1949
as Nick Courteen
Hellfire 1949
as Gyp Stoner
Red Stallion In The Rockies 1949
as Dave Ryder
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 1949
as Slave Overseer (uncredited)
Winter Meeting 1948
as Slick Novak
The Fabulous Texan 1947
as Sam Bass
Merton of the Movies 1947
as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
Gallant Bess 1946
as Harry
Up Goes Maisie 1946
as Matthews (Uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie 1943
as Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
Pilot #5 1943
as Military Policeman
Stand by for Action 1942
as Talker (uncredited)
White Cargo 1942
as Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
Tennessee Johnson 1942
as Reporter (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Sailing 1942
as Joseph Cummins
Northwest Rangers 1942
as Mountie with Warrant
Credits from TMDB.