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Jim Davis 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.
Birth Name
Marlin Davis
Born
Thursday, 26 August 1909
Died
Sunday, 26 April 1981
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The '80s: Top Ten | Self | 2022 |
| Monster from Green Hell: Recycled Version | Dr. Quent Brady | 2021 |
| I Am a Disciple | Raymond Spencer | 2016 |
| 80s | Jock Ewing | 2005 |
| Inferno in Paradise | Rocky Stratton | 1992 |
| The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 | Corporal | 1991 |
| The Day Time Ended | Grant / Grant Williams | 1980 |
| Comes a Horseman | Julie Blocker | 1978 |
| Dallas | Jock Ewing | 1978 |
| Project U.F.O. | Earl Clay | 1978 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The '80s: Top Ten | Self | 2022 |
| Monster from Green Hell: Recycled Version | Dr. Quent Brady | 2021 |
| I Am a Disciple | Raymond Spencer | 2016 |
| 80s | Jock Ewing | 2005 |
| Inferno in Paradise | Rocky Stratton | 1992 |
| The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 | Corporal | 1991 |
| The Day Time Ended | Grant / Grant Williams | 1980 |
| Comes a Horseman | Julie Blocker | 1978 |
| Dallas | Jock Ewing | 1978 |
| Project U.F.O. | Earl Clay | 1978 |
| The Choirboys | Drobeck | 1977 |
| Just a Little Inconvenience | Dave Erickson | 1977 |
| The Legend of Frank Woods | Deputy | 1977 |
| The Quest | Marshal Pullman | 1976 |
| Hunter | Raymond Spencer | 1976 |
| The Oregon Trail | J.D. Price | 1976 |
| The Blue Knight | Daniels | 1975 |
| Caribe | David Mayfield | 1975 |
| Satan's Triangle | Hal Bancroft / Hal | 1975 |
| The Parallax View | George Hammond | 1974 |
| The Cowboys | Marshal Bill Winter | 1974 |
| Deliver Us from Evil | Dixie | 1973 |
| One Little Indian | Trail Boss | 1973 |
| Bad Company | Marshal | 1972 |
| Jigsaw | Capt. Mort Stone | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Reid Bradshaw / Roy Johnson | 1972 |
| The Honkers | Sheriff Potter | 1972 |
| Banacek | Ed McKay | 1972 |
| Kung Fu | Sheriff Grogan / Joe Walker | 1972 |
| The Sixth Sense | Anson Beige | 1972 |
| The Trackers | Sheriff Naylor | 1971 |
| Dracula vs. Frankenstein | Sgt. Martin | 1971 |
| Cannon | Henry Rawdon | 1971 |
| Big Jake | Head of Lynching Party | 1971 |
| Vanished | Capt. Cooledge | 1971 |
| Monte Walsh | Cal Brennan | 1970 |
| Rio Lobo | Riley / Rio Lobo Deputy | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | Abe Bennett (segment "The Waiting Room") | 1969 |
| Five Bloody Graves | Clay Bates | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Peter Merlino | 1969 |
| The Ice House | Jake | 1969 |
| The Road Hustlers | Noah Reedy | 1968 |
| They Ran for Their Lives | Vince Ballard | 1968 |
| The High Chaparral | Robbins | 1967 |
| Hondo and the Apaches | Krantz | 1967 |
| Hondo | Krantz | 1967 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | Sheriff Hawks | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Clo Vardeman | 1967 |
| Fort Utah | Scarecrow | 1967 |
| El Dorado | Jim Purvis - Jason's Foreman / Jim Purvis | 1966 |
| The Time Tunnel | Col. Jim Bowie | 1966 |
| Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter | Marshal MacPhee | 1966 |
| The F.B.I. | Ellis Bengston | 1965 |
| Laredo | Sheriff Wes Cottrell | 1965 |
| Zebra in the Kitchen | Adam Carlyle | 1965 |
| Branded | James Swaney / Malachi Murdock / Wheeler - | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Carpenter / Rafe Carson / Sam Ralston / Scud Tumbrill | 1964 |
| Iron Angel | Sgt. Walsh | 1964 |
| The Littlest Hobo | Danny Kilgarren | 1963 |
| Stoney Burke | Shep Winters | 1962 |
| The Lucy Show | Cardenas | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Roper / McKinley | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself / Himself - Actor | 1961 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Tim | 1961 |
| Whispering Smith | Sam Chandler | 1961 |
| The Gambler Wore a Gun | Case Silverthorne | 1961 |
| Gunslinger | Jeb Crane | 1961 |
| Frontier Uprising | Jim Stockton | 1961 |
| Outlaws | Wilkie Steed | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| The Aquanauts | Sam Hogarth | 1960 |
| Thriller | The Marshal | 1960 |
| The Tall Man | Bob Orringer | 1960 |
| Coronado 9 | Barton Kincaid | 1960 |
| The Magnificent Seven | Gunman at Boot Hill | 1960 |
| Noose for a Gunman | Case Britton | 1960 |
| Laramie | Ben McKittrick / Hake Ballard / Jim Genoway / Joe | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Trace Phelan | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Sam Wolfe / Sam Butler / Johnny | 1959 |
| Markham | Neal Holland | 1959 |
| Manhunt | Catlin | 1959 |
| Alias Jesse James | Frank James | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Sheriff Sam Jason / Sheriff | 1959 |
| Yancy Derringer | Bullet Pike | 1958 |
| A Lust to Kill | Marshal Matt Gordon | 1958 |
| The Donna Reed Show | Red | 1958 |
| Rescue 8 | Wes Cameron | 1958 |
| Flaming Frontier | Col. Hugh Carver | 1958 |
| Wolf Dog | Jim Hughes | 1958 |
| The Toughest Gun in Tombstone | Johnny Ringo | 1958 |
| Raiders of Old California | Capt. Angus Clyde McKane / Angus Clyde McKane | 1957 |
| 26 Men | Father Diego | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | George Tabor / Capt. Joe Farrell | 1957 |
| M Squad | Harry Evans / Mickey Seville | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Rudd Basham / Gabe Henry / Dan Ryan / Clyde Hubble | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Al Long / Jess Harden | 1957 |
| Last Stagecoach West | Bill Cameron | 1957 |
| Apache Warrior | Ben Ziegler | 1957 |
| Monster from Green Hell | Dr. Quent Brady | 1957 |
| The Restless Breed | Newton / Ed Newton | 1957 |
| The Badge of Marshal Brennan | Jeff Harlan / 'Brennan' | 1957 |
| The Silent Service | Lt. William J. Ruhe / Comm. W. J. 'Bill' Ruhe | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Al Porter / Jonus Sawyer / Sam Horne | 1957 |
| The Quiet Gun | Ralph Carpenter | 1957 |
| Duel at Apache Wells | Dean Cannary | 1957 |
| The O. Henry Playhouse | (as James Davis) | 1957 |
| Guns Don't Argue | Police Captain Stewart / Narrator | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Sheriff | 1956 |
| Frontier Gambler | Tony Burton | 1956 |
| Women Without Men | Nick Randall (USA version) | 1956 |
| The Maverick Queen | The Stranger | 1956 |
| Blonde Bait | Nick Randall | 1956 |
| The Wild Dakotas | Aaron Baring | 1956 |
| The Bottom of the Bottle | George Cady | 1956 |
| The Vanishing American | Glendon | 1955 |
| Last of the Desperados | Chief Deputy John Poe | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Clell Williams / Ben Rawlins / Dave Carpenter / Gainer / Jim Basset / Jubal Gray / Luke Rumbaugh / Sheriff Shackwood / Wes Cameron / Amos Carver | 1955 |
| The Last Command | Ben Evans | 1955 |
| Timberjack | Poole | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Jim Driskill | 1955 |
| Hell's Outpost | Sam Horne | 1954 |
| The Outlaw's Daughter | Marshal Dan Porter | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Col. Porter / Pop Appling / Trail Boss | 1954 |
| Lassie | Ed Bates | 1954 |
| The Outcast | Major Linton Cosgrave | 1954 |
| The Big Chase | Brad Bellows | 1954 |
| Stories of the Century | Matt Clark | 1954 |
| Jubilee Trail | Silky | 1954 |
| The President's Lady | Jason Robards | 1953 |
| Woman They Almost Lynched | Cole Younger | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Cole Treuitt / Fitz | 1953 |
| Ride the Man Down | Red Courteen | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | J.L. Armstrong | 1952 |
| Cowboy G-Men | Wilson / Tom Owens / Sheriff Jack Wardlow / Dance - Shafer Henchman | 1952 |
| The Big Sky | Streak | 1952 |
| Woman of the North Country | Steve Powell | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | William Lewis Manley / Wyatt Earp / The Sheriff / Pony Cragin / Luke Campbell / Joe Phy / Grat Dalton / Ezra Meeker / Congressman Mark Tabor / Col. William Butler / Big John Brewer | 1952 |
| The Unexpected | Detective | 1952 |
| Rose of Cimarron | Willie Whitewater | 1952 |
| Cavalier Theatre | J.L. Armstrong | 1951 |
| The Sea Hornet | Tony Sullivan | 1951 |
| Silver Canyon | Wade McQuarrie | 1951 |
| Little Big Horn | Cpl. Doan Moylan | 1951 |
| Cavalry Scout | Lt. Spauldiing / Lt. Spaulding | 1951 |
| Oh! Susanna | Ira Jordan | 1951 |
| Three Desperate Men | Fred Denton | 1951 |
| California Passage | Lincoln 'Linc' Corey | 1950 |
| The Showdown | Cochran | 1950 |
| The Cariboo Trail | Bill Miller / Miller | 1950 |
| Hi-Jacked | Joe Harper | 1950 |
| The Savage Horde | Lt. Mike Baker | 1950 |
| Dangerous Assignment | Bill Norton / Guard / Holcomb / Lt. Makam / Walter Norton | 1950 |
| Brimstone | Nick Courteen | 1949 |
| Yes Sir, That's My Baby | Joe Tascarelli | 1949 |
| Hellfire | Gyp Stoner | 1949 |
| Red Stallion in the Rockies | Dave Ryder | 1949 |
| Fireside Theatre | Wesley Dean / Luther / Hansen / Col. Streeter | 1949 |
| Winter Meeting | Slick Novak | 1948 |
| The Fabulous Texan | Sam Bass | 1947 |
| Merton of the Movies | Von Strutt's Assistant | 1947 |
| The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Badge Dessark | 1947 |
| The Beginning or the End | Pilot at Tinian | 1947 |
| Gallant Bess | Harry | 1946 |
| Up Goes Maisie | Matthews / Matthews (Uncredited) | 1946 |
| What Next, Corporal Hargrove? | Sgt. Hill | 1945 |
| Swing Shift Maisie | Investigator / Airport Announcer / Airport Announcer (Uncredited) | 1943 |
| Salute to the Marines | Pvt. Saunders | 1943 |
| Pilot #5 | Military Policeman | 1943 |
| Three Hearts for Julia | Daily Globe Staff Member | 1943 |
| Stand by for Action | Talker | 1942 |
| White Cargo | Seaplane Pilot | 1942 |
| Tennessee Johnson | Reporter | 1942 |
| Northwest Rangers | Mountie with Warrant | 1942 |
| Keep 'Em Sailing | Joseph Cummins | 1942 |
| Cairo | Sergeant | 1942 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1981 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
