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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_Davis_(actor)Jim Davis (actor) - Wikipedia

    Jim Davis (born Marlin Davis; August 26, 1909 – April 26, 1981) was an American actor, best known for his roles in television Westerns. In his later career, he became famous as Jock Ewing in the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas , a role he continued until he was too ill from multiple myeloma to perform.

  2. www.britannica.com › Jim-Davis-American-actorJim Davis | Biography, Movies, Television Shows, & Facts

    6 days ago · Jim Davis (born August 26, 1909, Edgerton, Missouri, U.S.—died April 26, 1981, Northridge, California) American character actor who was best known for his portrayal of Jock Ewing, the tough gravel-voiced patriarch of the oil-rich Ewing family on Dallas, a top-rated American television series. Davis graduated in 1930 from William Jewell ...

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  4. www.imdb.com › name › nm0204824Jim Davis - Biography - IMDb

    Jim Davis. Actor: Big Jake. 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...

    • August 26, 1909
    • April 26, 1981

  5. www.imdb.com › name › nm0204824Jim Davis - IMDb

    Jim Davis. Actor: Big Jake. 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...

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    • August 26, 1909
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    • April 26, 1981

  6. www.nytimes.com › 1981/04/27 › obituariesJIM DAVIS, ACTOR, 65, DIES; LED EWINGS IN DALLAS'

    Apr 27, 1981 · Jim Davis, the gravely-voice character actor best known as the tough patriarch of the Ewing family in the television series ''Dallas'' died yesterday in his home in Northridge, Calif. He was 65 ...

  7. www.thefamouspeople.com › profiles › jim-davis-4314Jim Davis (actor) Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life ...

    Dec 24, 2021 · Jim Davis was a prominent American actor and is best remembered for his ‘cowboy’ acts in several movies and also for his role in the TV series ‘Dallas’. Davis’s career had a modest beginning and he initially worked as a tent-rigger in a circus.

  8. www.themoviedb.org › person › 30846-jim-davisJim Davis — The Movie Database (TMDB)

    Jim Davis was an American actor who starred as Jock Ewing in Dallas from 1978 to 1981, when he died of multiple myeloma. He also appeared in many other films and TV shows, such as The Magnificent Seven, Rio Lobo, and The Parallax View. Learn more about his biography, filmography, and awards on this web page.