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