Jim Davis
Acting
Born: Aug 26, 1909 — Died: Apr 26, 1981
From: Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Day Time Ended | Grant Williams | 1980 | 3.709 |
| Satan's Triangle | Hal | 1975 | 5.389 |
| The Parallax View | George Hammond | 1974 | 6.837 |
| Deliver Us from Evil | Dixie | 1973 | 7.5 |
| Bad Company | Marshal | 1972 | 6.434 |
| Big Jake | Head of Lynching Party | 1971 | 6.853 |
| Dracula vs. Frankenstein | Sgt. Martin | 1971 | 4.5 |
| Rio Lobo | Riley | 1970 | 6.472 |
| Monte Walsh | Cal Brennan | 1970 | 6.197 |
| Five Bloody Graves | Clay Bates | 1969 | 4.294 |
| The Road Hustlers | Noah Reedy | 1968 | 4.333 |
| They Ran for Their Lives | Vince Ballard | 1968 | 6.5 |
| Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter | Marshal MacPhee | 1966 | 4.259 |
| Zebra in the Kitchen | Adam Carlyle | 1965 | 4.857 |
| Monster from Green Hell | Dr. Quent Brady | 1957 | 3.882 |
| Raiders of Old California | Angus Clyde McKane | 1957 | 5.375 |
| The Restless Breed | Ed Newton | 1957 | 5.433 |
| The Bottom of the Bottle | George Cady | 1956 | 5.7 |
| Blonde Bait | Nick Randall | 1956 | 5.8 |
| The Big Chase | Brad Bellows | 1954 | 4.75 |
| The Big Sky | Streak | 1952 | 6.531 |
| Three Desperate Men | Fred Denton | 1951 | 5.5 |
| Little Big Horn | Cpl. Doan Moylan | 1951 | 6.167 |
| Hi-Jacked | Joe Harper | 1950 | 5.444 |
| The Savage Horde | Lt. Mike Baker | 1950 | 6.167 |
| Winter Meeting | Slick Novak | 1948 | 7.0 |
| Pilot #5 | Military Policeman | 1943 | 6.0 |
| Tennessee Johnson | Reporter (uncredited) | 1942 | 6.389 |
| White Cargo | Seaplane Pilot (uncredited) | 1942 | 6.188 |
| Stand by for Action | Talker (uncredited) | 1942 | 7.083 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1909 |
| From | Edgerton, Platte County, … |