Jim Davis
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-08-26 (72 years old)
Deathday
1981-04-26
Place of Birth
Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA
Also known As
James Davis
Marlin Davis
Jim Davis
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...
Acting
1966
as Marshal MacPhee
1942
as Reporter (uncredited)
1971
as Head of Lynching Party
1972
as Marshal
1970
as Riley
1952
as Streak
1948
as Slick Novak
1971
as Sgt. Martin
1974
as George Hammond
1970
as Cal Brennan
1957
as Dr. Quent Brady
1969
as Clay Bates
1980
as Grant Williams
1942
as Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
1954
as Brad Bellows
1950
as Joe Harper
1975
as Hal
1942
as Talker (uncredited)
1965
as Adam Carlyle
1968
as Noah Reedy
1956
as George Cady
1951
as Fred Denton
1956
as Nick Randall
1968
as Vince Ballard
1957
as Angus Clyde McKane
1951
as Cpl. Doan Moylan
1943
as Military Policeman
1957
as Ed Newton
1950
as Lt. Mike Baker
1973
as Dixie
1957
as Dean Cannary
1956
as Aaron Baring
1961
as Case Silverthorne
1956
as Tony Burton
1964
as Sgt. Walsh
1960
as Case Britton
1955
as Glendon
1954
as Major Linton Cosgrave
1957
as Jeff Harlan
1957
as Ralph Carpenter
1961
as Jim Stockton
1950
as Miller
1952
as Willie Whitewater
1958
as Marshal Matt Gordon
1957
as Bill Cameron
1971
as Sheriff Naylor
1967
as Krantz
1958
as Johnny Ringo
1969
as Jake
1958
as Jim Hughes
1978
as Julie Blocker
1977
as Dave Erickson
1949
as Nick Courteen
1946
as Harry
1951
as Ira Jordan
1955
as Poole
1978
as Sen. Barry Tyler
1951
as Lt. Spaulding
1977
as Drobeck
1957
as Ben Ziegler
1953
as Cole Younger
1952
as Red Courteen
1972
as Sheriff Potter
1949
as Dave Ryder
1975
as Capt. Buckshot Bates
1949
as Joe Tascarelli
1960
as Gunman at Boot Hill
1954
as Marshal Dan Porter
1951
as Wade McQuarrie
1949
as Slave Overseer (uncredited)
1950
as Cochran
1955
as Ben Evans
1976
as Sheriff Pat Lambrose
1947
as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
1947
as Sam Bass
1949
as Gyp Stoner
1954
as Sam Horne
1954
as Silky
1967
as Scarecrow
1951
as Tony Sullivan
1950
as Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
1942
as Joseph Cummins
1952
as Steve Powell
1942
as Mountie with Warrant
1955
as Chief Deputy John Poe
1958
as Col. Hugh Carver
1956
as The Stranger
1957
as Police Captain Stewart / Narrator
1974
as Rocky Stratton
1981
as Mr. Wilkenson
1978
as Pop Apling
1959
as Frank James
1966
as Jim Purvis
1943
as Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)
1946
as Matthews (Uncredited)
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