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

• 1981Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige — Mr. Wilkenson
• 1980The Day Time Ended — Grant Williams
• 1978Comes a Horseman — Julie Blocker
• Dallas — Jock Ewing
• 1978Killing Stone — Sen. Barry Tyler
• 1978Trail of Danger — Pop Apling
• 1977Enigma — Colonel Valentine
• Hunter
• 1977Just a Little Inconvenience — Dave Erickson
• 1977The Choirboys — Drobeck
• 1976Law of the Land — Sheriff Pat Lambrose
• The Quest
• 1975Satan's Triangle — Hal
• 1975The Runaway Barge — Capt. Buckshot Bates
• 1974Inferno in Paradise — Rocky Stratton
• The Cowboys — Marshal Bill Winter
• 1974The Parallax View — George Hammond
• 1973Deliver Us from Evil — Dixie
• 1972Bad Company — Marshal
• Banacek — Ed McKay
• Kung Fu — Sheriff Grogan
• 1972The Honkers — Sheriff Potter
• The Sixth Sense
• The Streets of San Francisco — Roy Johnson
• 1971Big Jake — Head of Lynching Party
• 1971Dracula vs. Frankenstein — Sgt. Martin
• 1971The Trackers — Sheriff Naylor
• 1970Monte Walsh — Cal Brennan
• Night Gallery
• 1970Rio Lobo — Riley
• 1969Five Bloody Graves — Clay Bates
• The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
• 1969The Ice House — Jake
• 1968The Road Hustlers — Noah Reedy
• 1968They Ran for Their Lives — Vince Ballard
• 1967Fort Utah — Scarecrow
• 1967Hondo and the Apaches — Krantz
• The Guns of Will Sonnett — Sheriff Hawks
• The High Chaparral — Robbins
• 1966El Dorado — Jim Purvis
• 1966Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter — Marshal MacPhee
• The Time Tunnel — Col. Jim Bowie
• Branded — James Swaney
• Laredo
• The F.B.I. — Ellis Bengston
• 1965Zebra in the Kitchen — Adam Carlyle
• Daniel Boone — Carpenter, Sam Ralston, Rafe Carson
• 1964Iron Angel — Sgt. Walsh
• 1962Buttons and Her Beaus
• Stoney Burke
• The Lucy Show — Cardenas
• 1961Frontier Uprising — Jim Stockton
• Gunslinger — Jeb Crane
• 1961The Gambler Wore a Gun — Case Silverthorne
• Coronado 9
• 1960Noose for a Gunman — Case Britton
• Outlaws
• The Aquanauts — Sam Hogarth
• 1960The Magnificent Seven — Gunman at Boot Hill
• The Tall Man
• 1959Alias Jesse James — Frank James
• Bonanza — Sam Wolfe, Sam Butler, Johnny
• Laramie — Hake Ballard
• Rawhide — Sheriff
• 1958A Lust to Kill — Marshal Matt Gordon
• 1958Flaming Frontier — Col. Hugh Carver
• Rescue 8
• The Donna Reed Show
• 1958The Toughest Gun in Tombstone — Johnny Ringo
• 1958Wolf Dog — Jim Hughes
• Yancy Derringer — Bullet Pike
• 26 Men
• 1957Apache Warrior — Ben Ziegler
• 1957Duel at Apache Wells — Dean Cannary
• 1957Four Women in Black — Sheriff
• 1957Guns Don't Argue — Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
• Have Gun, Will Travel
• 1957Last Stagecoach West — Bill Cameron
• 1957Monster from Green Hell — Dr. Quent Brady
• O. Henry Playhouse — Robert Arnold
• Perry Mason — George Tabor, Capt. Joe Farrell
• 1957Raiders of Old California — Angus Clyde McKane
• 1957The Badge of Marshal Brennan — Jeff Harlan
• 1957The Quiet Gun — Ralph Carpenter
• 1957The Restless Breed — Ed Newton
• The Silent Service — Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe
• Wagon Train — Gabe Henry
• 1956Blonde Bait — Nick Randall
• 1956Frontier Gambler — Tony Burton
• 1956The Bottom of the Bottle — George Cady
• 1956The Maverick Queen — The Stranger
• 1956The Wild Dakotas — Aaron Baring
• Gunsmoke — Clell Williams, Gainer, Jim Basset, Jubal Gray, Ben Rawlins, Wes Cameron, Amos Carver, Sheriff Shackwood, Dave Carpenter, Luke Rumbaugh
• 1955Last of the Desperados — Chief Deputy John Poe
• 1955The Last Command — Ben Evans
• The Millionaire — Jim Driskill
• 1955The Vanishing American — Glendon
• 1955Timberjack — Poole
• December Bride
• 1954Hell's Outpost — Sam Horne
• 1954Jubilee Trail — Silky
• Lassie
• Stories of the Century — Matt Clark
• 1954The Big Chase — Brad Bellows
• 1954The Outcast — Major Linton Cosgrave
• 1954The Outlaw's Daughter — Marshal Dan Porter
• General Electric Theater — Cole Treuitt
• 1953Woman They Almost Lynched — Cole Younger
• Cavalcade of America — J.L. Armstrong
• Dangerous Assignment — Holcomb
• Death Valley Days — Ezra Meeker
• Gang Busters
• 1952Ride the Man Down — Red Courteen
• 1952Rose of Cimarron — Willie Whitewater
• 1952The Big Sky — Streak
• 1952Woman of the North Country — Steve Powell
• 1951Cavalry Scout — Lt. Spaulding
• 1951Little Big Horn — Cpl. Doan Moylan
• 1951Oh! Susanna — Ira Jordan
• 1951Silver Canyon — Wade McQuarrie
• 1951The Sea Hornet — Tony Sullivan
• 1951Three Desperate Men — Fred Denton
• 1950California Passage — Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
• 1950Hi-Jacked — Joe Harper
• 1950The Cariboo Trail — Miller
• 1950The Savage Horde — Lt. Mike Baker
• 1950The Showdown — Cochran
• 1949A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court — Slave Overseer (uncredited)
• 1949Brimstone — Nick Courteen
• 1949Hellfire — Gyp Stoner
• 1949Red Stallion In The Rockies — Dave Ryder
• 1949Yes Sir, That's My Baby — Joe Tascarelli
• 1948Winter Meeting — Slick Novak
• 1947Merton of the Movies — Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
• 1947The Fabulous Texan — Sam Bass
• 1946Gallant Bess — Harry
• 1946Up Goes Maisie — Matthews (Uncredited)
• 1943Pilot #5 — Military Policeman
• 1943Swing Shift Maisie — Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
• 1942Keep 'Em Sailing — Joseph Cummins
• 1942Northwest Rangers — Mountie with Warrant
• 1942Stand by for Action — Talker (uncredited)
• 1942Tennessee Johnson — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1942White Cargo — Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Miss USA — Self - Judge
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self