Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981 · Movie
as Mr. Wilkenson
Jim Davis
1909-08-26
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Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA
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.
Filmography
The Day Time Ended
1980 · Movie
as Grant Williams
Comes a Horseman
1978 · Movie
as Julie Blocker
Killing Stone
1978 · Movie
as Sen. Barry Tyler
Trail of Danger
1978 · Movie
as Pop Apling
Dallas
1978 · TV Show
as Jock Ewing
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Just a Little Inconvenience
1977 · Movie
as Dave Erickson
The Choirboys
1977 · Movie
as Drobeck
Enigma
1977 · Movie
as Colonel Valentine
Hunter
1977 · TV Show
Law of the Land
1976 · Movie
as Sheriff Pat Lambrose
The Quest
1976 · TV Show
Satan's Triangle
1975 · Movie
as Hal
The Runaway Barge
1975 · Movie
as Capt. Buckshot Bates
The Parallax View
1974 · Movie
as George Hammond
Inferno in Paradise
1974 · Movie
as Rocky Stratton
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The Cowboys
1974 · TV Show
as Marshal Bill Winter
Deliver Us from Evil
1973 · Movie
as Dixie
Bad Company
1972 · Movie
as Marshal
The Honkers
1972 · Movie
as Sheriff Potter
Kung Fu
1972 · TV Show
as Sheriff Grogan
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · TV Show
as Roy Johnson
The Sixth Sense
1972 · TV Show
Banacek
1972 · TV Show
as Ed McKay
Big Jake
1971 · Movie
as Head of Lynching Party
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971 · Movie
as Sgt. Martin
The Trackers
1971 · Movie
as Sheriff Naylor
Rio Lobo
1970 · Movie
as Riley
Monte Walsh
1970 · Movie
as Cal Brennan
Night Gallery
1970 · TV Show
Five Bloody Graves
1969 · Movie
as Clay Bates
The Ice House
1969 · Movie
as Jake
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969 · TV Show
The Road Hustlers
1968 · Movie
as Noah Reedy
They Ran for Their Lives
1968 · Movie
as Vince Ballard
Hondo and the Apaches
1967 · Movie
as Krantz
Fort Utah
1967 · Movie
as Scarecrow
The High Chaparral
1967 · TV Show
as Robbins
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · TV Show
as Sheriff Hawks
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966 · Movie
as Marshal MacPhee
El Dorado
1966 · Movie
as Jim Purvis
The Time Tunnel
1966 · TV Show
as Col. Jim Bowie
Zebra in the Kitchen
1965 · Movie
as Adam Carlyle
The F.B.I.
1965 · TV Show
as Ellis Bengston
Laredo
1965 · TV Show
Branded
1965 · TV Show
as James Swaney
Iron Angel
1964 · Movie
as Sgt. Walsh
Daniel Boone
1964 · TV Show
as Carpenter, Sam Ralston, Rafe Carson
Miss USA
1963 · TV Show
as Self - Judge
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Buttons and Her Beaus
1962 · Movie
The Lucy Show
1962 · TV Show
as Cardenas
Stoney Burke
1962 · TV Show
The Gambler Wore a Gun
1961 · Movie
as Case Silverthorne
Frontier Uprising
1961 · Movie
as Jim Stockton
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
as Self
Gunslinger
1961 · TV Show
as Jeb Crane
Noose for a Gunman
1960 · Movie
as Case Britton
The Magnificent Seven
1960 · Movie
as Gunman at Boot Hill
The Tall Man
1960 · TV Show
Outlaws
1960 · TV Show
The Aquanauts
1960 · TV Show
as Sam Hogarth
Coronado 9
1960 · TV Show
Alias Jesse James
1959 · Movie
as Frank James
Rawhide
1959 · TV Show
as Sheriff
Laramie
1959 · TV Show
as Hake Ballard
Bonanza
1959 · TV Show
as Sam Butler, Sam Wolfe, Johnny
A Lust to Kill
1958 · Movie
as Marshal Matt Gordon
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958 · Movie
as Johnny Ringo
Wolf Dog
1958 · Movie
as Jim Hughes
Flaming Frontier
1958 · Movie
as Col. Hugh Carver
Yancy Derringer
1958 · TV Show
as Bullet Pike
The Donna Reed Show
1958 · TV Show
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Rescue 8
1958 · TV Show
Monster from Green Hell
1957 · Movie
as Dr. Quent Brady
Raiders of Old California
1957 · Movie
as Angus Clyde McKane
The Restless Breed
1957 · Movie
as Ed Newton
Duel at Apache Wells
1957 · Movie
as Dean Cannary
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
1957 · Movie
as Jeff Harlan
The Quiet Gun
1957 · Movie
as Ralph Carpenter
Last Stagecoach West
1957 · Movie
as Bill Cameron
Apache Warrior
1957 · Movie
as Ben Ziegler
Guns Don't Argue
1957 · Movie
as Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
Four Women in Black
1957 · Movie
as Sheriff
Perry Mason
1957 · TV Show
as George Tabor, Capt. Joe Farrell
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · TV Show
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O. Henry Playhouse
1957 · TV Show
as Robert Arnold
26 Men
1957 · TV Show
The Silent Service
1957 · TV Show
as Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956 · Movie
as George Cady
Blonde Bait
1956 · Movie
as Nick Randall
The Wild Dakotas
1956 · Movie
as Aaron Baring
Frontier Gambler
1956 · Movie
as Tony Burton
The Maverick Queen
1956 · Movie
as The Stranger
The Vanishing American
1955 · Movie
as Glendon
Timberjack
1955 · Movie
as Poole
The Last Command
1955 · Movie
as Ben Evans
Last of the Desperados
1955 · Movie
as Chief Deputy John Poe
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV Show
as Clell Williams, Gainer, Jim Basset, Jubal Gray, Ben Rawlins, Wes Cameron, Sheriff Shackwood, Amos Carver, Dave Carpenter, Luke Rumbaugh
The Millionaire
1955 · TV Show
as Jim Driskill
The Big Chase
1954 · Movie
as Brad Bellows
The Outcast
1954 · Movie
as Major Linton Cosgrave
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954 · Movie
as Marshal Dan Porter
Hell's Outpost
1954 · Movie
as Sam Horne
Jubilee Trail
1954 · Movie
as Silky
December Bride
1954 · TV Show
Lassie
1954 · TV Show
Stories of the Century
1954 · TV Show
as Matt Clark
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 · Movie
as Cole Younger
General Electric Theater
1953 · TV Show
as Cole Treuitt
The Big Sky
1952 · Movie
as Streak
Rose of Cimarron
1952 · Movie
as Willie Whitewater
Ride the Man Down
1952 · Movie
as Red Courteen
Woman of the North Country
1952 · Movie
as Steve Powell
Cavalcade of America
1952 · TV Show
as J.L. Armstrong
Dangerous Assignment
1952 · TV Show
as Holcomb
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Gang Busters
1952 · TV Show
Death Valley Days
1952 · TV Show
as Ezra Meeker
Three Desperate Men
1951 · Movie
as Fred Denton
Little Big Horn
1951 · Movie
as Cpl. Doan Moylan
Oh! Susanna
1951 · Movie
as Ira Jordan
Cavalry Scout
1951 · Movie
as Lt. Spaulding
Silver Canyon
1951 · Movie
as Wade McQuarrie
The Sea Hornet
1951 · Movie
as Tony Sullivan
Hi-Jacked
1950 · Movie
as Joe Harper
The Savage Horde
1950 · Movie
as Lt. Mike Baker
The Cariboo Trail
1950 · Movie
as Miller
The Showdown
1950 · Movie
as Cochran
California Passage
1950 · Movie
as Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
Brimstone
1949 · Movie
as Nick Courteen
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949 · Movie
as Dave Ryder
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949 · Movie
as Joe Tascarelli
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949 · Movie
as Slave Overseer (uncredited)
Hellfire
1949 · Movie
as Gyp Stoner
Winter Meeting
1948 · Movie
as Slick Novak
Merton of the Movies
1947 · Movie
as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
The Fabulous Texan
1947 · Movie
as Sam Bass
Gallant Bess
1946 · Movie
as Harry
Up Goes Maisie
1946 · Movie
as Matthews (Uncredited)
Pilot #5
1943 · Movie
as Military Policeman
Swing Shift Maisie
1943 · Movie
as Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
Tennessee Johnson
1942 · Movie
as Reporter (uncredited)
White Cargo
1942 · Movie
as Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
Stand by for Action
1942 · Movie
as Talker (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Sailing
1942 · Movie
as Joseph Cummins
Northwest Rangers
1942 · Movie
as Mountie with Warrant
