Cast

Jim Davis

Acting

Cast

Jim Davis

Known for

Acting

Born

1909-08-26

From

Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA

Died

1981-04-26

Also known as James Davis, Marlin 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.

Jim Davis

Jim Davis

Biography

The Magnificent Seven

El Dorado

The Maverick Queen

The Parallax View

Rio Lobo

Last Stagecoach West

Hi-Jacked

Guns Don't Argue

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Big Jake

Stand by for Action

Comes a Horseman

Monte Walsh

Iron Angel

Keep 'Em Sailing

Five Bloody Graves

Blonde Bait

The Savage Horde

Bad Company

The Honkers

Swing Shift Maisie

Oh! Susanna

Hell's Outpost

Little Big Horn

Satan's Triangle

The Choirboys

Buttons and Her Beaus

Alias Jesse James

White Cargo

The Runaway Barge

Tennessee Johnson

The Sea Hornet

The Restless Breed

The Last Command

Hondo and the Apaches

The Outcast

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

The Big Sky

Woman of the North Country

Northwest Rangers

Merton of the Movies

Ride the Man Down

The Big Chase

The Day Time Ended

The Trackers

The Cariboo Trail

The Bottom of the Bottle

Zebra in the Kitchen

Woman They Almost Lynched

They Ran for Their Lives

Monster from Green Hell

The Badge of Marshal Brennan

Law of the Land

Pilot #5

Rose of Cimarron

Fort Utah

The Fabulous Texan

The Road Hustlers

The Showdown

Noose for a Gunman

Raiders of Old California

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

The Quiet Gun

Jubilee Trail

Winter Meeting

Trail of Danger

The Outlaw's Daughter

California Passage

Frontier Gambler

Brimstone

The Ice House

Duel at Apache Wells

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

A Lust to Kill

The Gambler Wore a Gun

Frontier Uprising

Timberjack