Dan Blocker
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.
Personal Details
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Movies (19)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
The Long Goodbye
In Memory Of (Crew)
1973
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Charley
1970
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
as Self
1969
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
1968
Something for a Lonely Man
as John Killibrew
1968
Lady in Cement
as Waldo Gronsky
1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
1968
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
1966
Johnny Appleseed
as Narrator
1965
Come Blow Your Horn
as Eckman
1963
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
1962
The Young Captives
as Oil Field Roughneck
1959
Natchez
1958
Outer Space Jitters
as Zombie
1957
The Girl in Black Stockings
as Mike, the Bartender
1957
Gunsight Ridge
as Bartender (uncredited)
1957
Sizeman and Son
as Lewis
1956
Hook a Crook
as Gorilla (uncredited)
1955
TV Shows (18)
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
Drei mal neun
as Self
1970
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Bonanza
as Hoss Cartwright
1959
The Troubleshooters
as Culhane
1959
The Rifleman
as Pete Snipe
1958
Cimarron City
as Tiny Budinger
1958
Jefferson Drum
as Craig
1958
The Walter Winchell File
as Payload John
1957
The Restless Gun
as John 'El Bruto'
1957
Maverick
as Hognose M. Hughes
1957
Sugarfoot
as Bosch
1957
Playhouse 90
as George
1956
Cheyenne
as Deputy Sam
1955
Gunsmoke
as Lieutenant
1955
The Red Skelton Show
as Little Willie
1951
Bambi
as Self (archive footage)
1948