Jim Davis who played Jock Ewing on the TV show Dallas

Marlin Davis was born in 1909 in Missouri.  He took the stage name Jim Davis and appeared in his first uncredited role in "Cairo" in 1942.  He had many other uncredited roles until 1945 when he played Sgt. Hill in "What Next, corporal Hargrove?".  He then became busy through 1945-46 starring in films such as "Gallant Bess", "The Fabulous Texan", "The Romance of Rosy Ridge", and "The Beginning or