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Jim Davis‌

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Birthday

calendar1909-08-26

Popularity

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Jim Davis

Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA

Jim Davis

Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1909-08-26

Popularity

star7.9

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 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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Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter‌
star4.1
calendar 1966

Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson‌
star6.2
calendar 1942

Big Jake

Big Jake‌
star6.8
calendar 1971

Bad Company

Bad Company‌
star6.4
calendar 1972

Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo‌
star6.4
calendar 1970

The Big Sky

The Big Sky‌
star6.5
calendar 1952

Winter Meeting

Winter Meeting‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Dracula vs. Frankenstein‌
star4.6
calendar 1971

The Parallax View

The Parallax View‌
star6.8
calendar 1974

Monte Walsh

Monte Walsh‌
star6.2
calendar 1970

Monster from Green Hell

Monster from Green Hell‌
star3.7
calendar 1957

Five Bloody Graves

Five Bloody Graves‌
star4.1
calendar 1969

The Day Time Ended

The Day Time Ended‌
star3.5
calendar 1980

White Cargo

White Cargo‌
star5.8
calendar 1942

The Big Chase

The Big Chase‌
star4.4
calendar 1954

Hi-Jacked

Hi-Jacked‌
star4.8
calendar 1950

Satan's Triangle

Satan's Triangle‌
star5.5
calendar 1975

Stand by for Action

Stand by for Action‌
star7.0
calendar 1942

Zebra in the Kitchen

Zebra in the Kitchen‌
star5.0
calendar 1965

The Road Hustlers

The Road Hustlers‌
star2.0
calendar 1968

The Bottom of the Bottle

The Bottom of the Bottle‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Three Desperate Men

Three Desperate Men‌
star5.5
calendar 1951

Blonde Bait

Blonde Bait‌
star4.8
calendar 1956

They Ran for Their Lives

They Ran for Their Lives‌
star5.0
calendar 1968

Raiders of Old California

Raiders of Old California‌
star4.7
calendar 1957

Little Big Horn

Little Big Horn‌
star6.6
calendar 1951

Pilot #5

Pilot #5‌
star5.8
calendar 1943

The Restless Breed

The Restless Breed‌
star6.0
calendar 1957

The Savage Horde

The Savage Horde‌
star5.8
calendar 1950

Deliver Us from Evil

Deliver Us from Evil‌
star7.3
calendar 1973

Duel at Apache Wells

Duel at Apache Wells‌
star4.0
calendar 1957

The Wild Dakotas

The Wild Dakotas‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

The Gambler Wore a Gun

The Gambler Wore a Gun‌
star5.0
calendar 1961

Frontier Gambler

Frontier Gambler‌
star6.0
calendar 1956

Iron Angel

Iron Angel‌
star6.0
calendar 1964

Noose for a Gunman

Noose for a Gunman‌
star5.3
calendar 1960

The Vanishing American

The Vanishing American‌
star4.0
calendar 1955

The Outcast

The Outcast‌
star6.6
calendar 1954

The Badge of Marshal Brennan

The Badge of Marshal Brennan‌
star6.0
calendar 1957

The Quiet Gun

The Quiet Gun‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

Frontier Uprising

Frontier Uprising‌
star4.8
calendar 1961

The Cariboo Trail

The Cariboo Trail‌
star6.3
calendar 1950

Rose of Cimarron

Rose of Cimarron‌
star5.0
calendar 1952

Lust to Kill

Lust to Kill‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

Last Stagecoach West

Last Stagecoach West‌
star4.3
calendar 1957

The Trackers

The Trackers‌
star5.7
calendar 1971

Hondo and the Apaches

Hondo and the Apaches‌
star7.0
calendar 1967

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

The Ice House

The Ice House‌
star4.0
calendar 1969

Wolf Dog

Wolf Dog‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

Buttons and Her Beaus

Buttons and Her Beaus‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Comes a Horseman

Comes a Horseman‌
star6.0
calendar 1978

Just a Little Inconvenience

Just a Little Inconvenience‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Brimstone

Brimstone‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

Gallant Bess

Gallant Bess‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

Oh! Susanna

Oh! Susanna‌
star5.0
calendar 1951

Timberjack

Timberjack‌
star3.2
calendar 1955

Killing Stone

Killing Stone‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Cavalry Scout

Cavalry Scout‌
star5.8
calendar 1951

The Choirboys

The Choirboys‌
star5.3
calendar 1977

Apache Warrior

Apache Warrior‌
star4.6
calendar 1957

Woman They Almost Lynched

Woman They Almost Lynched‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

Ride the Man Down

Ride the Man Down‌
star6.5
calendar 1952

The Honkers

The Honkers‌
star5.6
calendar 1972

Red Stallion In The Rockies

Red Stallion In The Rockies‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

The Runaway Barge

The Runaway Barge‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Yes Sir, That's My Baby‌
star4.0
calendar 1949

The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven‌
star7.5
calendar 1960

The Outlaw's Daughter

The Outlaw's Daughter‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Silver Canyon

Silver Canyon‌
star7.0
calendar 1951

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court‌
star6.2
calendar 1949

The Showdown

The Showdown‌
star4.8
calendar 1950

The Last Command

The Last Command‌
star6.4
calendar 1955

Law of the Land

Law of the Land‌
star3.7
calendar 1976

Merton of the Movies

Merton of the Movies‌
star6.8
calendar 1947

The Fabulous Texan

The Fabulous Texan‌
star4.0
calendar 1947

Hellfire

Hellfire‌
star5.8
calendar 1949

Hell's Outpost

Hell's Outpost‌
star5.0
calendar 1954

Jubilee Trail

Jubilee Trail‌
star4.6
calendar 1954

Fort Utah

Fort Utah‌
star3.6
calendar 1967

The Sea Hornet

The Sea Hornet‌
star5.0
calendar 1951

California Passage

California Passage‌
star4.0
calendar 1950

Keep 'Em Sailing

Keep 'Em Sailing‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Woman of the North Country

Woman of the North Country‌
star4.5
calendar 1952

Northwest Rangers

Northwest Rangers‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

Last of the Desperados

Last of the Desperados‌
star6.0
calendar 1955

Flaming Frontier

Flaming Frontier‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

The Maverick Queen

The Maverick Queen‌
star5.2
calendar 1956

Guns Don't Argue

Guns Don't Argue‌
star6.0
calendar 1957

Inferno in Paradise

Inferno in Paradise‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

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

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige‌
star6.0
calendar 1981

Trail of Danger

Trail of Danger‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Alias Jesse James

Alias Jesse James‌
star5.9
calendar 1959

El Dorado

El Dorado‌
star7.3
calendar 1966

Swing Shift Maisie

Swing Shift Maisie‌
star6.5
calendar 1943

Up Goes Maisie

Up Goes Maisie‌
star6.7
calendar 1946

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Dallas

Dallas‌
star6.8
calendar 1978

The Time Tunnel

The Time Tunnel‌
star7.6
calendar 1966

December Bride

December Bride‌
star5.5
calendar 1954

Kung Fu

Kung Fu‌
star7.6
calendar 1972

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show‌
star7.1
calendar 1962

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.7
calendar 1957

Night Gallery

Night Gallery‌
star7.8
calendar 1970

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

Lassie

Lassie‌
star6.1
calendar 1954

The Tall Man

The Tall Man‌
star6.3
calendar 1960

Laredo

Laredo‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

The Quest

The Quest‌
star6.4
calendar 1976

Outlaws

Outlaws‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.1
calendar 1959

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel‌
star7.4
calendar 1957

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral‌
star6.5
calendar 1967

The Millionaire

The Millionaire‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

Yancy Derringer

Yancy Derringer‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

The Aquanauts

The Aquanauts‌
star5.5
calendar 1960

The Donna Reed Show

The Donna Reed Show‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Rescue 8

Rescue 8‌
star4.0
calendar 1958

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense‌
star6.3
calendar 1972

Branded

Branded‌
star6.4
calendar 1965

Laramie

Laramie‌
star6.4
calendar 1959

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Guns of Will Sonnett‌
star5.7
calendar 1967

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors‌
star4.0
calendar 1969

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America‌
star3.5
calendar 1952

Stoney Burke

Stoney Burke‌
star5.7
calendar 1962

The Cowboys

The Cowboys‌
star5.0
calendar 1974

Stories of the Century

Stories of the Century‌
star5.7
calendar 1954

O. Henry Playhouse

O. Henry Playhouse‌
star6.0
calendar 1957

Dangerous Assignment

Dangerous Assignment‌
star3.5
calendar 1952

Coronado 9

Coronado 9‌
star6.0
calendar 1960

26 Men

26 Men‌
star4.2
calendar 1957

Gang Busters

Gang Busters‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Hunter

Hunter‌
star8.0
calendar 1977

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Banacek

Banacek‌
star8.6
calendar 1972

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.7
calendar 1957

Bonanza

Bonanza‌
star7.5
calendar 1959

Bonanza

Bonanza‌
star7.5
calendar 1959

The Silent Service

The Silent Service‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Bonanza

Bonanza‌
star7.5
calendar 1959

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show‌
star5.1
calendar 1961

Miss USA

Miss USA‌
star6.0
calendar 1963