Person

Dan Blocker

Acting · 1928–1972 · DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S

Biography

Bobby Dan Davis Blocker (December 10, 1928 – May 13, 1972) was an American television actor and Korean War veteran, who played Hoss Cartwright in the long-running NBC Western television series Bonanza.

Known for

Filmography

1979A Walking Tour of Sesame StreetHoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
1973The Long GoodbyeIn Memory Of
1971V.I.P. SchaukelSelf
1970Drei mal neunSelf
1970The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico CountyCharley
1970Swing Out, Sweet LandIndian Who Sells Manhattan
1969The Jack Benny Birthday SpecialSelf
1968The Dean Martin Christmas ShowSelf (uncredited)
1968Something for a Lonely ManJohn Killibrew
1968Lady in CementWaldo Gronsky
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf
1968Rowan & Martin at the MoviesSelf
1966Bonanza: Ride the WindEric 'Hoss' Cartwright
1965Johnny AppleseedNarrator
1963Come Blow Your HornEckman
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersSelf
1959The RebelPierce
1959BonanzaHoss Cartwright
1959The TroubleshootersCulhane
1959The Young CaptivesOil Field Roughneck
1958The RiflemanPete Snipe
1958Cimarron CityTiny Budinger
1958NatchezGeorge
1958Jefferson DrumCraig
1957Outer Space JittersZombie
1957The Walter Winchell FilePayload John
1957The Girl in Black StockingsMike, the Bartender
1957The Restless GunJohn 'El Bruto'
1957MaverickHognose M. Hughes
1957SugarfootBosch
1957Gunsight RidgeBartender (uncredited)
1956Sizeman and SonLewis
1956Playhouse 90George
1955Hook a CrookGorilla (uncredited)
1955CheyenneDeputy Sam
1955GunsmokeLieutenant
1951The Red Skelton ShowLittle Willie
1948BambiSelf (archive footage)

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