Jim Davis
Acting
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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.
Filmography
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
The Day Time Ended
1980
Comes a Horseman
1978
Killing Stone
1978
Dallas
1978
Trail of Danger
1978
The Choirboys
1977
Just a Little Inconvenience
1977
Enigma
1977
Hunter
1977
The Quest
1976
Law of the Land
1976
The Runaway Barge
1975
Satan's Triangle
1975
The Parallax View
1974
The Cowboys
1974
Inferno in Paradise
1974
Deliver Us from Evil
1973
Kung Fu
1972
Bad Company
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Banacek
1972
The Honkers
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
The Trackers
1971
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971
Big Jake
1971
Night Gallery
1970
Monte Walsh
1970
Rio Lobo
1970
Five Bloody Graves
1969
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
The Ice House
1969
The Road Hustlers
1968
They Ran for Their Lives
1968
The High Chaparral
1967
Hondo and the Apaches
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Fort Utah
1967
El Dorado
1966
The Time Tunnel
1966
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966
The F.B.I.
1965
Laredo
1965
Zebra in the Kitchen
1965
Branded
1965
Daniel Boone
1964
Iron Angel
1964
Miss USA
1963
The Lucy Show
1962
Stoney Burke
1962
Buttons and Her Beaus
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Gambler Wore a Gun
1961
Gunslinger
1961
Frontier Uprising
1961
The Magnificent Seven
1960
Outlaws
1960
The Aquanauts
1960
The Tall Man
1960
Coronado 9
1960
Noose for a Gunman
1960
Laramie
1959
Bonanza
1959
Alias Jesse James
1959
Rawhide
1959
Yancy Derringer
1958
A Lust to Kill
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Rescue 8
1958
Flaming Frontier
1958
Wolf Dog
1958
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958
Raiders of Old California
1957
26 Men
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Guns Don't Argue
1957
The Quiet Gun
1957
Last Stagecoach West
1957
Apache Warrior
1957
Monster from Green Hell
1957
The Restless Breed
1957
Four Women in Black
1957
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
1957
The Silent Service
1957
Duel at Apache Wells
1957
O. Henry Playhouse
1957
Frontier Gambler
1956
The Maverick Queen
1956
Blonde Bait
1956
The Wild Dakotas
1956
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956
The Vanishing American
1955
Last of the Desperados
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
The Last Command
1955
Timberjack
1955
The Millionaire
1955
Hell's Outpost
1954
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954
December Bride
1954
Lassie
1954
The Outcast
1954
The Big Chase
1954
Jubilee Trail
1954
Stories of the Century
1954
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
Ride the Man Down
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
Death Valley Days
1952
The Big Sky
1952
Woman of the North Country
1952
Gang Busters
1952
Rose of Cimarron
1952
Dangerous Assignment
1952
The Sea Hornet
1951
Silver Canyon
1951
Little Big Horn
1951
Cavalry Scout
1951
Oh! Susanna
1951
Three Desperate Men
1951
California Passage
1950
The Showdown
1950
The Cariboo Trail
1950
Hi-Jacked
1950
The Savage Horde
1950
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949
Brimstone
1949
Hellfire
1949
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
Winter Meeting
1948
The Fabulous Texan
1947
Merton of the Movies
1947
Gallant Bess
1946
Up Goes Maisie
1946
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
Pilot #5
1943
Stand by for Action
1942
White Cargo
1942
Tennessee Johnson
1942
Keep 'Em Sailing
1942
Northwest Rangers
1942