Jim Davis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

161

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

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Dallas

    Dallas

  • Lassie

    Lassie

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • The Time Tunnel

    The Time Tunnel

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Miss USA

    Miss USA

  • The Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show

  • Laramie

    Laramie

  • Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

  • The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

  • The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

  • The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

    The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

  • Timberjack

    Timberjack

  • December Bride

    December Bride

  • The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

  • The Honkers

    The Honkers

  • Fort Utah

    Fort Utah

  • Wolf Dog

    Wolf Dog

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • The Outcast

    The Outcast

  • Laredo

    Laredo

  • The Sixth Sense

    The Sixth Sense

  • Gallant Bess

    Gallant Bess

  • Yes Sir, That's My Baby

    Yes Sir, That's My Baby

  • Dracula vs. Frankenstein

    Dracula vs. Frankenstein

  • The Guns of Will Sonnett

    The Guns of Will Sonnett

  • Oh! Susanna

    Oh! Susanna

  • Stoney Burke

    Stoney Burke

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • Branded

    Branded

  • Branded

    Branded

  • El Dorado

    El Dorado

  • The Tall Man

    The Tall Man

  • Hell's Outpost

    Hell's Outpost

  • Zebra in the Kitchen

    Zebra in the Kitchen

  • Banacek

    Banacek

  • Brimstone

    Brimstone

  • Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

  • White Cargo

    White Cargo

  • Bad Company

    Bad Company

  • Up Goes Maisie

    Up Goes Maisie

  • Yancy Derringer

    Yancy Derringer

  • Hondo and the Apaches

    Hondo and the Apaches

  • The Aquanauts

    The Aquanauts

  • Guns Don't Argue

    Guns Don't Argue

  • Stories of the Century

    Stories of the Century

  • Hellfire

    Hellfire

  • The Savage Horde

    The Savage Horde

  • The Silent Service

    The Silent Service

  • Four Women in Black

    Four Women in Black

  • Law of the Land

    Law of the Land

  • Hi-Jacked

    Hi-Jacked

  • Big Jake

    Big Jake

  • Iron Angel

    Iron Angel

  • Trail of Danger

    Trail of Danger

  • Hunter

    Hunter

  • Dangerous Assignment

    Dangerous Assignment

  • Dangerous Assignment

    Dangerous Assignment

  • Coronado 9

    Coronado 9

  • The Quest

    The Quest

  • Little Big Horn

    Little Big Horn

  • Rio Lobo

    Rio Lobo

  • 26 Men

    26 Men

  • The Runaway Barge

    The Runaway Barge

  • Death Valley Days

    Death Valley Days

  • The Parallax View

    The Parallax View

  • Gunslinger

    Gunslinger

  • Swing Shift Maisie

    Swing Shift Maisie

  • Northwest Rangers

    Northwest Rangers

  • Gang Busters

    Gang Busters

  • O. Henry Playhouse

    O. Henry Playhouse

  • The Road Hustlers

    The Road Hustlers

  • Rescue 8

    Rescue 8

  • The Maverick Queen

    The Maverick Queen

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Last Command

    The Last Command

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • Alias Jesse James

    Alias Jesse James

  • Stand by for Action

    Stand by for Action

  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

  • The Big Sky

    The Big Sky

  • Monte Walsh

    Monte Walsh

  • The Cowboys

    The Cowboys

  • Comes a Horseman

    Comes a Horseman

  • The Choirboys

    The Choirboys

  • Buttons and Her Beaus

    Buttons and Her Beaus

  • The Badge of Marshal Brennan

    The Badge of Marshal Brennan

  • Raiders of Old California

    Raiders of Old California

  • Satan's Triangle

    Satan's Triangle

  • The Cariboo Trail

    The Cariboo Trail

  • The Trackers

    The Trackers

  • The Restless Breed

    The Restless Breed

  • A Lust to Kill

    A Lust to Kill

  • Monster from Green Hell

    Monster from Green Hell

  • The Day Time Ended

    The Day Time Ended

  • Woman of the North Country

    Woman of the North Country

  • Merton of the Movies

    Merton of the Movies

  • Ride the Man Down

    Ride the Man Down

  • Tennessee Johnson

    Tennessee Johnson

  • Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

    Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

  • The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

    The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

  • California Passage

    California Passage

  • Frontier Gambler

    Frontier Gambler

  • Last Stagecoach West

    Last Stagecoach West

  • Silver Canyon

    Silver Canyon

  • Pilot #5

    Pilot #5

  • The Showdown

    The Showdown

  • The Bottom of the Bottle

    The Bottom of the Bottle

  • Apache Warrior

    Apache Warrior

  • Keep 'Em Sailing

    Keep 'Em Sailing

  • Inferno in Paradise

    Inferno in Paradise

  • They Ran for Their Lives

    They Ran for Their Lives

  • Flaming Frontier

    Flaming Frontier

  • Killing Stone

    Killing Stone

  • The Quiet Gun

    The Quiet Gun

  • Noose for a Gunman

    Noose for a Gunman

  • Jubilee Trail

    Jubilee Trail

  • The Ice House

    The Ice House

  • The Vanishing American

    The Vanishing American

  • The Sea Hornet

    The Sea Hornet

  • Rose of Cimarron

    Rose of Cimarron

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

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

  • Blonde Bait

    Blonde Bait

  • Just a Little Inconvenience

    Just a Little Inconvenience

  • Frontier Uprising

    Frontier Uprising

  • The Gambler Wore a Gun

    The Gambler Wore a Gun

  • Red Stallion In The Rockies

    Red Stallion In The Rockies

  • Three Desperate Men

    Three Desperate Men

  • The Fabulous Texan

    The Fabulous Texan

  • Duel at Apache Wells

    Duel at Apache Wells

  • The Wild Dakotas

    The Wild Dakotas

  • Cavalry Scout

    Cavalry Scout

  • Last of the Desperados

    Last of the Desperados

  • Five Bloody Graves

    Five Bloody Graves

  • Woman They Almost Lynched

    Woman They Almost Lynched

  • The Outlaw's Daughter

    The Outlaw's Daughter

  • The Big Chase

    The Big Chase

  • Deliver Us from Evil

    Deliver Us from Evil

  • Winter Meeting

    Winter Meeting

  • Enigma

    Enigma