Jim Davis

Jim Davis (born Marlin Davis, 26 de Agosto de 1909 – el 26 de Abril de 1981), lo que es en American actor, best known for his role as Jock Ewing en the CBS prime-time de la 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 pantalla role, which was opposite Bette Davis en the 1948 melodrama Winter Meeting,[3] a lavish failure for which he was sido fustigado en the press as being too inexperienced to play the part properly. His subsequent película career consisted of mayormente B movies, many of them westerns, although he hecho en impresión as a U. S. senator en the Warren Beatty conspiración en el thriller The Parallax View. Davis performed en numerous serie de televisión episodes in the 1950s-1970s. After years of relativamente de bajo perfil, roles, Davis lo cast as family patriarca Jock Ewing on de Dallas, que debuted en 1978. During four season, he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma but continued to the show as long as he could. En muchas escenas as the season progresado he was shown seated, y su voz se convirtió más suave y más obviously affected by his illness. He wore a hairpiece to cover the hair he'd lost from chemotherapy. A four season historia regarding the Takapa development and Jock separación from Miss Ellie lo ended abruptly at the end of four season. The writers depicted the couple de repente dejando to go on extendida second honeymoon when it became obvio that Davis could no longer continue to work. Their departure en a limusina en the episodio de "New Principios" lo Davis' only scene in that episodio, and his condition qué tan pobres that close ballenas 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 complicaciones from his illness while four season ser lo aired.