Jim Davis(1909-1981)
- Actor
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).
