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Jim Davis

1909 - 1981

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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 was too ill from multiple myeloma to perform. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Davis is the 1,591st most popular actor (up from 2,164th in 2019), the 2,955th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,477th in 2019) and the 780th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jim Davis ranks 1,591 out of 13,578. Before him are Ryan Gosling, Alan King, Heather Locklear, Adel Emam, Nicole Garcia, and Rosamund Pike. After him are Paul Scofield, Tony Sirico, Robert Pattinson, Mathieu Kassovitz, Solomon Mikhoels, and Ralph Waite.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Jim Davis ranks 99. Before him are Stavros Niarchos, Harro Schulze-Boysen, Nelson Algren, Attilio Demaría, Franz Bardon, and Johannes Willebrands. After him are Mikhail Mil, Hideo Sakai, André Abegglen, Karl Schäfer, Roberto Burle Marx, and C. Northcote Parkinson. Among people deceased in 1981, Jim Davis ranks 69. Before him are Ella Grasso, Valeri Kharlamov, Nelson Algren, Lotte Lenya, Christy Brown, and Ziaur Rahman. After him are Kirill Kondrashin, Grunya Sukhareva, Henry Eyring, Gunichi Mikawa, Bernard Lee, and Albert Cohen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Davis ranks 2,955 out of 20,380. Before him are Gigi Hadid (1995), Audre Lorde (1934), Richie Sambora (1959), Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903), Jim Rogers (1942), and Gabe Newell (1962). After him are Steve Fossett (1944), Charlie Baker (1956), GZA (1966), Mervyn LeRoy (1900), Tony Sirico (1942), and Mike Troy (1940).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jim Davis ranks 780. Before him are George Hamilton (1939), Jeffrey Jones (1946), Nancy Allen (1950), George Reeves (1914), Alan King (1927), and Heather Locklear (1961). After him are Tony Sirico (1942), Ralph Waite (1928), Ben Johnson (1918), Lea Thompson (1961), Miguel Ferrer (1955), and Vera Farmiga (1973).

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