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Jim Davis

Jim Davis

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1909-08-26

Birth Place

Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA

Movies and TV shows :

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26 Men

1957

4.2

TV
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949

6.2

Movie
Alias Jesse James

Alias Jesse James

1959

5.9

Movie
Apache Warrior

Apache Warrior

1957

4.6

Movie
Bad Company

Bad Company

1972

6.4

Movie
poster

Banacek

1972

8.6

TV
Big Jake

Big Jake

1971

6.8

Movie
Blonde Bait

Blonde Bait

1956

4.8

Movie
poster

Bonanza

1959

7.5

TV
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Branded

1965

6.4

TV
Brimstone

Brimstone

1949

6.5

Movie
Buttons and Her Beaus

Buttons and Her Beaus

1962

0.0

Movie
California Passage

California Passage

1950

4.0

Movie
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Cavalcade of America

1952

3.5

TV
Cavalry Scout

Cavalry Scout

1951

5.8

Movie
Comes a Horseman

Comes a Horseman

1978

6.0

Movie
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Coronado 9

1960

6.0

TV
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Dallas

1978

6.8

TV
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Dangerous Assignment

1952

3.5

TV
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Daniel Boone

1964

6.9

TV
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December Bride

1954

5.5

TV
Deliver Us from Evil

Deliver Us from Evil

1973

7.3

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

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

1981

6.0

Movie
Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

1971

4.6

Movie
Duel at Apache Wells

Duel at Apache Wells

1957

4.0

Movie
El Dorado

El Dorado

1966

7.3

Movie
Five Bloody Graves

Five Bloody Graves

1969

4.1

Movie
Flaming Frontier

Flaming Frontier

1958

0.0

Movie
Fort Utah

Fort Utah

1967

3.6

Movie
Frontier Gambler

Frontier Gambler

1956

6.0

Movie
Frontier Uprising

Frontier Uprising

1961

4.8

Movie
Gallant Bess

Gallant Bess

1946

6.5

Movie
poster

Gang Busters

1952

0.0

TV
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

6.0

TV
Guns Don't Argue

Guns Don't Argue

1957

6.0

Movie
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Gunsmoke

1955

6.5

TV
poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

7.4

TV
Hell's Outpost

Hell's Outpost

1954

5.0

Movie
Hellfire

Hellfire

1949

5.8

Movie
Hi-Jacked

Hi-Jacked

1950

4.8

Movie
Hondo and the Apaches

Hondo and the Apaches

1967

7.0

Movie
poster

Hunter

1977

8.0

TV
Inferno in Paradise

Inferno in Paradise

1974

0.0

Movie
Iron Angel

Iron Angel

1964

6.0

Movie
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

1966

4.1

Movie
Jubilee Trail

Jubilee Trail

1954

4.6

Movie
Just a Little Inconvenience

Just a Little Inconvenience

1977

0.0

Movie
Keep 'Em Sailing

Keep 'Em Sailing

1942

0.0

Movie
Killing Stone

Killing Stone

1978

0.0

Movie
poster

Kung Fu

1972

7.6

TV
poster

Laramie

1959

6.4

TV
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Laredo

1965

6.3

TV
poster

Lassie

1954

6.1

TV
Last of the Desperados

Last of the Desperados

1955

6.0

Movie
Last Stagecoach West

Last Stagecoach West

1957

4.3

Movie
Law of the Land

Law of the Land

1976

3.7

Movie
Little Big Horn

Little Big Horn

1951

6.6

Movie
Lust to Kill

Lust to Kill

1958

6.0

Movie
Merton of the Movies

Merton of the Movies

1947

6.8

Movie
poster

Miss USA

1963

6.0

TV
Monster from Green Hell

Monster from Green Hell

1957

3.7

Movie
Monte Walsh

Monte Walsh

1970

6.2

Movie
poster

Night Gallery

1970

7.8

TV
Noose for a Gunman

Noose for a Gunman

1960

5.3

Movie
Northwest Rangers

Northwest Rangers

1942

6.0

Movie
poster

O. Henry Playhouse

1957

6.0

TV
Oh! Susanna

Oh! Susanna

1951

5.0

Movie
poster

Outlaws

1960

6.2

TV
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
Pilot #5

Pilot #5

1943

5.8

Movie
Raiders of Old California

Raiders of Old California

1957

4.7

Movie
poster

Rawhide

1959

7.1

TV
Red Stallion In The Rockies

Red Stallion In The Rockies

1949

0.0

Movie
poster

Rescue 8

1958

4.0

TV
Ride the Man Down

Ride the Man Down

1952

6.5

Movie
Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo

1970

6.4

Movie
Rose of Cimarron

Rose of Cimarron

1952

5.0

Movie
Satan's Triangle

Satan's Triangle

1975

5.5

Movie
Silver Canyon

Silver Canyon

1951

7.0

Movie
Stand by for Action

Stand by for Action

1942

7.0

Movie
poster

Stoney Burke

1962

5.7

TV
poster

Stories of the Century

1954

5.7

TV
Swing Shift Maisie

Swing Shift Maisie

1943

6.5

Movie
Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson

1942

6.2

Movie
poster

The Aquanauts

1960

5.5

TV
The Badge of Marshal Brennan

The Badge of Marshal Brennan

1957

6.0

Movie
The Big Chase

The Big Chase

1954

4.4

Movie
The Big Sky

The Big Sky

1952

6.5

Movie
poster

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969

4.0

TV
The Bottom of the Bottle

The Bottom of the Bottle

1956

5.5

Movie
The Cariboo Trail

The Cariboo Trail

1950

6.3

Movie
The Choirboys

The Choirboys

1977

5.3

Movie
poster

The Cowboys

1974

5.0

TV
The Day Time Ended

The Day Time Ended

1980

3.5

Movie
poster

The Donna Reed Show

1958

6.3

TV
poster

The F.B.I.

1965

5.4

TV
The Fabulous Texan

The Fabulous Texan

1947

4.0

Movie
The Gambler Wore a Gun

The Gambler Wore a Gun

1961

5.0

Movie
poster

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967

6.3

TV
poster

The High Chaparral

1967

6.5

TV
The Honkers

The Honkers

1972

5.6

Movie
The Ice House

The Ice House

1969

4.0

Movie
The Last Command

The Last Command

1955

6.4

Movie
poster

The Lucy Show

1962

7.1

TV
The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

1960

7.5

Movie
The Maverick Queen

The Maverick Queen

1956

5.2

Movie
poster

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

5.1

TV
poster

The Millionaire

1955

5.0

TV
The Outcast

The Outcast

1954

6.6

Movie
The Outlaw's Daughter

The Outlaw's Daughter

1954

0.0

Movie
The Parallax View

The Parallax View

1974

6.8

Movie
poster

The Quest

1976

6.4

TV
The Quiet Gun

The Quiet Gun

1957

6.4

Movie
The Restless Breed

The Restless Breed

1957

6.0

Movie
The Road Hustlers

The Road Hustlers

1968

2.0

Movie
The Runaway Barge

The Runaway Barge

1975

0.0

Movie
The Savage Horde

The Savage Horde

1950

5.8

Movie
The Sea Hornet

The Sea Hornet

1951

5.0

Movie
The Showdown

The Showdown

1950

4.8

Movie
poster

The Silent Service

1957

0.0

TV
poster

The Sixth Sense

1972

6.3

TV
poster

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

7.0

TV
poster

The Tall Man

1960

6.3

TV
poster

The Time Tunnel

1966

7.6

TV
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

1958

6.0

Movie
The Trackers

The Trackers

1971

5.7

Movie
The Vanishing American

The Vanishing American

1955

4.0

Movie
The Wild Dakotas

The Wild Dakotas

1956

0.0

Movie
They Ran for Their Lives

They Ran for Their Lives

1968

5.0

Movie
Three Desperate Men

Three Desperate Men

1951

5.5

Movie
Timberjack

Timberjack

1955

3.2

Movie
Trail of Danger

Trail of Danger

1978

0.0

Movie
Up Goes Maisie

Up Goes Maisie

1946

6.7

Movie
White Cargo

White Cargo

1942

5.8

Movie
Winter Meeting

Winter Meeting

1948

6.5

Movie
Wolf Dog

Wolf Dog

1958

6.5

Movie
Woman of the North Country

Woman of the North Country

1952

4.5

Movie
Woman They Almost Lynched

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953

6.2

Movie
poster

Yancy Derringer

1958

6.0

TV
Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

1949

4.0

Movie
Zebra in the Kitchen

Zebra in the Kitchen

1965

5.0

Movie