Jim Davis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

159

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-08-26

Day of death

1981-04-26 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA

Jim 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.

Known For

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Dallas

    Dallas

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • The Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show

  • Lassie

    Lassie

  • December Bride

    December Bride

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

  • The Time Tunnel

    The Time Tunnel

  • Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

  • The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Laramie

    Laramie

  • The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • Branded

    Branded

  • Branded

    Branded

  • Laredo

    Laredo

  • The Tall Man

    The Tall Man

  • The Guns of Will Sonnett

    The Guns of Will Sonnett

  • Miss USA

    Miss USA

  • Stoney Burke

    Stoney Burke

  • Banacek

    Banacek

  • El Dorado

    El Dorado

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

    The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

  • 26 Men

    26 Men

  • Yancy Derringer

    Yancy Derringer

  • The Sixth Sense

    The Sixth Sense

  • Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

    Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

  • The Gambler Wore a Gun

    The Gambler Wore a Gun

  • The Parallax View

    The Parallax View

  • Raiders of Old California

    Raiders of Old California

  • The Aquanauts

    The Aquanauts

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • Coronado 9

    Coronado 9

  • Dangerous Assignment

    Dangerous Assignment

  • The Road Hustlers

    The Road Hustlers

  • Dracula vs. Frankenstein

    Dracula vs. Frankenstein

  • Deliver Us from Evil

    Deliver Us from Evil

  • Jubilee Trail

    Jubilee Trail

  • Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days

  • Five Bloody Graves

    Five Bloody Graves

  • Rio Lobo

    Rio Lobo

  • Swing Shift Maisie

    Swing Shift Maisie

  • Frontier Uprising

    Frontier Uprising

  • Alias Jesse James

    Alias Jesse James

  • Up Goes Maisie

    Up Goes Maisie

  • Hunter

    Hunter

  • The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

    The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

  • The Fabulous Texan

    The Fabulous Texan

  • The Trackers

    The Trackers

  • The Quiet Gun

    The Quiet Gun

  • Last Stagecoach West

    Last Stagecoach West

  • The Quest

    The Quest

  • Trail of Danger

    Trail of Danger

  • Monster from Green Hell

    Monster from Green Hell

  • Law of the Land

    Law of the Land

  • Stories of the Century

    Stories of the Century

  • Gang Busters

    Gang Busters

  • Apache Warrior

    Apache Warrior

  • The Outcast

    The Outcast

  • The Ice House

    The Ice House

  • California Passage

    California Passage

  • The Maverick Queen

    The Maverick Queen

  • The Cariboo Trail

    The Cariboo Trail

  • The Big Sky

    The Big Sky

  • Satan's Triangle

    Satan's Triangle

  • The Bottom of the Bottle

    The Bottom of the Bottle

  • The Silent Service

    The Silent Service

  • Woman of the North Country

    Woman of the North Country

  • Big Jake

    Big Jake

  • Silver Canyon

    Silver Canyon

  • Pilot #5

    Pilot #5

  • Fort Utah

    Fort Utah

  • Hellfire

    Hellfire

  • The Big Chase

    The Big Chase

  • The Savage Horde

    The Savage Horde

  • The Runaway Barge

    The Runaway Barge

  • Killing Stone

    Killing Stone

  • White Cargo

    White Cargo

  • Noose for a Gunman

    Noose for a Gunman

  • Rose of Cimarron

    Rose of Cimarron

  • The Showdown

    The Showdown

  • Frontier Gambler

    Frontier Gambler

  • Zebra in the Kitchen

    Zebra in the Kitchen

  • Winter Meeting

    Winter Meeting

  • Northwest Rangers

    Northwest Rangers

  • Monte Walsh

    Monte Walsh

  • The Restless Breed

    The Restless Breed

  • Bad Company

    Bad Company

  • Last of the Desperados

    Last of the Desperados

  • Timberjack

    Timberjack

  • The Cowboys

    The Cowboys

  • Tennessee Johnson

    Tennessee Johnson

  • Wolf Dog

    Wolf Dog

  • Ride the Man Down

    Ride the Man Down

  • Brimstone

    Brimstone

  • Little Big Horn

    Little Big Horn

  • The Outlaw's Daughter

    The Outlaw's Daughter

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Comes a Horseman

    Comes a Horseman

  • Rescue 8

    Rescue 8

  • The Wild Dakotas

    The Wild Dakotas

  • O. Henry Playhouse

    O. Henry Playhouse

  • The Vanishing American

    The Vanishing American

  • Flaming Frontier

    Flaming Frontier

  • Hondo and the Apaches

    Hondo and the Apaches

  • The Sea Hornet

    The Sea Hornet

  • The Honkers

    The Honkers

  • Iron Angel

    Iron Angel

  • Gallant Bess

    Gallant Bess

  • Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

    Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

  • Yes Sir, That's My Baby

    Yes Sir, That's My Baby

  • The Day Time Ended

    The Day Time Ended

  • Hell's Outpost

    Hell's Outpost

  • Merton of the Movies

    Merton of the Movies

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • The Choirboys

    The Choirboys

  • A Lust to Kill

    A Lust to Kill

  • Guns Don't Argue

    Guns Don't Argue

  • They Ran for Their Lives

    They Ran for Their Lives

  • Oh! Susanna

    Oh! Susanna

  • The Last Command

    The Last Command

  • Just a Little Inconvenience

    Just a Little Inconvenience

  • The Badge of Marshal Brennan

    The Badge of Marshal Brennan

  • Four Women in Black

    Four Women in Black

  • Stand by for Action

    Stand by for Action

  • Hi-Jacked

    Hi-Jacked

  • Woman They Almost Lynched

    Woman They Almost Lynched

  • Keep 'Em Sailing

    Keep 'Em Sailing

  • Three Desperate Men

    Three Desperate Men

  • Cavalry Scout

    Cavalry Scout

  • Red Stallion In The Rockies

    Red Stallion In The Rockies

  • Blonde Bait

    Blonde Bait

  • Duel at Apache Wells

    Duel at Apache Wells

  • Buttons and Her Beaus

    Buttons and Her Beaus

  • Enigma

    Enigma

  • Inferno in Paradise

    Inferno in Paradise