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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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...

  3. 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. Fortunately, his job as a salesman took him to Los Angeles, where he could pursue an acting career.

  4. Jim Davis (actor) 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. Jock Ewing. character in the American television series Dallas created by David Jacobs.

  5. Jim Davis was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Jock Ewing on the popular television series "Dallas". Born in 1909 in Edgerton, Missouri, Davis began his career in Hollywood in the 1940s, appearing in a variety of films and television shows. However, it was his role as the patriarch of the Ewing family on "Dallas" that made him ...

  6. On Apr. 27, 1981, The Times reported that Jim Davis, the silver-haired actor who spent more than 30 years as a performer before attaining stardom as the ruthless patriarch Jock Ewing in TV's "Dallas," died in his sleep at his Northridge home. He was 65.

  7. 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 ...

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