During Season 4, he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, but continued to film the show as long as he could. In many scenes as the season progressed, he was shown seated, and his voice became softer and more obviously affected by his illness. He wore a hairpiece to cover the hair he lost from chemotherapy.

Jill Davism. 2000
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Deceased (1909–1981)
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James William Davis
Anna Catherine Davis
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Marion, Indiana, United States
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Cancer
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It was his gruff characterization of Jock Ewing in the 1978–91 series Dallas, though, that catapulted him to stardom. Davis’s death from cancer in 1981 occurred during the fourth season. Rather than recast the role, the show’s producers had Jock die in a helicopter crash.

Ball State University
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David “Doc” Davis
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It was his gruff characterization of Jock Ewing in the 1978–91 series Dallas, though, that catapulted him to stardom. Davis’s death from cancer in 1981 occurred during the fourth season. Rather than recast the role, the show’s producers had Jock die in a helicopter crash.

1.87 m
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James Robert Davis was born in Marion, Indiana, on July 28, 1945. Davis grew up on a small Black Angus cow farm in Fairmount, Indiana, with his father James William “Jim” Davis, mother Anna Catherine “Betty” Davis (née Carter), and his brother, Dave Davis.

Jim Davis was born on July 28, 1945 in Marion, Indiana, USA as James Robert Davis. He is known for his work on Garfield in Disguise (1985), Garfield’s Babes and Bullets (1989) and Garfield (2004).

Jim Davis was born on July 28, 1945 in Marion, Indiana, USA as James Robert Davis.

Jim Davis started his first career as cartoonist in December 1962, drawing a comic for the Fairmount High School ‘s student newspaper, The Breeze. As of today, the strip’s title is unknown.