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Jim Davis (I) (1909–1981)

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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... See full bio »

Born:

Marlin Davis
in Edgerton, Missouri, USA

Died:

(age 71) in Northridge, California, USA
Jim Davis Barbara Bel Geddes and Jim Davis Jim Davis
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1981 Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (TV movie)
Mr. Wilkenson
 
1978-1981 Dallas (TV series)
Jock Ewing
– 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 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (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)
Earl Clay
– 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)
Raymond Spencer
– The Hit (1977) … Raymond Spencer
 
1977 The Oregon Trail (TV series)
J. D. Price
– Evan's Vendetta (1977) … J. D. Price
 
1976 The Quest (TV series)
Marshal Pullman
– Prairie Woman (1976) … Marshal Pullman
 
1976 Law of the Land (TV movie)
Sheriff Pat Lambrose
 
1976 The Blue Knight (TV series)
Daniels
– Death Echo (1976) … Daniels
 
1975 The Runaway Barge (TV movie)
Capt. Buckshot Bates
 
1975 Caribe (TV series)
David Mayfield
– Lady Killer (1975) … David Mayfield
 
1975 Satan's Triangle (TV movie)
Hal Bancroft
 
1974 The Parallax View
George Hammond
 
1974 The Cowboys (TV series)
Marshal Bill Winter
– 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
See 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 Gunsmoke (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
See all 11 episodes »
 
1974 Inferno in Paradise
Rocky Stratton
 
1973 Banacek (TV series)
Ed McKay
– 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)
Henry Rawdon
– The Seventh Grave (1973) … Henry Rawdon
 
1972 Jigsaw (TV series)
– Hard Time (1972)
 
1972 Bad Company
Marshal
 
1972 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Ellis Bengston
– The Runner (1972) … Ellis Bengston
 
1972 The Honkers
Sheriff Potter
 
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
Anson Beige
– Echo of a Distant Scream (1972) … Anson Beige
 
1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
Peter Merlino
– Discovery at Fourteen (1972) … Peter Merlino
 
1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Abe Bennett (segment "The Waiting Room")
– The Waiting Room/Last Rites for a Dead Druid (1972) … Abe Bennett (segment "The Waiting Room")
 
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)
Robbins
– 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
See 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)
Sheriff Hawks
– The Warriors (1968) … Sheriff Hawks
 
1968 The Road Hustlers
Noah Reedy
 
1967 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
Clo Vardeman
– The Search (1967) … Clo Vardeman
 
1967 Hondo (TV series)
Krantz
– 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)
Col. Jim Bowie
– 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)
Sheriff Wes Cottrell
– The Golden Trail (1965) … Sheriff Wes Cottrell
 
1965 Zebra in the Kitchen
Adam Carlyle
 
1965 The Lucy Show (TV series)
Cardenas
– 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)
Danny Kilgarren
– 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)
Tim
– Jenny Ray (1963) … Tim
 
1963 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)
Red
– 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)
Shep Winters
– Cousin Eunice (1962) … Shep Winters
 
1962 Lassie (TV series)
Ed Bates
– 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)
The Marshal
– 'Til Death Do Us Part (1962) … The Marshal
 
1961 Whispering Smith (TV series)
Sam Chandler
– The Homeless Wind (1961) … Sam Chandler
 
1961 The Aquanauts (TV series)
Sam Hogarth
– The Diana Adventure (1961) … Sam Hogarth
 
1961 Gunslinger (TV series)
Jeb Crane
– The New Savannah Story (1961) … Jeb Crane
 
1961 Outlaws (TV series)
Steed
– The Brothers (1961) … Steed
 
1961 The Gambler Wore a Gun
Case Silverthorne (as James Davis)
 
1961 Coronado 9 (TV series)
Barton Kincaid
– Gone Goose (1961) … Barton Kincaid
 
1961 Frontier Uprising
Jim Stockton (as James Davis)
 
1961 The Deputy (TV series)
Trace Phelan
– The Lonely Road (1961) … Trace Phelan
 
1961 Manhunt (TV series)
Catlin / Otto
– Kidnapped (1961) … Catlin
– The Guest of Honor (1961) … Otto
 
1954-1960 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Cole Treuitt / Fitz
– Journey to a Wedding (1960) … Cole Treuitt
– The Castaway (1958) … Fitz
– Walking John Stopped Here (1954)
 
1960 The Magnificent Seven
Gunman at Boot Hill (uncredited)
 
1960 The Tall Man (TV series)
Bob Orringer
– The Lonely Star (1960) … Bob Orringer
– Forty-Dollar Boots (1960) … Bob Orringer
 
1960 Markham (TV series)
Neal Holland
– The Snowman (1960) … Neal Holland
 
1958-1960 Rescue 8 (TV series)
Wes Cameron
– 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
See all 74 episodes »
 
1960 Noose for a Gunman
Case Britton
 
1959 Yancy Derringer (TV series)
Bullet Pike
– Two Tickets to Promontory (1959) … Bullet Pike
 
1959 Alias Jesse James
Frank James
 
1959 U.S. Marshal (TV series)
Harvey Granger
– 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)
Father Diego
– The Bells of St. Thomas (1958) … Father Diego
 
1957 Raiders of Old California
Captain Angus Clyde McKane
 
1957 The Silent Service (TV series)
Ruhe
– 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)
Sheriff
– 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)
Jim Driskill
– 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 The Bottom of the Bottle
George Cady
 
1955 Last of the Desperados
Chief Deputy John Poe
 
1955 The Vanishing American
Glendon
 
1955 Cavalier Theatre (TV series)
J.L. Armstrong
– The Texas Rangers (1955) … J.L. Armstrong
 
1955 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
J.L. Armstrong
– The Texas Rangers (1955) … J.L. Armstrong
 
1955 The Last Command
Ben Evans
 
1954-1955 Stories of the Century (TV series)
Matt Clark
– 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
See 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)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1954 Outlaw's Daughter
Marshal Dan Porter
 
1954 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Delay at Fort Bess (1954)
 
1954 The Outcast
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)
Detective
– 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)
Capt. Bob Stewart
– The Barrow Gang … Capt. Bob Stewart
 
1952 Rose of Cimarron
Willie Whitewater
 
1951 The Sea Hornet
Tony Sullivan
 
1951 Silver Canyon
Wade McQuarrie
 
1951 Little Big Horn
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 Goes Maisie
Matthews (uncredited)
 
1945 What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
Sgt. Hill (as James Davis)
 
1943 Swing Shift Maisie
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 Tennessee Johnson
Reporter (uncredited)
 
1942 Stand by for Action
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)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1982 Dallas (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– The Search (1982) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1982 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.43 (1982) … Himself
 
1980 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 September 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1979-1980 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 April 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 November 1979 (1979) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 November 1979 (1979) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 July 1979 (1979) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 May 1979 (1979) … Himself
See all 6 episodes »
 
1979 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 October 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 August 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2008 Catalunya.cat (TV documentary)
Jock Ewing (uncredited)
 
2005 80s (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork (TV documentary)
Jock Ewing (uncredited)
 
2003 SoapTalk (TV series)
 
2002 After Dallas (TV movie)
Jock Ewing
 
2000 Doing Dallas (TV special)
Jock Ewing
 
1991 The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 (documentary)
Corporal (uncredited)
 
1982 Dallas (TV series)
 
1976 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1967 Hondo and the Apaches (TV movie)
Krantz
 
1957 Guns Don't Argue
Police Captain Stewart/Narrator
 

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Personal Details

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(1962) Unsold pilot: Co-starred in a pilot for an adventure series about the life of a teenaged girl who lives in a mountain ranch, called "Buttons". Also in cast: Linda Evans and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams. See more »

Alternate Names:

James Davis

Height:

6' 2½" (1.89 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Only child Tara Diane (15 January 1953 - 9 February 1970) died in a car crash at age 17. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo