Jim Davis

Jim Davis

Acting

Birthday

1909/08/26

Day of death

1981/04/26 (71 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri, USA

Also know as

James Davis, Marlin 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 i...Read more

Acting
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
4.1

(1966) Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

as Marshal MacPhee

Tennessee Johnson
6.1

(1942) Tennessee Johnson

as Reporter (uncredited)

Big Jake
6.9

(1971) Big Jake

as Head of Lynching Party

Bad Company
6.4

(1972) Bad Company

as Marshal

Rio Lobo
6.4

(1970) Rio Lobo

as Riley

The Big Sky
6.5

(1952) The Big Sky

as Streak

Winter Meeting
6.5

(1948) Winter Meeting

as Slick Novak

Dracula vs. Frankenstein
4.5

(1971) Dracula vs. Frankenstein

as Sgt. Martin

The Parallax View
6.8

(1974) The Parallax View

as George Hammond

Monte Walsh
6.1

(1970) Monte Walsh

as Cal Brennan

Monster from Green Hell
3.7

(1957) Monster from Green Hell

as Dr. Quent Brady

Five Bloody Graves
4.0

(1969) Five Bloody Graves

as Clay Bates

The Day Time Ended
3.4

(1980) The Day Time Ended

as Grant Williams

White Cargo
5.8

(1942) White Cargo

as Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)

The Big Chase
4.2

(1954) The Big Chase

as Brad Bellows

Hi-Jacked
4.9

(1950) Hi-Jacked

as Joe Harper

Satan's Triangle
5.4

(1975) Satan's Triangle

as Hal

Stand by for Action
6.8

(1942) Stand by for Action

as Talker (uncredited)

Zebra in the Kitchen
4.3

(1965) Zebra in the Kitchen

as Adam Carlyle

The Road Hustlers
2.0

(1968) The Road Hustlers

as Noah Reedy

The Bottom of the Bottle
5.1

(1956) The Bottom of the Bottle

as George Cady

Three Desperate Men
4.0

(1951) Three Desperate Men

as Fred Denton

Blonde Bait
4.8

(1956) Blonde Bait

as Nick Randall

They Ran for Their Lives
5.0

(1968) They Ran for Their Lives

as Vince Ballard

Raiders of Old California
4.7

(1957) Raiders of Old California

as Angus Clyde McKane

Little Big Horn
6.2

(1951) Little Big Horn

as Cpl. Doan Moylan

Pilot #5
5.8

(1943) Pilot #5

as Military Policeman

The Restless Breed
5.2

(1957) The Restless Breed

as Ed Newton

The Savage Horde
5.8

(1950) The Savage Horde

as Lt. Mike Baker

Deliver Us from Evil
7.3

(1973) Deliver Us from Evil

as Dixie

Duel at Apache Wells
4.0

(1957) Duel at Apache Wells

as Dean Cannary

The Wild Dakotas
0.0

(1956) The Wild Dakotas

as Aaron Baring

The Gambler Wore a Gun
5.0

(1961) The Gambler Wore a Gun

as Case Silverthorne

Frontier Gambler
6.0

(1956) Frontier Gambler

as Tony Burton

Iron Angel
6.0

(1964) Iron Angel

as Sgt. Walsh

Noose for a Gunman
5.3

(1960) Noose for a Gunman

as Case Britton

The Vanishing American
4.0

(1955) The Vanishing American

as Glendon

The Outcast
6.3

(1954) The Outcast

as Major Linton Cosgrave

The Badge of Marshal Brennan
6.0

(1957) The Badge of Marshal Brennan

as Jeff Harlan

The Quiet Gun
6.4

(1957) The Quiet Gun

as Ralph Carpenter

Frontier Uprising
4.8

(1961) Frontier Uprising

as Jim Stockton

The Cariboo Trail
6.4

(1950) The Cariboo Trail

as Miller

Rose of Cimarron
5.2

(1952) Rose of Cimarron

as Willie Whitewater

A Lust to Kill
7.5

(1958) A Lust to Kill

as Marshal Matt Gordon

Last Stagecoach West
4.3

(1957) Last Stagecoach West

as Bill Cameron

The Trackers
5.7

(1971) The Trackers

as Sheriff Naylor

Hondo and the Apaches
6.8

(1967) Hondo and the Apaches

as Krantz

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
6.0

(1958) The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

as Johnny Ringo

The Ice House
3.6

(1969) The Ice House

as Jake

Wolf Dog
6.5

(1958) Wolf Dog

as Jim Hughes

0.0

(1962) Buttons and Her Beaus

as ---

Comes a Horseman
6.1

(1978) Comes a Horseman

as Julie Blocker

0.0

(1977) Just a Little Inconvenience

as Dave Erickson

Brimstone
6.3

(1949) Brimstone

as Nick Courteen

Gallant Bess
6.5

(1946) Gallant Bess

as Harry

Oh! Susanna
5.0

(1951) Oh! Susanna

as Ira Jordan

Timberjack
3.2

(1955) Timberjack

as Poole

Killing Stone
0.0

(1978) Killing Stone

as Sen. Barry Tyler

Cavalry Scout
5.8

(1951) Cavalry Scout

as Lt. Spaulding

The Choirboys
5.3

(1977) The Choirboys

as Drobeck

Apache Warrior
4.6

(1957) Apache Warrior

as Ben Ziegler

Woman They Almost Lynched
6.3

(1953) Woman They Almost Lynched

as Cole Younger

Ride the Man Down
6.5

(1952) Ride the Man Down

as Red Courteen

The Honkers
5.6

(1972) The Honkers

as Sheriff Potter

Red Stallion In The Rockies
0.0

(1949) Red Stallion In The Rockies

as Dave Ryder

The Runaway Barge
0.0

(1975) The Runaway Barge

as Capt. Buckshot Bates

Yes Sir, That's My Baby
4.0

(1949) Yes Sir, That's My Baby

as Joe Tascarelli

The Magnificent Seven
7.5

(1960) The Magnificent Seven

as Gunman at Boot Hill

The Outlaw's Daughter
0.0

(1954) The Outlaw's Daughter

as Marshal Dan Porter

Silver Canyon
7.0

(1951) Silver Canyon

as Wade McQuarrie

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
6.3

(1949) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

as Slave Overseer (uncredited)

The Showdown
5.2

(1950) The Showdown

as Cochran

The Last Command
6.4

(1955) The Last Command

as Ben Evans

Law of the Land
3.0

(1976) Law of the Land

as Sheriff Pat Lambrose

Merton of the Movies
6.8

(1947) Merton of the Movies

as Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)

The Fabulous Texan
4.0

(1947) The Fabulous Texan

as Sam Bass

Hellfire
6.1

(1949) Hellfire

as Gyp Stoner

Hell's Outpost
5.0

(1954) Hell's Outpost

as Sam Horne

Jubilee Trail
4.8

(1954) Jubilee Trail

as Silky

Fort Utah
3.6

(1967) Fort Utah

as Scarecrow

The Sea Hornet
5.0

(1951) The Sea Hornet

as Tony Sullivan

California Passage
4.0

(1950) California Passage

as Lincoln 'Linc' Corey

Keep 'Em Sailing
7.0

(1942) Keep 'Em Sailing

as Joseph Cummins

Woman of the North Country
4.0

(1952) Woman of the North Country

as Steve Powell

Northwest Rangers
6.0

(1942) Northwest Rangers

as Mountie with Warrant

Last of the Desperados
6.0

(1955) Last of the Desperados

as Chief Deputy John Poe

Flaming Frontier
0.0

(1958) Flaming Frontier

as Col. Hugh Carver

The Maverick Queen
5.5

(1956) The Maverick Queen

as The Stranger

Guns Don't Argue
4.0

(1957) Guns Don't Argue

as Police Captain Stewart / Narrator

Inferno in Paradise
0.0

(1974) Inferno in Paradise

as Rocky Stratton

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
6.0

(1981) Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

as Mr. Wilkenson

Trail of Danger
0.0

(1978) Trail of Danger

as Pop Apling

Alias Jesse James
5.8

(1959) Alias Jesse James

as Frank James

El Dorado
7.4

(1966) El Dorado

as Jim Purvis

Swing Shift Maisie
6.5

(1943) Swing Shift Maisie

as Investigator / Airport Announcer (Uncredited)

Up Goes Maisie
6.7

(1946) Up Goes Maisie

as Matthews (Uncredited)

Four Women in Black
0.0

(1957) Four Women in Black

as Sheriff

Enigma
0.0

(1977) Enigma

as Colonel Valentine

Dallas
6.8

(1978) Dallas

as Jock Ewing

The Time Tunnel
7.6

(1966) The Time Tunnel

as Col. Jim Bowie

December Bride
5.5

(1954) December Bride

as ---

Kung Fu
7.7

(1972) Kung Fu

as Sheriff Grogan

The F.B.I.
5.4

(1965) The F.B.I.

as Ellis Bengston

The Lucy Show
7.0

(1962) The Lucy Show

as Cardenas

The Streets of San Francisco
7.0

(1972) The Streets of San Francisco

as Roy Johnson

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Clell Williams

Perry Mason
7.7

(1957) Perry Mason

as George Tabor

Night Gallery
7.8

(1970) Night Gallery

as ---

General Electric Theater
6.4

(1953) General Electric Theater

as Cole Treuitt

Lassie
6.1

(1954) Lassie

as ---

The Tall Man
6.3

(1960) The Tall Man

as ---

Laredo
6.3

(1965) Laredo

as ---

The Quest
6.4

(1976) The Quest

as ---

Outlaws
6.2

(1960) Outlaws

as ---

Rawhide
7.2

(1959) Rawhide

as Sheriff

Have Gun, Will Travel
7.3

(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel

as ---

Daniel Boone
6.9

(1964) Daniel Boone

as Carpenter

The High Chaparral
6.6

(1967) The High Chaparral

as Robbins

The Millionaire
5.0

(1955) The Millionaire

as Jim Driskill

Yancy Derringer
6.0

(1958) Yancy Derringer

as Bullet Pike

The Aquanauts
5.5

(1960) The Aquanauts

as Sam Hogarth

The Donna Reed Show
6.2

(1958) The Donna Reed Show

as ---

4.0

(1958) Rescue 8

as ---

The Sixth Sense
5.9

(1972) The Sixth Sense

as ---

Branded
6.6

(1965) Branded

as ---

Laramie
6.6

(1959) Laramie

as ---

The Guns of Will Sonnett
6.2

(1967) The Guns of Will Sonnett

as ---

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
4.0

(1969) The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

as ---

Cavalcade of America
3.5

(1952) Cavalcade of America

as J.L. Armstrong

Stoney Burke
5.7

(1962) Stoney Burke

as ---

5.0

(1974) The Cowboys

as Marshal Bill Winter

Stories of the Century
6.8

(1954) Stories of the Century

as Matt Clark

6.0

(1957) O. Henry Playhouse

as Robert Arnold

Dangerous Assignment
3.5

(1952) Dangerous Assignment

as ---

Coronado 9
6.0

(1960) Coronado 9

as ---

26 Men
4.2

(1957) 26 Men

as ---

0.0

(1952) Gang Busters

as ---

Hunter
8.0

(1977) Hunter

as ---

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Gainer

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Jim Basset

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Jubal Gray

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Ben Rawlins

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Wes Cameron

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Amos Carver

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Sheriff Shackwood

Banacek
8.6

(1972) Banacek

as Ed McKay

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Dave Carpenter

Gunsmoke
6.6

(1955) Gunsmoke

as Luke Rumbaugh

Daniel Boone
6.9

(1964) Daniel Boone

as Sam Ralston

Daniel Boone
6.9

(1964) Daniel Boone

as Rafe Carson

Perry Mason
7.7

(1957) Perry Mason

as Capt. Joe Farrell

Bonanza
7.5

(1959) Bonanza

as Sam Wolfe

Bonanza
7.5

(1959) Bonanza

as Sam Butler

The Silent Service
0.0

(1957) The Silent Service

as Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe

Bonanza
7.5

(1959) Bonanza

as Johnny

The Mike Douglas Show
5.4

(1961) The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Miss USA
6.0

(1963) Miss USA

as Self - Judge

Death Valley Days
6.4

(1952) Death Valley Days

as Ezra Meeker

Branded
6.6

(1965) Branded

as James Swaney