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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...
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Perry MasonSeries • 1957
LassieSeries • 1954
DallasSeries • 1978
BonanzaSeries • 1959
Wagon TrainSeries • 1957
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957
The Donna Reed ShowSeries • 1958
Daniel BooneSeries • 1964
RawhideSeries • 1959
The Lucy ShowSeries • 1962
The F.B.I.Series • 1965
The High ChaparralSeries • 1967
Night GallerySeries • 1970
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
LaramieSeries • 1959
The Streets of San FranciscoSeries • 1972
BrandedSeries • 1965
December BrideSeries • 1954
LaredoSeries • 1965
The Time TunnelSeries • 1966
The MillionaireSeries • 1955
Yancy DerringerSeries • 1958
Stoney BurkeSeries • 1962
BanacekSeries • 1972