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Dan Blocker

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Dec 10, 1928 (97 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Acting
1979A Walking Tour of Sesame StreetHoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
1971V.I.P. SchaukelSelf
1970The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico CountyCharley
1970Drei mal neunSelf
1969The Jack Benny Birthday SpecialSelf
1968Lady in CementWaldo Gronsky
1968The Dean Martin Christmas ShowSelf (uncredited)
1968Something for a Lonely ManJohn Killibrew
1968Rowan & Martin at the MoviesSelf
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf
1966Bonanza: Ride the WindEric 'Hoss' Cartwright
1965Johnny AppleseedNarrator
1963Come Blow Your HornEckman
1962The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersSelf
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1959The Young CaptivesOil Field Roughneck
1959BonanzaHoss Cartwright
1959The TroubleshootersCulhane
1959The RebelPierce
1958NatchezGeorge
1958Jefferson DrumCraig
1958Cimarron CityTiny Budinger
1958The RiflemanPete Snipe
1957Outer Space JittersZombie
1957Gunsight RidgeBartender (uncredited)
1957The Girl in Black StockingsMike, the Bartender
1957The Restless GunJohn 'El Bruto'
1957SugarfootBosch
1957MaverickHognose M. Hughes
1957The Walter Winchell FilePayload John
1957The Restless GunIke Burnett
1956Sizeman and SonLewis
1956Playhouse 90George
1955Hook a CrookGorilla (uncredited)
1955GunsmokeLieutenant
1955CheyenneDeputy Sam
1955CheyennePete
1951The Red Skelton ShowLittle Willie
1948BambiSelf (archive footage)
Crew
1973The Long GoodbyeIn Memory Of