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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role Davis is most fondly remembered for is without much doubt the {{cattle|baron}} and oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing, father of J.R., Gary, and Bobby. He played Jock until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then after a couple of episodes where Jock [[WrittenInAbsence was written as]] [[PutOnABus travelling abroad]], {{the character died with him}}.

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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role Davis is most fondly remembered for is without much doubt the {{cattle|baron}} and oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing, father of J.R., Gary, and Bobby.Bobby Ewing. He played Jock until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then after a couple of episodes where Jock [[WrittenInAbsence was written as]] [[PutOnABus travelling abroad]], {{the character died with him}}.
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Not to be confused with James Robert "Jim" Davis, the creator of ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}''.

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Not to be confused with [[Creator/JimDavis James Robert "Jim" Davis, Davis]], the creator of ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}''.
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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role Davis is most fondly remembered for is without much doubt the {{cattle|baron}} and oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing, father of J.R., Gary, and Bobby. He played Jock until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then after a couple of episodes where Jock was [[PutOnABus travelling abroad]], {{the character died with him}}.

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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role Davis is most fondly remembered for is without much doubt the {{cattle|baron}} and oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing, father of J.R., Gary, and Bobby. He played Jock until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then after a couple of episodes where Jock [[WrittenInAbsence was written as]] [[PutOnABus travelling abroad]], {{the character died with him}}.
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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role Davis is most fondly remembered for is without much doubt the {{cattle|baron}} and oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing, father of J.R., Gary, and Bobby. He played Jock until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then after a couple of episodes where he was PutOnABus, TheCharacterDiedWithHim.

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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role Davis is most fondly remembered for is without much doubt the {{cattle|baron}} and oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing, father of J.R., Gary, and Bobby. He played Jock until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then after a couple of episodes where he Jock was PutOnABus, TheCharacterDiedWithHim.[[PutOnABus travelling abroad]], {{the character died with him}}.
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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role Davis is most fondly remembered for is without much doubt the {{cattle|baron}} and oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing, father of J.R., Gary, and Bobby. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then after a couple of episodes where he was PutOnABus, TheCharacterDiedWithHim.

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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role Davis is most fondly remembered for is without much doubt the {{cattle|baron}} and oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing, father of J.R., Gary, and Bobby. He played the role Jock until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then after a couple of episodes where he was PutOnABus, TheCharacterDiedWithHim.
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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role Davis is most fondly remembered for is without much doubt the oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing, father of J.R., Gary, and Bobby. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then after a couple of episodes where he was PutOnABus, TheCharacterDiedWithHim.

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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role Davis is most fondly remembered for is without much doubt the {{cattle|baron}} and oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing, father of J.R., Gary, and Bobby. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then after a couple of episodes where he was PutOnABus, TheCharacterDiedWithHim.
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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for is the oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing, father of J.R., Gary, and Bobby. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then TheCharacterDiedWithHim.

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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he Davis is most fondly remembered for is without much doubt the oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing, father of J.R., Gary, and Bobby. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then after a couple of episodes where he was PutOnABus, TheCharacterDiedWithHim.
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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for is the oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then TheCharacterDiedWithHim.

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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for is the oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing.Ewing, father of J.R., Gary, and Bobby. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then TheCharacterDiedWithHim.
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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly TV series and [[BMovie B-movies]], the vast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. Either in films or series, he seemingly never got tired of playing {{cowboy}}s or other western figures, even in pictures with such improbable premises as ''Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter''. He also notably played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.

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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly TV series and [[BMovie B-movies]], the vast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. Either in films or series, he seemingly never got tired of playing {{cowboy}}s or other western figures, even in pictures with such improbable premises as ''Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter''. He also notably played a U.S. senator John Hammond in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.
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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly TV series and [[BMovie B-movies]], the vast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. Either in films or series, he seemingly never got tired of playing {{cowboy}}s or other western figures, even in such improbables pictures as ''Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter''. He also notably played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.

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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly TV series and [[BMovie B-movies]], the vast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. Either in films or series, he seemingly never got tired of playing {{cowboy}}s or other western figures, even in such improbables pictures with such improbable premises as ''Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter''. He also notably played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.
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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly TV series and [[BMovie B-movies]], the vast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. Either in films or series, he seemingly never got tired of playing {{cowboy}}s or other western figures, including in such improbables pictures as ''Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter''. He also notably played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.

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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly TV series and [[BMovie B-movies]], the vast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. Either in films or series, he seemingly never got tired of playing {{cowboy}}s or other western figures, including even in such improbables pictures as ''Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter''. He also notably played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.
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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly TV series and [[BMovie B-movies]], the vast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. Either in films or series, he seemingly never got tired of playing {{cowboy}}s or other western figures, including in such improbables pictures as ''Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter'. He also notably played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.

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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly TV series and [[BMovie B-movies]], the vast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. Either in films or series, he seemingly never got tired of playing {{cowboy}}s or other western figures, including in such improbables pictures as ''Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter'.Daughter''. He also notably played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.
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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly TV series and [[BMovie B-movies]], the vast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]] (either films or series). He also notably played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.

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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly TV series and [[BMovie B-movies]], the vast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]] (either westerns]]. Either in films or series).series, he seemingly never got tired of playing {{cowboy}}s or other western figures, including in such improbables pictures as ''Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter'. He also notably played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.
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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for to this day is the oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then TheCharacterDiedWithHim.

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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for to this day is the oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then TheCharacterDiedWithHim.
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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly [[BMovie B-movies]], the vast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. He also played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.

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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly TV series and [[BMovie B-movies]], the vast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. westerns]] (either films or series). He also notably played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.
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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for to this day is ThePatriarch of the Ewing family in that series, John Ross "Jock" Ewing. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then TheCharacterDiedWithHim.

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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for to this day is ThePatriarch the oil baron and [[ThePatriarch patriarch]] of the Ewing family in that series, family, John Ross "Jock" Ewing. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then TheCharacterDiedWithHim.
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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly [[BMovie B-movies]], the cast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. He also played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.

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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly [[BMovie B-movies]], the cast vast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. He also played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.
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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly [[BMovie B-movies]], a great many of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. He also played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.

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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly [[BMovie B-movies]], a great many the cast majority of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. He also played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.
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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for to this day is the patriarch of the Ewing family in that series, John Ross "Jock" Ewing. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then TheCharacterDiedWithHim.

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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for to this day is the patriarch ThePatriarch of the Ewing family in that series, John Ross "Jock" Ewing. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then TheCharacterDiedWithHim.
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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for to this is the patriarch of the Ewing family in that series, John Ross "Jock" Ewing. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then TheCharacterDiedWithHim.

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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for to this day is the patriarch of the Ewing family in that series, John Ross "Jock" Ewing. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then TheCharacterDiedWithHim.
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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for to this is the patriarch of the Ewing family in that series, John Ross "Jock" Ewing.

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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for to this is the patriarch of the Ewing family in that series, John Ross "Jock" Ewing.
Ewing. He played the role until he was too ill from a multiple myeloma to perform, then TheCharacterDiedWithHim.
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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for is the patriarch of the Ewing family in that series, John Ross "Jock" Ewing.

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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for to this is the patriarch of the Ewing family in that series, John Ross "Jock" Ewing.
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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for is the patriarch of the Ewing family in that series, John Ross "Jock" Ewing.

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Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for is the patriarch of the Ewing family in that series, John Ross "Jock" Ewing.Ewing.

Not to be confused with James Robert "Jim" Davis, the creator of ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}''.
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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly BMovies, a great many of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. He also played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.

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He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly BMovies, [[BMovie B-movies]], a great many of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. He also played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.
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Marlin "Jim" Davis (August 26, 1909 – April 26, 1981) was an American actor.

He got his first major role opposite Creator/BetteDavis in ''Winter Meeting'' (1948). The rest of his film career consisted of mostly BMovies, a great many of them being [[TheWestern westerns]]. He also played a U.S. senator in the 1970s ConspiracyThriller ''Film/TheParallaxView''.

Then came ''Series/{{Dallas}}''. The role he is most fondly remembered for is the patriarch of the Ewing family in that series, John Ross "Jock" Ewing.

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