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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	6.833
Birthday	1909-08-26
Place of Birth	Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA
Also Known As	James Davis, Marlin Davis,

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