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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1909-08-26
- event Death Date 1981-04-26
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 7.4
- info Birth Place Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Jim Davis
4.1
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966-04-09
6.2
Tennessee Johnson
1942-12-01
6.9
Big Jake
1971-05-26
6.3
Bad Company
1972-10-08
6.4
Rio Lobo
1970-04-01
6.6
The Big Sky
1952-08-19
6.5
Winter Meeting
1948-04-07
4.5
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971-09-20
6.8
The Parallax View
1974-06-14
6.2
Monte Walsh
1970-10-02
3.7
Monster from Green Hell
1957-05-17
4.1
Five Bloody Graves
1969-10-31
3.6
The Day Time Ended
1980-11-01
5.8
White Cargo
1942-12-12
4.4
The Big Chase
1954-06-18
4.8
Hi-Jacked
1950-07-07
5.5
Satan's Triangle
1975-01-14
7
Stand by for Action
1942-12-31
5
Zebra in the Kitchen
1965-06-01
2
The Road Hustlers
1968-01-01
5.5
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956-02-01
5.5
Three Desperate Men
1951-01-12
4.8
Blonde Bait
1956-04-01
5
They Ran for Their Lives
1968-01-01
4.7
Raiders of Old California
1957-11-01
6.6
Little Big Horn
1951-06-15
5.8
Pilot #5
1943-06-24
6
The Restless Breed
1957-05-01
5.8
The Savage Horde
1950-05-22
7.3
Deliver Us from Evil
1973-09-11
4
Duel at Apache Wells
1957-01-25
0
The Wild Dakotas
1956-02-28
5
The Gambler Wore a Gun
1961-05-04
6
Frontier Gambler
1956-07-01
6
Iron Angel
1964-02-01
5.3
Noose for a Gunman
1960-05-01
4
The Vanishing American
1955-11-17
6.6
The Outcast
1954-08-15
6
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
1957-04-14
6.4
The Quiet Gun
1957-07-18
4.8
Frontier Uprising
1961-02-01
6.3
The Cariboo Trail
1950-08-01
5
Rose of Cimarron
1952-01-28
6
Lust to Kill
1958-09-28
3.5
Last Stagecoach West
1957-07-16
5.7
The Trackers
1971-12-15
7
Hondo and the Apaches
1967-09-08
6
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958-05-14
4
The Ice House
1969-01-01
6.5
Wolf Dog
1958-07-01
0
Buttons and Her Beaus
1962-01-01
6
Comes a Horseman
1978-10-25
0
Just a Little Inconvenience
1977-10-02
6.5
Brimstone
1949-08-15
6.5
Gallant Bess
1946-12-05
5
Oh! Susanna
1951-03-01
3.2
Timberjack
1955-02-18
0
Killing Stone
1978-05-02
5.8
Cavalry Scout
1951-05-13
5.3
The Choirboys
1977-12-23
4.6
Apache Warrior
1957-07-01
6.2
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953-03-20
5
Ride the Man Down
1952-11-25
5.6
The Honkers
1972-05-17
0
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949-05-02
0
The Runaway Barge
1975-03-24
4
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949-09-14
7.6
The Magnificent Seven
1960-10-12
0
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954-11-01
7
Silver Canyon
1951-06-19
6.4
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949-04-18
4.8
The Showdown
1950-08-15
6.5
The Last Command
1955-08-03
3.7
Law of the Land
1976-04-29
6.8
Merton of the Movies
1947-10-11
4
The Fabulous Texan
1947-11-09
5.8
Hellfire
1949-05-29
5
Hell's Outpost
1954-12-15
4.6
Jubilee Trail
1954-05-15
3.6
Fort Utah
1967-09-01
5
The Sea Hornet
1951-11-06
4
California Passage
1950-12-15
0
Keep 'Em Sailing
1942-11-28
4.5
Woman of the North Country
1952-07-23
6
Northwest Rangers
1942-10-28
6
Last of the Desperados
1955-10-31
0
Flaming Frontier
1958-08-01
5.2
The Maverick Queen
1956-05-03
6
Guns Don't Argue
1957-01-01
0
Inferno in Paradise
1974-01-01
6
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981-05-31
0
Trail of Danger
1978-03-12
5.9
Alias Jesse James
1959-03-20
7.4
El Dorado
1966-12-17
6.5
Swing Shift Maisie
1943-10-01
6.7
Up Goes Maisie
1946-02-01
6.7
Dallas
1978-04-02
7.6
The Time Tunnel
1966-09-09
5.5
December Bride
1954-10-04
7.6
Kung Fu
1972-10-14
5.5
The F.B.I.
1965-09-19
7.1
The Lucy Show
1962-10-01
7
The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
7.9
Night Gallery
1970-12-16
5.5
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
6.2
Lassie
1954-09-12
6.4
The Tall Man
1960-09-10
6.4
Laredo
1965-09-16
6.4
The Quest
1976-05-13
6.2
Outlaws
1960-09-26
7
Rawhide
1959-01-09
7.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14
6.9
Daniel Boone
1964-09-24
6.5
The High Chaparral
1967-09-10
5
The Millionaire
1955-01-19
6
Yancy Derringer
1958-10-02
5.5
The Aquanauts
1960-09-14
6.2
The Donna Reed Show
1958-09-24
4
Rescue 8
1958-09-23
6.3
The Sixth Sense
1972-01-15
6.4
Branded
1965-01-24
6.5
Laramie
1959-09-15
5.7
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967-09-08
4
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969-09-14
3.5
Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01
5.7
Stoney Burke
1962-10-01
5
The Cowboys
1974-02-06
5.7
Stories of the Century
1954-01-23
6
O. Henry Playhouse
1957-01-23
3.5
Dangerous Assignment
1952-01-01
6
Coronado 9
1960-09-06
4.2
26 Men
1957-11-01
0
Gang Busters
1952-03-20
8
Hunter
1977-02-18
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
8.6
Banacek
1972-09-13
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.9
Daniel Boone
1964-09-24
6.9
Daniel Boone
1964-09-24
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
7.5
Bonanza
1959-09-12
7.5
Bonanza
1959-09-12
0
The Silent Service
1957-04-05
7.5
Bonanza
1959-09-12