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