Jim Davis
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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 | 7.462 |
| Birthday | 1909-08-26 |
| Place of Birth | Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA |
| Also Known As | James Davis, Marlin Davis, |
1966
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4.1/25
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Big Jake
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Bad Company
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1970
Rio Lobo
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1952
The Big Sky
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1948
Winter Meeting
6.5/6
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1971
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
4.6/47
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The Parallax View
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Monte Walsh
6.2/55
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1957
Monster from Green Hell
3.7/34
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4.1/14
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1980
The Day Time Ended
3.5/46
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1942
White Cargo
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1954
The Big Chase
4.4/5
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1950
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4.8/6
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1975
Satan's Triangle
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1942
Stand by for Action
7/10
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1965
Zebra in the Kitchen
5/5
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1968
The Road Hustlers
2/2
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The Bottom of the Bottle
5.5/3
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1951
Three Desperate Men
5.5/2
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1956
Blonde Bait
4.8/4
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1968
They Ran for Their Lives
5/1
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1957
Raiders of Old California
4.7/7
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1951
Little Big Horn
6.6/8
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1943
Pilot #5
5.8/8
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1957
The Restless Breed
6/11
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The Savage Horde
5.8/2
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Deliver Us from Evil
7.3/6
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1957
Duel at Apache Wells
4/2
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1956
The Wild Dakotas
0/0
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1961
The Gambler Wore a Gun
5/6
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1956
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6/1
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1964
Iron Angel
6/1
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1960
Noose for a Gunman
5.3/6
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1955
The Vanishing American
4/2
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1954
The Outcast
6.6/5
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1957
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
6/1
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1957
The Quiet Gun
6.4/6
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Frontier Uprising
4.8/4
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The Cariboo Trail
6.3/15
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1952
Rose of Cimarron
5/4
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1958
Lust to Kill
6/1
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1957
Last Stagecoach West
4.3/3
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1971
The Trackers
5.7/8
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1967
Hondo and the Apaches
7/3
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1958
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
6/3
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1969
The Ice House
4/2
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1958
Wolf Dog
6.5/2
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1962
Buttons and Her Beaus
0/0
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1978
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6/64
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1977
Just a Little Inconvenience
0/0
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1949
Brimstone
6.5/2
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1946
Gallant Bess
6.5/2
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1951
Oh! Susanna
5/1
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1955
Timberjack
3.2/4
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1978
Killing Stone
0/0
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1951
Cavalry Scout
5.8/4
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1977
The Choirboys
5.3/27
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1957
Apache Warrior
4.6/5
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1953
Woman They Almost Lynched
6.2/19
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1952
Ride the Man Down
6.5/2
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1972
The Honkers
5.6/5
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1949
Red Stallion In The Rockies
0/0
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1975
The Runaway Barge
0/0
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1949
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
4/1
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1960
The Magnificent Seven
7.507/1764
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1954
The Outlaw's Daughter
0/0
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The Outlaw's Daughter
1951
Silver Canyon
7/1
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1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
6.4/27
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1950
The Showdown
4.8/4
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1955
The Last Command
6.5/8
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1976
Law of the Land
3.7/3
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Merton of the Movies
6.8/4
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1947
The Fabulous Texan
4/1
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1949
Hellfire
5.8/10
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1954
Hell's Outpost
5/5
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1954
Jubilee Trail
4.6/6
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Jubilee Trail
1967
Fort Utah
3.6/7
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1951
The Sea Hornet
5/2
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1950
California Passage
4/1
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1942
Keep 'Em Sailing
0/0
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Keep 'Em Sailing
1952
Woman of the North Country
4.5/2
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Woman of the North Country
1942
Northwest Rangers
6/2
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1955
Last of the Desperados
6/1
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Last of the Desperados
1958
Flaming Frontier
0/0
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1956
The Maverick Queen
5.2/11
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1957
Guns Don't Argue
6/0
The actions of various criminals such as Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde and Baby Face Nelson are reenacted in this film.
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Guns Don't Argue
1974
Inferno in Paradise
0/0
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1981
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
6/4
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1978
Trail of Danger
0/0
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1959
Alias Jesse James
5.9/24
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1966
El Dorado
7.3/519
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1943
Swing Shift Maisie
6.5/3
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1946
Up Goes Maisie
6.7/3
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