Jim Davis

Also Known As: James Davis, Marlin 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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA

Birthday: August 26, 1909

Deathday: April 26, 1981

Adult: No

Gender: Male

Popularity:

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Known For:

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Tennessee Johnson
Big Jake
Bad Company
Rio Lobo
The Big Sky
Winter Meeting
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
The Parallax View
Monte Walsh
Monster from Green Hell
Five Bloody Graves
The Day Time Ended
White Cargo
The Big Chase
Hi-Jacked
Satan's Triangle
Stand by for Action
Zebra in the Kitchen
The Road Hustlers
The Bottom of the Bottle
Three Desperate Men
Blonde Bait
They Ran for Their Lives
Raiders of Old California
Little Big Horn
Pilot #5
The Restless Breed
The Savage Horde
Deliver Us from Evil
Duel at Apache Wells
The Wild Dakotas
The Gambler Wore a Gun
Frontier Gambler
Iron Angel
Noose for a Gunman
The Vanishing American
The Outcast
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
The Quiet Gun
Frontier Uprising
The Cariboo Trail
Rose of Cimarron
Lust to Kill
Last Stagecoach West
The Trackers
Hondo and the Apaches
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
The Ice House
Wolf Dog
Buttons and Her Beaus
Comes a Horseman
Just a Little Inconvenience
Brimstone
Gallant Bess
Oh! Susanna
Timberjack
Killing Stone
Cavalry Scout
The Choirboys
Apache Warrior
Woman They Almost Lynched
Ride the Man Down
The Honkers
Red Stallion In The Rockies
The Runaway Barge
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
The Magnificent Seven
The Outlaw's Daughter
Silver Canyon
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Showdown
The Last Command
Law of the Land
Merton of the Movies
The Fabulous Texan
Hellfire
Hell's Outpost
Jubilee Trail
Fort Utah
The Sea Hornet
California Passage
Keep 'Em Sailing
Woman of the North Country
Northwest Rangers
Last of the Desperados
Flaming Frontier
The Maverick Queen
Guns Don't Argue
Inferno in Paradise
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Trail of Danger
Alias Jesse James
El Dorado
Swing Shift Maisie
Up Goes Maisie