Dan Blocker

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1928-12-10

Deathday 1972-05-13 (43 years old)

Place of Birth DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S

Also Known As Bobby Dan Davis Blocker

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.

Known For

Actor

1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)

1971
1970
1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as Self (uncredited)

1968
Something for a Lonely Man

as John Killibrew

1968
Lady in Cement

as Waldo Gronsky

1966
Bonanza: Ride the Wind

as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright

1965
Johnny Appleseed

as Narrator

1963
1959
The Young Captives

as Oil Field Roughneck

1959
Bonanza

as Hoss Cartwright

1958
Cimarron City

as Tiny Budinger

1958
1957
1957
The Girl in Black Stockings

as Mike, the Bartender

1957
Gunsight Ridge

as Bartender (uncredited)

1957
The Walter Winchell File

as Payload John

1957
The Restless Gun

as John 'El Bruto'

1957
The Restless Gun

as Ike Burnett

1957
Maverick

as Hognose M. Hughes

1957
Sugarfoot

as Bosch

1956
Playhouse 90

as George

1955
Hook a Crook

as Gorilla (uncredited)

1955
Cheyenne

as Deputy Sam

1955
Gunsmoke

as Lieutenant

1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Little Willie

1948
Bambi Awards

as Self (archive footage)

Crew

1973
The Long Goodbye

as In Memory Of