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person_profile-Jim Davis

Jim Davis Died at age: 71

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jim Davis

Date of Birth:

Aug 26, 1909

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Apr 26, 1981

Biography of

Jim Davis

    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.

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Filmography of

Jim Davis

Found 92 Movies in total

The Day Time Ended

Grant Williams ( Actor )

... 1980

Comes a Horseman

Julie Blocker ( Actor )

... 1978

Killing Stone

Sen. Barry Tyler ( Actor )

... 1978

Trail of Danger

Pop Appling ( Actor )

... 1978

The Choirboys

Drobeck ( Actor )

... 1977

Law of the Land

Sheriff Pat Lambrose ( Actor )

... 1976

The Runaway Barge

Capt. Buckshot Bates ( Actor )

... 1975

Satan's Triangle

Hal ( Actor )

... 1975

The Parallax View

George Hammond ( Actor )

... 1974

Inferno in Paradise

Rocky Stratton ( Actor )

... 1974

Deliver Us from Evil

Dixie ( Actor )

... 1973

Bad Company

Marshal ( Actor )

... 1972

The Honkers

Sheriff Potter ( Actor )

... 1972

The Trackers

Sheriff Naylor ( Actor )

... 1971

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Sgt. Martin ( Actor )

... 1971

Big Jake

Head of Lynching Party ( Actor )

... 1971

Monte Walsh

Cal Brennan ( Actor )

... 1970

Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo Deputy ( Actor )

... 1970

Five Bloody Graves

Clay Bates ( Actor )

... 1969

The Ice House

Jake ( Actor )

... 1969

They Ran for Their Lives

Vince Ballard ( Actor )

... 1968

The Road Hustlers

Noah Reedy ( Actor )

... 1968

Fort Utah

Scarecrow ( Actor )

... 1967

El Dorado

Jim Purvis ( Actor )

... 1966

... 1966

Zebra in the Kitchen

Adam Carlyle ( Actor )

... 1965

Iron Angel

Sgt. Walsh ( Actor )

... 1964

The Gambler Wore a Gun

Case Silverthorne ( Actor )

... 1961

Frontier Uprising

Jim Stockton ( Actor )

... 1961

The Magnificent Seven

Gunman at Boot Hill ( Actor )

... 1960

Noose for a Gunman

Case Britton ( Actor )

... 1960

Alias Jesse James

Frank James ( Actor )

... 1959

Lust to Kill

Marshal Matt Gordon ( Actor )

... 1958

Flaming Frontier

Col. Hugh Carver ( Actor )

... 1958

Wolf Dog

Jim Hughes ( Actor )

... 1958

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

Johnny Ringo ( Actor )

... 1958

Raiders of Old California

Angus Clyde McKane ( Actor )

... 1957

The Quiet Gun

Ralph Carpenter ( Actor )

... 1957

Last Stagecoach West

Bill Cameron ( Actor )

... 1957

Apache Warrior

Ben Ziegler ( Actor )

... 1957

Monster from Green Hell

Dr. Quent Brady ( Actor )

... 1957

The Restless Breed

Ed Newton ( Actor )

... 1957

The Badge of Marshal Brennan

Jeff Harlan ( Actor )

... 1957

Duel at Apache Wells

Dean Cannary ( Actor )

... 1957

Guns Don't Argue

Police Captain Stewart / Narrator ( Actor )

... 1957

Frontier Gambler

Tony Burton ( Actor )

... 1956

The Maverick Queen

The Stranger ( Actor )

... 1956

Blonde Bait

Nick Randall ( Actor )

... 1956

The Wild Dakotas

Aaron Baring ( Actor )

... 1956

The Bottom of the Bottle

George Cady ( Actor )

... 1956

The Vanishing American

Glendon ( Actor )

... 1955

Last of the Desperados

Chief Deputy John Poe ( Actor )

... 1955

The Last Command

Ben Evans ( Actor )

... 1955

Timberjack

Poole ( Actor )

... 1955

Hell's Outpost

Sam Horne ( Actor )

... 1954

The Outlaw's Daughter

Marshal Dan Porter ( Actor )

... 1954

The Outcast

Major Linton Cosgrave ( Actor )

... 1954

The Big Chase

Brad Bellows ( Actor )

... 1954

Jubilee Trail

Silky ( Actor )

... 1954

Woman They Almost Lynched

Cole Younger ( Actor )

... 1953

Ride the Man Down

Red Courteen ( Actor )

... 1952

The Big Sky

Streak ( Actor )

... 1952

Woman of the North Country

Steve Powell ( Actor )

... 1952

Rose of Cimarron

Willie Whitewater ( Actor )

... 1952

The Sea Hornet

Tony Sullivan ( Actor )

... 1951

Silver Canyon

Wade McQuarrie ( Actor )

... 1951

Little Big Horn

Cpl. Doan Moylan ( Actor )

... 1951

Cavalry Scout

Lt. Spaulding ( Actor )

... 1951

Oh! Susanna

Ira Jordan ( Actor )

... 1951

Three Desperate Men

Fred Denton ( Actor )

... 1951

California Passage

Lincoln 'Linc' Corey ( Actor )

... 1950

The Showdown

Cochran ( Actor )

... 1950

The Cariboo Trail

Miller ( Actor )

... 1950

Hi-Jacked

Joe Harper ( Actor )

... 1950

The Savage Horde

Lt. Mike Baker ( Actor )

... 1950

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Joe Tascarelli ( Actor )

... 1949

Brimstone

Nick Courteen ( Actor )

... 1949

Hellfire

Gyp Stoner ( Actor )

... 1949

Red Stallion In The Rockies

Dave Ryder ( Actor )

... 1949

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Slave Overseer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Winter Meeting

Slick Novak ( Actor )

... 1948

The Fabulous Texan

Sam Bass ( Actor )

... 1947

Merton of the Movies

Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Gallant Bess

Harry ( Actor )

... 1946

Up Goes Maisie

Matthews (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Swing Shift Maisie

Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Pilot #5

Military Policeman ( Actor )

... 1943

Stand by for Action

Talker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

White Cargo

Seaplane Pilot (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Tennessee Johnson

Reporter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

Northwest Rangers

Mountie with Warrant ( Actor )

... 1942