Dan Blocker
Acting
Born: 1928-12-10 in 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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Rifleman
Pete Snipe
Bonanza
Hoss Cartwright
Maverick
Hognose M. Hughes
The Red Skelton Show
Little Willie
Cheyenne
Deputy Sam
Cheyenne
Pete
Gunsmoke
Lieutenant
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
Bambi
Self (archive footage)
Sugarfoot
Bosch
The Rebel
Pierce
Playhouse 90
George
The Restless Gun
John 'El Bruto'
The Restless Gun
Ike Burnett
The Walter Winchell File
Payload John
The Troubleshooters
Culhane
Cimarron City
Tiny Budinger
The Girl in Black Stockings
Mike, the Bartender
Lady in Cement
Waldo Gronsky
Gunsight Ridge
Bartender (uncredited)
Something for a Lonely Man
John Killibrew
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
Come Blow Your Horn
Eckman
The Young Captives
Oil Field Roughneck
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Charley
Outer Space Jitters
Zombie
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Indian Who Sells Manhattan
Hook a Crook
Gorilla (uncredited)
Sizeman and Son
Lewis
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Self
Johnny Appleseed
Narrator
Natchez
George