Jim Davis

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 Dallas, which debuted in 1978. During season four, he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma but continued to film the show as long as he could. In many scenes as the season progressed he was shown seated, and his voice became softer and more obviously affected by his illness. He wore a hairpiece to cover the hair he'd lost from chemotherapy. A season four storyline regarding the Takapa development and Jock's separation from Miss Ellie was ended abruptly at the end of season four. The writers depicted the couple suddenly leaving to go on an extended second honeymoon when it became obvious that Davis could no longer continue to work. Their departure in a limousine in the episode "New Beginnings" was Davis' only scene in that episode, and his condition was so poor that close watching reveals (based on his unsynchronized lip movement) that he overdubbed his one last line of dialogue. It was his final appearance on the show. He died of complications from his illness while season four was being aired.

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Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

Tennessee Johnson

Il grande Jake

Cattive compagnie

Rio Lobo

Il grande cielo

L'uomo proibito

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Perché un assassinio

Monty Walsh, un uomo duro a morire

Il pianeta dove l'inferno è verde

Five Bloody Graves

The Day Time Ended

La sirena del Congo

The Big Chase

Hi-Jacked

Il triangolo di Satana

Forzate il blocco

Zebra in the Kitchen

The Road Hustlers

Il fondo della bottiglia

Three Desperate Men

Blonde Bait

They Ran for Their Lives

Lungo il fiume rosso

La trappola degli indiani

Pilot #5

Stirpe maledetta

The Savage Horde

Deliver Us from Evil

Duel at Apache Wells

The Wild Dakotas

The Gambler Wore a Gun

Pistola nuda

Iron Angel

Noose for a Gunman

The Vanishing American

Il cacciatore di fortuna

The Badge of Marshal Brennan

The Quiet Gun

Frontier Uprising

Il ponte dei senza paura

Rose of Cimarron

Cento colpi di pistola

Last Stagecoach West

The Trackers

Hondo

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

The Ice House

Wolf Dog

Buttons and Her Beaus

Arriva un cavaliere libero e selvaggio

Just a Little Inconvenience

Il grande agguato

Gallant Bess

Oh! Susanna

Timberjack

Killing Stone

Cavalry Scout

I ragazzi del coro

Apache Warrior

La donna che volevano linciare

La valle dei bruti

L'esibizionista

Red Stallion In The Rockies

The Runaway Barge

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

I magnifici sette

The Outlaw's Daughter

Silver Canyon

La corte di re Artù

The Showdown

Alamo - L'ultimo comando

Law of the Land

Merton of the Movies