From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJim 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 hed lost from chemotherapy. A season four storyline regarding the Takapa development and Jocks 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.

Film non disponibile da Jim Davis

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

Marshal MacPhee

Film 1966

Tennessee Johnson

Reporter (uncredited)

Film 1942

Big Jake

Head of Lynching Party

Film 1971

Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo Deputy

Film 1970

The Big Sky

Streak

Film 1952

Winter Meeting

Slick Novak

Film 1948

Monte Walsh

Cal Brennan

Film 1970

Monster from Green Hell

Dr. Quent Brady

Film 1957

Five Bloody Graves

Clay Bates

Film 1969

The Day Time Ended

Grant Williams

Film 1980

White Cargo

Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)

Film 1942

The Big Chase

Brad Bellows

Film 1954

Hi-Jacked

Joe Harper

Film 1950

Satan's Triangle

Hal

Film 1975

Stand by for Action

Talker (uncredited)

Film 1942

Zebra in the Kitchen

Adam Carlyle

Film 1965

The Road Hustlers

Noah Reedy

Film 1968

The Bottom of the Bottle

George Cady

Film 1956

Three Desperate Men

Fred Denton

Film 1951

Blonde Bait

Nick Randall

Film 1956

They Ran for Their Lives

Vince Ballard

Film 1968

Raiders of Old California

Angus Clyde McKane

Film 1957

Little Big Horn

Cpl. Doan Moylan

Film 1951

Pilot #5

Military Policeman

Film 1943

The Restless Breed

Ed Newton

Film 1957

The Savage Horde

Lt. Mike Baker

Film 1950

Deliver Us from Evil

Dixie

Film 1973

Duel at Apache Wells

Dean Cannary

Film 1957

The Wild Dakotas

Aaron Baring

Film 1956

The Gambler Wore a Gun

Case Silverthorne

Film 1961

Iron Angel

Sgt. Walsh

Film 1964

The Vanishing American

Glendon

Film 1955

The Outcast

Major Linton Cosgrave

Film 1954

The Badge of Marshal Brennan

Jeff Harlan

Film 1957

The Quiet Gun

Ralph Carpenter

Film 1957

The Cariboo Trail

Miller

Film 1950

Rose of Cimarron

Willie Whitewater

Film 1952

Lust to Kill

Marshal Matt Gordon

Film 1958

Last Stagecoach West

Bill Cameron

Film 1957

The Trackers

Sheriff Naylor

Film 1971

Hondo and the Apaches

Krantz

Film 1967

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

Johnny Ringo

Film 1958

The Ice House

Jake

Film 1969

Wolf Dog

Jim Hughes

Film 1958

Buttons and Her Beaus

Film 1962

Just a Little Inconvenience

Dave Erickson

Film 1977

Brimstone

Nick Courteen

Film 1949

Gallant Bess

Harry

Film 1946

Killing Stone

Sen. Barry Tyler

Film 1978

Cavalry Scout

Lt. Spaulding

Film 1951

Apache Warrior

Ben Ziegler

Film 1957

Woman They Almost Lynched

Cole Younger

Film 1953

The Honkers

Sheriff Potter

Film 1972

Red Stallion In The Rockies

Dave Ryder

Film 1949

The Runaway Barge

Capt. Buckshot Bates

Film 1975

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Joe Tascarelli

Film 1949

The Outlaw's Daughter

Marshal Dan Porter

Film 1954

Silver Canyon

Wade McQuarrie

Film 1951

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Slave Overseer (uncredited)

Film 1949

The Last Command

Ben Evans

Film 1955

Law of the Land

Sheriff Pat Lambrose

Film 1976

Merton of the Movies

Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)

Film 1947

The Fabulous Texan

Sam Bass

Film 1947

Hellfire

Gyp Stoner

Film 1949

Jubilee Trail

Silky

Film 1954

Fort Utah

Scarecrow

Film 1967

The Sea Hornet

Tony Sullivan

Film 1951

California Passage

Lincoln 'Linc' Corey

Film 1950

Keep 'Em Sailing

Joseph Cummins

Film 1942

Woman of the North Country

Steve Powell

Film 1952

Northwest Rangers

Mountie with Warrant

Film 1942

Last of the Desperados

Chief Deputy John Poe

Film 1955

Flaming Frontier

Col. Hugh Carver

Film 1958

Guns Don't Argue

Police Captain Stewart / Narrator

Film 1957

Inferno in Paradise

Rocky Stratton

Film 1974

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

Mr. Wilkenson

Film 1981

Trail of Danger

Pop Apling

Film 1978

Swing Shift Maisie

Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)

Film 1943

Up Goes Maisie

Matthews (Uncredited)

Film 1946

Serie televisive non disponibile da Jim Davis

The Time Tunnel

Col. Jim Bowie

Tv 1966

December Bride

Tv 1954

Kung Fu

Tv 1972

The F.B.I.

Ellis Bengston

Tv 1965

The Lucy Show

Cardenas

Tv 1962

Perry Mason

George Tabor

Tv 1957

Night Gallery

Tv 1970

General Electric Theater

Cole Treuitt

Tv 1953

Lassie

Tv 1954

The Tall Man

Tv 1960

Laredo

Tv 1965

The Quest

Tv 1976

Outlaws

Tv 1960

Have Gun, Will Travel

Tv 1957

The Millionaire

Jim Driskill

Tv 1955

Yancy Derringer

Bullet Pike

Tv 1958

The Aquanauts

Sam Hogarth

Tv 1960

The Donna Reed Show

Tv 1958

Rescue 8

Tv 1958

The Sixth Sense

Tv 1972

Branded

Tv 1965

Laramie

Tv 1959

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Tv 1967

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

Tv 1969

Cavalcade of America

J.L. Armstrong

Tv 1952

Stoney Burke

Tv 1962

The Cowboys

Marshal Bill Winter

Tv 1974

Stories of the Century

Matt Clark

Tv 1954

O. Henry Playhouse

Robert Arnold

Tv 1957

Dangerous Assignment

Tv 1952

Coronado 9

Tv 1960

26 Men

Tv 1957

Gang Busters

Tv 1952

Hunter

Tv 1977

Banacek

Ed McKay

Tv 1972

Perry Mason

Capt. Joe Farrell

Tv 1957

The Silent Service

Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe

Tv 1957

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

Tv 1961

Miss USA

Judge

Tv 1963