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John Ross Jock Ewing Sr. (1909–82) is a character in the popular American television series Dallas played by Jim Davis (1978–81); in the made-for-TV movie prequel to the series Dallas: The Early Years (1986) he was played by Dale Midkiff. Jock Ewing founded Ewing Oil in 1930 and was the patriarch of the Ewing family.