James Davis (c.1811 – 26 October 1859) was a pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria , a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly .
19-771: James , Jim , Jimmy , or Jamie Davis may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] J. Gunnis Davis (1873–1937), actor and director, whose directorial work was credited as James Davis Jim Davis (actor) (1909–1981), American actor Jim Davis (cartoonist) (born 1945), creator of the Garfield comic strip Jamie Davis (actor) (born 1981), English actor Jamie Davis (musician) (born 1983), American musician James B. Davis (musician) (1917–2007), American musician James "Thunderbird" Davis (1938–1992), American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Jimmy Davis (songwriter) (1915–1997), co-writer of
38-434: A US$ 7 billion Ponzi scheme Other [ edit ] James Davis (VC) (1835–1893), Scottish Victoria Cross recipient James Davis (escaped convict) (1808–1889), aka "Duramboi", escaped convict who lived with Aborigines James A. Davis (1929–2016), sociologist James B. Davis (general) (born 1935), U.S. Air Force general Jim Limber Davis , mulatto boy who was briefly a ward of Jefferson Davis, president of
57-507: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 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, he became famous as Jock Ewing in the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas , a role he continued until he
76-611: Is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California . In February 1960, having already appeared as a guest star on 50 episodes across 20 different television series and having been the series lead of both Stories of the Century and Rescue 8 , Davis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , at 6290 Hollywood Boulevard , Hollywood , California. James Davis (Australian politician) Davis
95-1497: The 1900s and 1910s Jim Davis (basketball player) (1941–2018), American basketball player Jim Davis (basketball coach) (born 1946), American college basketball coach James Davis (sprinter) (born 1976), American sprinter Jimmy Davis (footballer) (1982–2003), Manchester United footballer James Davis (fencer) (born 1991), British fencer James Davis (footballer, born 1995) , Equatoguinean footballer Politics [ edit ] James Davis (printer) (1721–1785), first postmaster of North Carolina James Davis (Australian politician) (c. 1811–1859), politician in Alberton, Victoria, Australia James Davis (Iowa politician) (1826–1897), Iowa state senator James H. Davis (congressman) (1853–1940), United States Representative from Texas James J. Davis (1873–1947), United States Senator from Pennsylvania and Secretary of Labor James C. Davis (1895–1981), United States Representative from Georgia Jimmie Davis (1899–2000), musician and Governor of Louisiana Jim Davis (Florida politician) (born 1957), United States Representative from Florida Jim Davis (Indiana politician) (1928–2012), Indiana state representative Jim Davis (North Carolina politician) (born 1947), North Carolina state senator James E. Davis (New York politician) (1962–2003), assassinated New York City politician Jim Davis (Ohio politician) (1935–2011), Republican member of
114-445: The 1971 John Wayne vehicles Rio Lobo (1970) and Big Jake (1971). In 1974, he starred as Marshal Bill Winter in a short-lived ABC Western series The Cowboys , based on a 1972 film of the same name starring John Wayne. After years of relatively low-profile roles, Davis was cast as family patriarch Jock Ewing on Dallas , which debuted in 1978. The decision had already been made prior to Davis' death not to recast
133-477: The Century . He portrayed Matt Clark, a detective for the Southwest Railroad. In 1957 he played an outlaw with scruples in the 16th episode of Tales of Wells Fargo , entitled "Two Cartridges", with Dale Robertson . From 1958-1960, Davis starred as Wes Cameron opposite Lang Jeffries in the role of Skip Johnson in the syndicated adventure series Rescue 8 . About this time, he guest-starred on
152-762: The Confederate States of America James Davis (mariner) (1575–c. 1620), English ship captain and author James William Davis , British naturalist James Davis (musical group) , musical group signed to Motown Other uses [ edit ] USS James L. Davis (1861) (1861), sailing bark acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War See also [ edit ] Jimmy Davies (disambiguation) James Davies (disambiguation) Jim Davies (disambiguation) Jimmy Davies (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
171-915: The Ohio House of Representatives Religion [ edit ] James J. Davis (bishop) (1852–1926), Roman Catholic bishop James Peter Davis (1904–1988), American Roman Catholic archbishop James Levert Davis , African Methodist Episcopal bishop Law [ edit ] James Z. Davis (1943–2016), judge on the Utah Court of Appeals James Edward Davis (1817–1887), barrister, magistrate and author James E. Davis (Los Angeles police officer) (1889–1949), Los Angeles Chief of Police Business [ edit ] Jim Davis (businessman) (born 1943), Chairman of New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. and founder of Major League Lacrosse James M. Davis (born 1948), former chief financial officer of Stanford Financial Group who pled guilty for his role in
190-483: The character with another actor. Furthermore, after he died the producers strongly considered leaving his name and photos in the opening credits for the duration of the series. The fifth-season episode "The Search", which confirmed the character's death in a helicopter crash on his way home to Dallas from South America, was broadcast on January 8, 1982, and contained flashback scenes of the character. In 1949, after two short failed marriages, he met Blanche Hammerer at
209-566: The club "Mocambo" on the Sunset Strip. They later married and remained together for more than 30 years, until Davis's death in 1981. Their only child, daughter Tara Diane Davis, was killed in an automobile accident at the age of 17. Davis later became close to his Dallas co-star Victoria Principal , who had a physical resemblance to his late daughter. Davis died at his home in Northridge, California , on April 26, 1981, aged 71. He
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#1732790830998228-483: The episode "After the OK Corral" on Death Valley Days ; William Tannen played the part of rancher and gunfighter Ike Clanton in the same episode. Davis appeared eleven times on Gunsmoke and four times each on Daniel Boone , Wagon Train , and Laramie . In the next-to-the-last Laramie episode, entitled "Trapped" (May 14, 1963), he guest-starred with Tommy Sands , Claude Akins , and Mona Freeman . In
247-458: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title James Davis . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Davis&oldid=1258152665 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
266-1234: The song "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" Jimmy Davis (Memphis singer) , singer-songwriter for 1980s rock band Jimmy Davis & Junction James Davis (critic) (1853–1907), pen-name Owen Hall, Irish-born theatre writer and theatre critic James Davis (satirist) (c. 1706–1755), Welsh doctor and satirist James G. Davis , American artist Jim Davis (radio presenter) , British radio presenter Sports [ edit ] American football [ edit ] James Davis (cornerback) (born 1957), NFL cornerback and safety James Davis (linebacker) (born 1979), NFL linebacker Jim Davis (gridiron football) (born 1981), American football player James Davis (running back) (born 1986), American football halfback Baseball [ edit ] Jumbo Davis (James J. Davis, 1861–1921), American baseball player Jim Davis (pitcher) (1924–1995), baseball pitcher Jim Davis (third baseman) (fl. 1945), American baseball player Other sports [ edit ] James Davis (Surrey cricketer) (fl. 1840s), English cricketer James Davis (Kent cricketer) (died 1870), English cricketer Jim Davis (rugby league) (1887–1934), Australian rugby league footballer of
285-498: The story line, Slim Sherman ( John Smith ) finds an injured female kidnap victim in the woods (Freeman). Dennis Holmes , as series-regular Mike Williams, rides away to seek help, but the kidnappers reclaim the hostage. Slim pursues the kidnappers, but is mistaken as a third kidnapper by the girl's father ( Barton MacLane ). Sands plays the girl's boyfriend, who had been ordered by her father to stop seeing her. Davis also appeared in an episode of The High Chaparral and in small roles in
304-542: The syndicated crime drama , U.S. Marshal , starring John Bromfield . Davis made two guest appearances on Perry Mason , as George Tabor in the season-six episode of "The Case of the Fickle Filly", and as murder victim Joe Farrell in the 1964, season-eight episode of "The Case of a Place Called Midnight". He also appeared on the Jack Lord adventure series, Stoney Burke . In 1964, Davis played Wyatt Earp in
323-566: Was a pastoralist at Woodside Creek in Gippsland from 1847 to 1859, and The Meadows at Merriman's Creek from 1847 to 1850. Davis married Louisa Frances Harrison (a daughter of Peter Degraves) on 22 April 1837. In November 1856, Davis was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Alberton , a position he held until August 1859. Davis and his family left Hobson's Bay (Melbourne) on 25 August 1859 aboard
342-517: Was known as Jim Davis by the time of his first major screen role, which was opposite Bette Davis in the 1948 melodrama Winter Meeting . His subsequent film career consisted of mostly B movies , many of them Westerns , although he made an impression as a U.S. Senator in the Warren Beatty conspiracy thriller The Parallax View . Davis appeared 13 times on Death Valley Days . In 1954–1955, Davis starred and narrated Stories of
361-757: Was too ill from multiple myeloma to perform. Born in Edgerton in Platte County in northwestern Missouri , Davis attended high school in Dearborn , and the Baptist -affiliated William Jewell College in Liberty . At WJC, he played tight end on the football team and graduated with a degree in political science. He served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II . He
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