Dan Blocker
Known for ActingBorn 1928-12-10 — died 1972-05-13DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S
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
Lady in Cement
1968 · as Waldo Gronsky
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
1966 · as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968 · as Self
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970 · as Indian Who Sells Manhattan
The Girl in Black Stockings
1957 · as Mike, the Bartender
Gunsight Ridge
1957 · as Bartender (uncredited)
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968 · as Self (uncredited)
Come Blow Your Horn
1963 · as Eckman
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979 · as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969 · as Self
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970 · as Charley
Hook a Crook
1955 · as Gorilla (uncredited)
Something for a Lonely Man
1968 · as John Killibrew
The Young Captives
1959 · as Oil Field Roughneck
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962 · as Self
Outer Space Jitters
1957 · as Zombie
Johnny Appleseed
1965 · as Narrator
Sizeman and Son
1956 · as Lewis