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Jim Davis (born Marlin Davis, August 26, 1909 β 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, 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
all 143
Movies 99
TV Shows 44
Narrator 1
Legends of the Old West: Stories of the Century (2004)
Attack of the Killer B-Movies (1995)
The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 (1991)
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)
The Day Time Ended (1980)
Comes a Horseman (1978)
Killing Stone (1978)
Dallas (1978)
Trail of Danger (1978)
The Choirboys (1977)
Just a Little Inconvenience (1977)
Hunter (1977)
The Quest (1976)
Law of the Land (1976)
The Runaway Barge (1975)
Satan's Triangle (1975)
The Parallax View (1974)
The Cowboys (1974)
Inferno in Paradise (1974)
Deliver Us from Evil (1973)
Kung Fu (1972)
Jigsaw (1972)
Bad Company (1972)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
Banacek (1972)
The Honkers (1972)
The Sixth Sense (1972)
The Trackers (1971)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
Big Jake (1971)
Night Gallery (1970)
Monte Walsh (1970)
Rio Lobo (1970)
Five Bloody Graves (1969)
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969)
The Ice House (1969)
They Ran for Their Lives (1968)
The Road Hustlers (1968)
The High Chaparral (1967)
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
Hondo and the Apaches (1967)
Fort Utah (1967)
El Dorado (1966)
The Time Tunnel (1966)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)
The F.B.I. (1965)
Laredo (1965)
Zebra in the Kitchen (1965)
Branded (1965)
Daniel Boone (1964)
Iron Angel (1964)
Stoney Burke (1962)
The Lucy Show (1962)
Buttons and Her Beaus (1962)
The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961)
Frontier Uprising (1961)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Outlaws (1960)
The Aquanauts (1960)
The Tall Man (1960)
Coronado 9 (1960)
Noose for a Gunman (1960)
Laramie (1959)
Bonanza (1959)
Alias Jesse James (1959)
Rawhide (1959)
Yancy Derringer (1958)
Lust to Kill (1958)
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Rescue 8 (1958)
Flaming Frontier (1958)
Wolf Dog (1958)
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958)
Raiders of Old California (1957)
26 Men (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
The Quiet Gun (1957)
Last Stagecoach West (1957)
Apache Warrior (1957)
Monster from Green Hell (1957)
The Restless Breed (1957)
The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957)
The Silent Service (1957)
Duel at Apache Wells (1957)
O. Henry Playhouse (1957)
Guns Don't Argue (1957)
Frontier Gambler (1956)
The Maverick Queen (1956)
Blonde Bait (1956)
The Wild Dakotas (1956)
The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
The Vanishing American (1955)
Last of the Desperados (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
The Last Command (1955)
Timberjack (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
Hell's Outpost (1954)
The Outlaw's Daughter (1954)
December Bride (1954)
Lassie (1954)
The Outcast (1954)
The Big Chase (1954)
Jubilee Trail (1954)
Stories of the Century (1954)
Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Ride the Man Down (1952)
Cavalcade of America (1952)
The Big Sky (1952)
Woman of the North Country (1952)
Gang Busters (1952)
Rose of Cimarron (1952)
Dangerous Assignment (1952)
The Sea Hornet (1951)
Silver Canyon (1951)
Little Big Horn (1951)
Cavalry Scout (1951)
Oh! Susanna (1951)
Three Desperate Men (1951)
California Passage (1950)
The Showdown (1950)
The Cariboo Trail (1950)
Hi-Jacked (1950)
The Savage Horde (1950)
Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1949)
Brimstone (1949)
Hellfire (1949)
Red Stallion In The Rockies (1949)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
Winter Meeting (1948)
The Fabulous Texan (1947)
Merton of the Movies (1947)
Gallant Bess (1946)
Up Goes Maisie (1946)
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
Pilot #5 (1943)
Stand by for Action (1942)
White Cargo (1942)
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Keep 'Em Sailing (1942)
Northwest Rangers (1942)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1909-08-26
Deathday1981-04-26 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceEdgerton, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJames Davis, Marlin Davis
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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