JIM DAVIS
Information from IMDb
Date of Birth
26 August 1909,
Edgerton, Missouri, USA
Date of Death
26 April 1981,
Northridge, California, USA (multiple myeloma)
Birth Name
Marlin Davis
Height
6' 2½" (1.89 m)
Spouse
Blanche Hammerer (1945 - 26 April 1981) (his death) 1 child
Trivia
Only child Tara Diane (15 January 1953 - 9 February 1970) died in a car crash at age 17.
He was very close to "Dallas" (1978) co-star Victoria Principal, who bore a strong resemblance
to his late daughter, and he had Principal's picture along with his daughter's in his pocket when he was buried.
In April 1981 the writers of "Dallas" (1978) decided not to write his death into the storyline right away.
They initially thought about replacing him with another actor, but out of respect decided that only Davis
should play Jock Ewing. Jock was kept alive on the show (he was down in South America drilling for oil)
until early 1982 when it was learned that he died in a plane crash.
Best remembered by the public for his role as Jock Ewing on the 1980s soap opera "Dallas" (1978).
Survived by his mother, Ethyl O. Davis, who died on January 10, 1984 in Overland Park, Kansas.
His parents owned and operated the Davis Funeral Home in Dearborn, Missouri from 1914 to 1948.
His maternal grandparents were Otho Dock Offutt (1831-1912) and Elizabeth Rogers Hughes Offutt (1864-1937).
He was the son of Lucian Davis (1878-1954) and Ethyl Offutt Davis (1890-1984).
They are buried in Camden Point Cemetery, Camden Point, Platte County, Missouri.
Mini Biography
Tall, rangy Jim Davis spent much of his early career in westerns, mainly at Republic Pictures.
The Missouri-born and -raised Davis' relaxed, easygoing manner and Southern drawl
easily fit most moviegoers' image of the cowboy, and Republic put him in a ton of them over the years
(the fact that, unlike a lot of movie cowboys, he looked right at home on a horse didn't hurt, either).
He alternated between good-guy and villain roles, one of his better ones being that of the devious,
murderous fur trapper working for Kirk Douglas' competition in The Big Sky (1952).
He is best known, however, for his role as Ewing family patriarch Jock in the long-running TV series "Dallas" (1978).
IMDb Mini Biography By: frankfob
Filmography
Actor
1981 Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (TV movie)...Mr. Wilkenson
1978-1981 Dallas (TV series)
– Ewing-Gate (1981) … Jock Ewing (credit only)
– Full Circle (1981) … Jock Ewing (credit only)
– New Beginnings (1981) … Jock Ewing
– Ewing vs. Ewing (1981) … Jock Ewing
– The Gathering Storm (1981) … Jock Ewing
See all 77 episodes »
1979 The Day Time Ended...Grant Williams
1978 Comes a Horseman...Julie Blocker
1978 Killing Stone (TV movie)...Sen. Barry Tyler
1972-1978 Disneyland (TV series)
Pop Appling / Col. Porter
– Trail of Danger: Part 2 (1978) … Pop Appling
– Trail of Danger: Part 1 (1978) … Pop Appling
– The High Flying Spy: Part 1 (1972) … Col. Porter
1978 Trail of Danger (TV movie)...Pop Apling
1978 Project U.F.O. (TV series)– Sighting 4002: The Joshua Flats Incident (1978) … Earl Clay
1977 The Choirboys...Drobeck
1977 Just a Little Inconvenience (TV movie)...Dave Erickson
1977 Enigma (TV movie)...Colonel Valentine
1977 The Legend of Frank Woods...Deputy
1977 Hunter (TV series)– The Hit (1977) … Raymond Spencer
1976 The Quest (TV series)– Prairie Woman (1976) … Marshal Pullman
1976 Law of the Land (TV movie)...Sheriff Pat Lambrose
1976 The Blue Knight (TV series)– Death Echo (1976) … Daniels
1975 The Runaway Barge (TV movie)...Capt. Buckshot Bates
1975 Caribe (TV series)– Lady Killer (1975) … David Mayfield
1975 Satan's Triangle (TV movie)...Hal Bancroft
1974 The Parallax View...George Hammond
1974 The Cowboys (TV series)
– Requiem for a Lost Son (1974) … Marshal Bill Winter
– The Indian Givers (1974) … Marshal Bill Winter
– The Trap (1974) … Marshal Bill Winter
– The Remounts (1974) … Marshal Bill Winter
– The Ordeal (1974) … Marshal Bill Winter
In all 12 episodes »
1973-1974 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Reid Bradshaw / Roy Johnson
– The Hard Breed (1974) … Roy Johnson
– Shattered Image (1973) … Reid Bradshaw
1966-1974 Gun Law (TV series)
Clell Williams / Amos Carver / Ben Rawlins / …
– The Town Tamers (1974) … Luke Rumbaugh
– Jesse/II (1973) … Dave Carpenter
– Murdoch (1971) … Amos Carver
– McCabe (1970) … Sheriff Shackwood
– Railroad (1968) … Wes Cameron
In all 11 episodes »
1974 Inferno in Paradise...Rocky Stratton
1973 Banacek (TV series)– If Max Is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is? (1973) … Ed McKay
1973 Kung Fu (TV series)
Joe Walker / Sheriff Grogan
– The Well (1973) … Sheriff Grogan
– The Soul Is the Warrior (1973) … Joe Walker
1973 Deliver Us from Evil (TV movie)...Dixie
1973 One Little Indian...Trail Boss
1973 Cannon (TV series)– The Seventh Grave (1973) … Henry Rawdon
1972 Jigsaw (TV series)– Hard Time (1972)
1972 Bad Company...Marshal
1972 The F.B.I. (TV series)– The Runner (1972) … Ellis Bengston
1972 The Honkers...Sheriff Potter
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)– Echo of a Distant Scream (1972) … Anson Beige
1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)– Discovery at Fourteen (1972) … Peter Merlino
1972 Night Gallery (TV series)– The Waiting Room/Last Rites for a Dead Druid (1972) … Abe Bennett
1971 Dracula vs. Frankenstein...Police Sgt. Martin
1971 The Trackers (TV movie)...Sheriff Naylor
1971 Big Jake...Head of Lynching Party
1971 Vanished (TV movie)...Captain Cooledge
1968-1971 The Virginian (TV series)
McKinley / Roper
– The Politician (1971) … Roper
– The Heritage (1968) … McKinley
1970 Rio Lobo...Rio Lobo Deputy
1970 Monte Walsh...Cal Brennan
1970 The High Chaparral (TV series)
– New Hostess in Town (1970) … Robbins
1970 Five Bloody Graves...Clay Bates
1966-1969 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Carpenter / Rafe Carson / Sam Ralston / …
– The Road to Freedom (1969) … Rafe Carson
– A Pinch of Salt (1969) … Tumbrill
– The Ordeal of Israel Boone (1967) … Sam Ralston
– River Passage (1966) … Carpenter
1969 The Ice House...Jake
1953-1969 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Big John / Deputy Joe Phy / Grat Dalton / …
– The Oldest Law (1969)
– Up the Chimney (1968) … The Sheriff
– By the Book (1968) … Manly
– The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1967) … Luke Campbell
– Brute Angel (1966) … Pony Cragin
In all 10 episodes »
1961-1968 Bonanza (TV series)
Johnny / Sam Butler / Sam Wolfe
– The Arrival of Eddie (1968) … Sam Butler
– Lothario Larkin (1965) … Johnny
– The Gift (1961) … Sam Wolfe
1968 They Ran for Their Lives...Vince Ballard
1968 The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV series)– The Warriors (1968) … Sheriff Hawks
1968 The Road Hustlers...Noah Reedy
1967 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
– The Search (1967) … Clo Vardeman
1967 Hondo (TV series)
– Hondo and the War Hawks (1967) … Krantz
– Hondo and the War Cry (1967) … Krantz
– Hondo and the Eagle Claw (1967) … Krantz
1967 Fort Utah...Scarecrow
1967 Border Lust
1966 El Dorado...Jim Purvis (Bart Jason's foreman)
1966 The Time Tunnel (TV series)– The Alamo (1966) … Col. Jim Bowie
1966 Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter...Marshal MacPhee
1965-1966 Branded (TV series)
James Swaney / Malachi Murdock / Wheeler
– The Assassins: Part 2 (1966) … James Swaney
– The Assassins: Part 1 (1966) … James Swaney
– Salute the Soldier Briefly (1965) … Wheeler
– One Way Out (1965) … Malachi Murdock
1962-1965 Rawhide (TV series)
Sheriff / Sheriff Sam Jason
– The Pursuit (1965) … Sheriff
– The Greedy Town (1962) … Sheriff Sam Jason
1965 Laredo (TV series)
– The Golden Trail (1965) … Sheriff Wes Cottrell
1965 Zebra in the Kitchen...Adam Carlyle
1965 The Lucy Show (TV series)– Lucy Goes to Vegas (1965) … Cardenas
1962-1964 Perry Mason (TV series)
George Tabor / Joe Farrell
– The Case of a Place Called Midnight (1964) … Joe Farrell
– The Case of the Fickle Filly (1962) … George Tabor
1964 The Littlest Hobo (TV series)– Double-Cross (1964) … Danny Kilgarren
1964 Iron Angel...Sgt. Walsh
1960-1964 Wagon Train (TV series)
Clyde Hubble / Dan Ryan / Gabe Henry / …
– The Melanie Craig Story (1964) … Rudd Basham
– The Jim Whitlow Story (1963) … Clyde Hubble
– The Eve Newhope Story (1962) … Dan Ryan
– The Candy O'Hara Story (1960) … Gabe Henry
1960-1963 Laramie (TV series)
Ben McKittrick / Hake Ballard / Jim Genoway / …
– Trapped (1963) … Jim Genoway
– The Dispossessed (1963) … Joe
– Shadow of the Past (1962) … Ben McKittrick
– Trail Drive (1960) … Hake Ballard
1963 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)– Jenny Ray (1963) … Tim
1963 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)– Pioneer Woman (1963) … Red
1962 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Al Long / Jess Harden
– The Treasure (1962) … Al Long / Jess Harden
1962 Stoney Burke (TV series)– Cousin Eunice (1962) … Shep Winters
1962 Lassie (TV series)– Quick Brown Fox (1962) … Ed Bates
1957-1962 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Al Porter / Jonus Sawyer / Sam Horne
– Don't Wake a Tiger (1962) … Jonus Sawyer
– The Lobo (1961) … Sam Horne
– Two Cartridges (1957) … Al Porter
1962 Thriller (TV series)– 'Til Death Do Us Part (1962) … The Marshal
1961 Whispering Smith (TV series)– The Homeless Wind (1961) … Sam Chandler
1961 The Aquanauts (TV series)– The Diana Adventure (1961) … Sam Hogarth
1961 Gunslinger (TV series)– The New Savannah Story (1961) … Jeb Crane
1961 Outlaws (TV series)– The Brothers (1961) … Steed
1961 The Gambler Wore a Gun...Case Silverthorne (as James Davis)
1961 Coronado 9 (TV series)– Gone Goose (1961) … Barton Kincaid
1961 Frontier Uprising...Jim Stockton (as James Davis)
1961 The Deputy (TV series)– The Lonely Road (1961) … Trace Phelan
1961 Manhunt (TV series)
Catlin / Otto
– Kidnapped (1961) … Catlin
– The Guest of Honor (1961) … Otto
1954-1960 General Electric Theater (TV series)
Cole Treuitt
– Journey to a Wedding (1960) … Cole Treuitt
– The Castaway (1958)
– Walking John Stopped Here (1954)
1960 The Magnificent Seven...Gunman at Boot Hill (uncredited)
1960 The Tall Man (TV series)
– The Lonely Star (1960) … Bob Orringer
– Forty-Dollar Boots (1960) … Bob Orringer
1960 Markham (TV series)– The Snowman (1960) … Neal Holland
1958-1960 Rescue 8 (TV series)
– Second Team (1960) … Wes Cameron
– I Don't Remember (1960) … Wes Cameron
– Deep Danger (1960) … Wes Cameron
– 13 Stories Up (1960) … Wes Cameron
– The Devil's Cavern (1960) … Wes Cameron
In all 74 episodes »
1960 Noose for a Gunman...Case Britton
1959 Yancy Derringer (TV series)– Two Tickets to Promontory (1959) … Bullet Pike
1959 Alias Jesse James...Frank James
1959 U.S. Marshal (TV series)– Federal Agent (1959) … Harvey Granger
1958 A Lust to Kill...Marshal Matt Gordon
1958 Flaming Frontier...Col. Hugh Carver
1958 Wolf Dog...Jim Hughes
1958 M Squad (TV series)
Harry Evans / Mickey Seville
– The Case of the Double Face (1958) … Harry Evans/Mickey Seville
1958 The Toughest Gun in Tombstone...Johnny Ringo
1958 26 Men (TV series)– The Bells of St. Thomas (1958) … Father Diego
1957 Raiders of Old California...Captain Angus Clyde McKane
1957 The Silent Service (TV series)– Cargo for Crevalle (1957) … Ruhe
1957 Apache Warrior...Ben Ziegler
1957 The Last Stagecoach West...Bill Cameron
1957 The Restless Breed...Ed Newton
1957 Monster from Green Hell...Dr. Quent Brady
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)– Four Women in Black (1957) … Sheriff
1957 The Badge of Marshal Brennan
Jeff Harlan/The Stranger
1957 The O. Henry Playhouse (TV series)– After Twenty Years (1957) (as James Davis)
1957 The Millionaire (TV series)– The Jim Driskill Story (1957) … Jim Driskill
1957 Duel at Apache Wells...Dean Cannary
1957 The Quiet Gun...Ralph Carpenter
1956 Frontier Gambler...Tony Burton
1956 The Maverick Queen...The Stranger - the real Jeff Younger
1956 Blonde Bait...Nick Randall
1956 Women Without Men...Nick Randall (USA version) (uncredited)
1956 The Wild Dakotas...Aaron Baring
1956 Beyond the River...George Cady
1955 Last of the Desperados...Chief Deputy John Poe
1955 The Vanishing American...Glendon
1955 Cavalier Theatre (TV series)
– The Texas Rangers (1955) … J.L. Armstrong
1955 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
– The Texas Rangers (1955) … J.L. Armstrong
1955 The Last Command...Ben Evans
1954-1955 Stories of the Century (TV series)
– L.H. Musgrove (1955) … Matt Clark
– Jack Slade (1955) … Matt Clark
– Milt Sharp (1955) … Matt Clark
– Jim Courtright (1955) … Matt Clark
– Rube Burrows (1955) … Matt Clark
In all 39 episodes »
1955 Timberjack...Poole
1954 Hell's Outpost...Sam Horne
1951-1954 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Col. Streeter / Hansen / Luther / …
– The Last Hat (1954)
– The Kiss (1954)
– The Wild Earth (1953) … Wesley Dean
– Man Enough for Millie (1953) … Luther
– In the Carquinez Woods (1953)
In all 10 episodes »
1954 Outlaw's Daughter...Marshal Dan Porter
1954 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV series)– Delay at Fort Bess (1954)
1954 The Fortune Hunter...Major Linton Cosgrave
1954 The Big Chase...Brad Bellows
1954 Jubilee Trail...Silky
1952-1953 Cowboy G-Men (TV series)
Dance, Shafer Henchman / Sheriff Jack Wardlow / Tom Owens / …
– Double Crossed (1953) … Dance, Shafer Henchman
– Stolen Dynamite (1953) … Wilson
– Silver Shotgun (1953) … Sheriff Jack Wardlow
– Running Iron (1952) … Tom Owens
1953 The President's Lady...Jason Robards (uncredited)
1953 Woman They Almost Lynched...Cole Younger
1953 Bandit Island (short)...Brad Miggs
1952 Ride the Man Down...Red Courteen
1952 Woman of the North Country...Steve Powell
1952 The Big Sky...Streak
1952 The Unexpected (TV series)– Leopards in Lighting (1952) … Detective
1952 Dangerous Assignment (TV series)
Bill / Guard / Holcomb / …
– The Archeological Story (1952) … Lt. Makam
– The Decoy Story (1952) … Norton
– The Paris Sewer Story (1952) … Bill
– The Salami Story (1952) … Holcomb
– The Stolen Letter (1952) … Guard
1952 Gang Busters (TV series)– The Barrow Gang … Capt. Bob Stewart
1952 Rose of Cimarron...Willie Whitewater
1951 The Sea Hornet...Tony Sullivan
1951 Silver Canyon...Wade McQuarrie
1951 The Fighting Seventh...Cpl. Doan Moylan
1951 Cavalry Scout...Lt. Spauldiing
1951 Oh! Susanna...Ira Jordan
1951 Three Desperate Men...Fred Denton
1950 California Passage...Lincoln 'Linc' Corey
1950 The Showdown...Cochran
1950 The Cariboo Trail...Miller
1950 Hi-Jacked...Joe Harper
1950 The Savage Horde...Lt. Mike Baker
1949 Brimstone...Nick Courteen
1949 Yes Sir, That's My Baby...Joe Tascarelli
1949 Hellfire...Gyp Stoner
1949 Red Stallion in the Rockies...Dave Ryder (as James Davis)
1948 Winter Meeting...Slick Novak (as James Davis)
1947 The Fabulous Texan...Sam Bass
1947 Merton of the Movies...Von Strutt's Assistant (uncredited)
1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge...Badge Dessark
1947 The Beginning or the End...Pilot at Tinian
1946 Gallant Bess...Harry
1946 Up She Goes...Matthews - Businessman (uncredited)
1945 What Next, Corporal Hargrove?...Sgt. Hill (as James Davis)
1943 The Girl in Overalls...Investigator (uncredited)
1943 Salute to the Marines...Pvt. Saunders (uncredited)
1943 Pilot #5...Military Policeman (uncredited)
1943 Three Hearts for Julia...Daily Globe Staff Member (uncredited)
1942 The Man on America's Conscience...Reporter (uncredited)
1942 Cargo of Innocents...Talker (uncredited)
1942 White Cargo...Seaplane Pilot (uncredited)
1942 Keep 'Em Sailing (short)...Joseph Cummins (as James Davis)
1942 Northwest Rangers...Mountie with Warrant (uncredited)
1942 Cairo...Sergeant (uncredited)
