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Dan Blocker
Dan Blocker

Dan Blocker

ActingBorn December 10, 1928Died May 13, 1972 (age 43)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.

Filmography

1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1971TV
1970TV
1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land

as Indian Who Sells Manhattan

Movie
1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1968Movie
1968
Lady in Cement

as Waldo Gronsky

Movie
1966
Bonanza: Ride the Wind

as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright

Movie
1965
Johnny Appleseed

as Narrator

Movie
1963Movie
1959
The Rebel

as Pierce

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Hoss Cartwright

TV
1959TV
1959
The Young Captives

as Oil Field Roughneck

Movie
1958
The Rifleman

as Pete Snipe

TV
1958
Cimarron City

as Tiny Budinger

TV
1958
Natchez

as George

Movie
1958TV
1957Movie
1957TV
1957
The Girl in Black Stockings

as Mike, the Bartender

Movie
1957
The Restless Gun

as John 'El Bruto'

TV
1957
The Restless Gun

as Ike Burnett

TV
1957
Maverick

as Hognose M. Hughes

TV
1957
Sugarfoot

as Bosch

TV
1957
Gunsight Ridge

as Bartender (uncredited)

Movie
1956Movie
1956
Playhouse 90

as George

TV
1955
Hook a Crook

as Gorilla (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Cheyenne

as Deputy Sam

TV
1955
Cheyenne

as Pete

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Lieutenant

TV
1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Little Willie

TV
1948
Bambi

as Self (archive footage)

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayDecember 10, 1928
Day of DeathMay 13, 1972
Place of BirthDeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S
Popularity1.1