Jim Davis
Biography
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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.
Known For
Acting
1966
asMarshal MacPhee
1942
asReporter (uncredited)
1971
asHead of Lynching Party
1972
asMarshal
1970
asRiley
1952
asStreak
1948
asSlick Novak
1971
asSgt. Martin
1974
asGeorge Hammond
1970
asCal Brennan
1957
asDr. Quent Brady
1969
asClay Bates
1980
asGrant Williams
1942
asSeaplane Pilot (uncredited)
1954
asBrad Bellows
1950
asJoe Harper
1975
asHal
1942
asTalker (uncredited)
1965
asAdam Carlyle
1968
asNoah Reedy
1956
asGeorge Cady
1951
asFred Denton
1956
asNick Randall
1968
asVince Ballard
1957
asAngus Clyde McKane
1951
asCpl. Doan Moylan
1943
asMilitary Policeman
1957
asEd Newton
1950
asLt. Mike Baker
1973
asDixie
1957
asDean Cannary
1956
asAaron Baring
1961
asCase Silverthorne
1956
asTony Burton
1964
asSgt. Walsh
1960
asCase Britton
1955
asGlendon
1954
asMajor Linton Cosgrave
1957
asJeff Harlan
1957
asRalph Carpenter
1961
asJim Stockton
1950
asMiller
1952
asWillie Whitewater
1958
asMarshal Matt Gordon
1957
asBill Cameron
1971
asSheriff Naylor
1967
asKrantz
1958
asJohnny Ringo
1969
asJake
1958
asJim Hughes
1962
as
1978
asJulie Blocker
1977
asDave Erickson
1949
asNick Courteen
1946
asHarry
1951
asIra Jordan
1955
asPoole
1978
asSen. Barry Tyler
1951
asLt. Spaulding
1977
asDrobeck
1957
asBen Ziegler
1953
asCole Younger
1952
asRed Courteen
1972
asSheriff Potter
1949
asDave Ryder
1975
asCapt. Buckshot Bates
1949
asJoe Tascarelli
1960
asGunman at Boot Hill
1954
asMarshal Dan Porter
1951
asWade McQuarrie
1949
asSlave Overseer (uncredited)
1950
asCochran
1955
asBen Evans
1976
asSheriff Pat Lambrose
1947
asVon Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
1947
asSam Bass
1949
asGyp Stoner
1954
asSam Horne
1954
asSilky
1967
asScarecrow
1951
asTony Sullivan
1950
asLincoln 'Linc' Corey
1942
asJoseph Cummins
1952
asSteve Powell
1942
asMountie with Warrant
1955
asChief Deputy John Poe
1958
asCol. Hugh Carver
1956
asThe Stranger
1957
asPolice Captain Stewart / Narrator
1974
asRocky Stratton
1981
asMr. Wilkenson
1978
asPop Apling
1959
asFrank James
1966
asJim Purvis
1943
asInvestigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
1946
asMatthews (Uncredited)
1957
asSheriff
asJock Ewing
asCol. Jim Bowie
as
asSheriff Grogan
asEllis Bengston
asCardenas
asRoy Johnson
asClell Williams
asGeorge Tabor
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asCole Treuitt
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asSheriff
as
asCarpenter
asRobbins
asJim Driskill
asBullet Pike
asSam Hogarth
asas 
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asJ.L. Armstrong
asasMarshal Bill Winter
asMatt Clark
asRobert Arnold
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asasGainer
asJim Basset
asJubal Gray
asBen Rawlins
asWes Cameron
asAmos Carver
asSheriff Shackwood
asEd McKay
asDave Carpenter
asLuke Rumbaugh
asSam Ralston
asRafe Carson
asCapt. Joe Farrell
asSam Wolfe
asSam Butler
asComm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe
asJohnny
asSelf
asSelf - Judge
asEzra Meeker
asJames Swaney
Production
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