Jim Davis
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Perry Mason
George Tabor
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Capt. Joe Farrell
1957
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Bonanza
Sam Butler
1959
Series
Bonanza
Sam Wolfe
1959
Series
Bonanza
Johnny
1959
Series
Lassie
1954
Series
Dallas
Jock Ewing
1978
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Series
Rawhide
Sheriff
1959
Series
Daniel Boone
Carpenter
1964
Series
Daniel Boone
Sam Ralston
1964
Series
Daniel Boone
Rafe Carson
1964
Series
The F.B.I.
Ellis Bengston
1965
Series
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Series
The Lucy Show
Cardenas
1962
Series
Miss USA
Self - Judge
1963
Series
The High Chaparral
Robbins
1967
Series
Night Gallery
1970
Series
Gunsmoke
Clell Williams
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Gainer
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Jim Basset
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Jubal Gray
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Ben Rawlins
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Wes Cameron
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Sheriff Shackwood
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Amos Carver
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Dave Carpenter
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Luke Rumbaugh
1955
Series
The Streets of San Francisco
Roy Johnson
1972
Series
The Millionaire
Jim Driskill
1955
Series
Laramie
1959
Series
Laredo
1965
Series
The Time Tunnel
Col. Jim Bowie
1966
Series
Branded
1965
Series
Branded
James Swaney
1965
Series
The Silent Service
Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe
1957
Series
December Bride
1954
Series
The Tall Man
1960
Series
Cavalcade of America
J.L. Armstrong
1952
Series
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Series
Stoney Burke
1962
Series
Banacek
Ed McKay
1972
Series
Outlaws
1960
Film
The Magnificent Seven
Gunman at Boot Hill
1960
Series
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
Series
26 Men
1957
Series
Yancy Derringer
Bullet Pike
1958
Series
The Sixth Sense
1972
Series
Coronado 9
1960
Series
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Series
Dangerous Assignment
Holcomb
1952
Series
Stories of the Century
Matt Clark
1954
Series
The Aquanauts
Sam Hogarth
1960
Series
Gunslinger
Jeb Crane
1961
Series
Hunter
1977
Film
El Dorado
Jim Purvis
1966
Series
Death Valley Days
Ezra Meeker
1952
Film
Rio Lobo
Riley
1970
Gang Busters
1952
Series
The Quest
1976
Series
General Electric Theater
Cole Treuitt
1953
Film
Big Jake
Head of Lynching Party
1971
Film
The Outcast
Major Linton Cosgrave
1954
Rescue 8
1958
Film
Bad Company
Marshal
1972
Film
The Parallax View
George Hammond
1974
Film
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Slave Overseer (uncredited)
1949
O. Henry Playhouse
Robert Arnold
1957
Film
Brimstone
Nick Courteen
1949
The Cowboys
Marshal Bill Winter
1974
Film
White Cargo
Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
1942
Film
Alias Jesse James
Frank James
1959
Film
Comes a Horseman
Julie Blocker
1978
Film
Cavalry Scout
Lt. Spaulding
1951
Film
Monte Walsh
Cal Brennan
1970
Film
The Big Sky
Streak
1952
Series
Kung Fu
Sheriff Grogan
1972
Film
The Restless Breed
Ed Newton
1957
Film
The Choirboys
Drobeck
1977
Film
Fort Utah
Scarecrow
1967
Film
Guns Don't Argue
Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
1957
Film
Iron Angel
Sgt. Walsh
1964
Film
The Last Command
Ben Evans
1955
Film
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Sgt. Martin
1971
Film
They Ran for Their Lives
Vince Ballard
1968
Film
Oh! Susanna
Ira Jordan
1951
Film
Stand by for Action
Talker (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Day Time Ended
Grant Williams
1980
Film
The Cariboo Trail
Miller
1950
Film
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Marshal MacPhee
1966
Film
The Honkers
Sheriff Potter
1972
Film
Satan's Triangle
Hal
1975
Film
Frontier Uprising
Jim Stockton
1961
Film
Last Stagecoach West
Bill Cameron
1957
Film
Tennessee Johnson
Reporter (uncredited)
1942
Film
California Passage
Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
1950
Film
Pilot #5
Military Policeman
1943
Film
Killing Stone
Sen. Barry Tyler
1978
Film
Northwest Rangers
Mountie with Warrant
1942
Film
The Trackers
Sheriff Naylor
1971
Film
Ride the Man Down
Red Courteen
1952
Film
Blonde Bait
Nick Randall
1956
Film
The Maverick Queen
The Stranger
1956
Film
The Sea Hornet
Tony Sullivan
1951
Film
Little Big Horn
Cpl. Doan Moylan
1951
Film
Swing Shift Maisie
Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
1943
Film
Winter Meeting
Slick Novak
1948
Film
Hellfire
Gyp Stoner
1949
Film
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Johnny Ringo
1958
Film
Zebra in the Kitchen
Adam Carlyle
1965
Film
Inferno in Paradise
Rocky Stratton
1974
Film
The Runaway Barge
Capt. Buckshot Bates
1975
Film
The Bottom of the Bottle
George Cady
1956
Film
Woman of the North Country
Steve Powell
1952
Film
Hondo and the Apaches
Krantz
1967
Film
Gallant Bess
Harry
1946
Film
The Big Chase
Brad Bellows
1954
Film
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Mr. Wilkenson
1981
Film
Monster from Green Hell
Dr. Quent Brady
1957
Film
The Savage Horde
Lt. Mike Baker
1950
Film
Hi-Jacked
Joe Harper
1950
Film
Jubilee Trail
Silky
1954
Film
Apache Warrior
Ben Ziegler
1957
Film
Rose of Cimarron
Willie Whitewater
1952
Film
Three Desperate Men
Fred Denton
1951
Film
Raiders of Old California
Angus Clyde McKane
1957
Film
A Lust to Kill
Marshal Matt Gordon
1958
Film
Deliver Us from Evil
Dixie
1973
Film
Woman They Almost Lynched
Cole Younger
1953
Film
Merton of the Movies
Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
1947
Film
The Showdown
Cochran
1950
Film
The Ice House
Jake
1969
Film
The Wild Dakotas
Aaron Baring
1956
Film
Up Goes Maisie
Matthews (Uncredited)
1946
Film
The Vanishing American
Glendon
1955
Film
Frontier Gambler
Tony Burton
1956
Film
Five Bloody Graves
Clay Bates
1969
Just a Little Inconvenience
Dave Erickson
1977
Film
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
Jeff Harlan
1957
Film
Last of the Desperados
Chief Deputy John Poe
1955
Film
The Fabulous Texan
Sam Bass
1947
Film
Timberjack
Poole
1955
Film
The Gambler Wore a Gun
Case Silverthorne
1961
Film
Law of the Land
Sheriff Pat Lambrose
1976
Film
Noose for a Gunman
Case Britton
1960
Film
Enigma
Colonel Valentine
1977
Film
Duel at Apache Wells
Dean Cannary
1957
Film
Keep 'Em Sailing
Joseph Cummins
1942
Film
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Joe Tascarelli
1949
Film
Silver Canyon
Wade McQuarrie
1951
Film
The Outlaw's Daughter
Marshal Dan Porter
1954
Film
Wolf Dog
Jim Hughes
1958
Film
The Quiet Gun
Ralph Carpenter
1957
Film
Hell's Outpost
Sam Horne
1954
Film
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Dave Ryder
1949
Film
Flaming Frontier
Col. Hugh Carver
1958
Film
The Road Hustlers
Noah Reedy
1968
Film
Trail of Danger
Pop Apling
1978
Buttons and Her Beaus
1962
Film
Four Women in Black
Sheriff
1957