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Jim Davis

Jim Davis
Jim Davis
Born: Aug 26, 1915 in Dearborn, Missouri
Died: Apr 26, 1981 in Northridge, California
Occupation: Actor, Director,
Active: '40s-'70s
Major Genres: Western, Drama
Career Highlights: Little Big Horn, Monte Walsh, Rose of Cimarron
First Major Screen Credit: Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
8 Videos for Jim Davis
Comes a Horseman (1978) Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) The Big Sky (1952)
The Choirboys (1977) Rio Lobo (1970) Little Big Horn (1951)
Big Jake (1971) El Dorado (1967)
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Biography:

Jim Davis' show business career began in a circus where he worked as a tent-rigger. He came to Los Angeles as a traveling salesman in 1940, gradually drifting into the movies following an MGM screen test with Esther Williams. After six long years in minor roles, he was introduced in 1948's Winter Meeting, co-starring with Bette Davis (no relation, though the Warner Bros.

publicity department made much of the fact that the two stars shared the same name). He never caught on as a romantic lead, however, and spent most of the 1950s in secondary roles often as Western heavies. He starred in two syndicated TV series, Stories of the Century (1954) and Rescue 8 (1958-1959), and made at least 200 guest star appearances on other programs.

Jim Davis is best known today for his work as oil-rich Jock Ewing on the prime time TV serial Dallas, a role he held down from 1978 to his unexpected death following surgery in 1981. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.