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 Parallax View

Rio Lobo

Last Stagecoach West

Big Jake

Alias Jesse James

Little Big Horn

Comes a Horseman

The Maverick Queen

Bad Company

Hondo and the Apaches

Monster from Green Hell

Guns Don't Argue

Iron Angel

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Hi-Jacked

The Big Sky

The Last Command

Four Women in Black

The Runaway Barge

Satan's Triangle

The Choirboys

Stand by for Action

The Bottom of the Bottle

The Trackers

The Savage Horde

The Honkers

Monte Walsh

The Outcast

Tennessee Johnson

Buttons and Her Beaus

Hell's Outpost

White Cargo

Zebra in the Kitchen

The Day Time Ended

The Badge of Marshal Brennan

The Cariboo Trail

The Restless Breed

Keep 'Em Sailing

Swing Shift Maisie

Oh! Susanna

The Showdown

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

They Ran for Their Lives

The Big Chase

Five Bloody Graves

The Vanishing American

Last of the Desperados

Fort Utah

California Passage

Law of the Land

Frontier Uprising

Hellfire

Pilot #5

The Quiet Gun

Merton of the Movies

Deliver Us from Evil

Jubilee Trail

Rose of Cimarron

Blonde Bait

Enigma

Woman of the North Country

Northwest Rangers

Winter Meeting

Noose for a Gunman

The Sea Hornet

The Road Hustlers

Just a Little Inconvenience

The Outlaw's Daughter

Raiders of Old California

The Fabulous Texan

Apache Warrior

Three Desperate Men

Woman They Almost Lynched

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone