
Dan Blocker
Acting
Born: 1928-12-10 · DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S
Died: 1972-05-13
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.
🎬 Movies (20)

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Long Goodbye
1973
In Memory Of

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
Charley

Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
Indian Who Sells Manhattan
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969
Self

Lady in Cement
1968
Waldo Gronsky

The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
Self (uncredited)

Something for a Lonely Man
1968
John Killibrew

Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968
Self

Bonanza: Ride the Wind
1966
Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright

Johnny Appleseed
1965
Narrator

Come Blow Your Horn
1963
Eckman

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962
Self

The Young Captives
1959
Oil Field Roughneck

Natchez
1958
George

Outer Space Jitters
1957
Zombie

Gunsight Ridge
1957
Bartender (uncredited)

The Girl in Black Stockings
1957
Mike, the Bartender

Sizeman and Son
1956
Lewis

Hook a Crook
1955
Gorilla (uncredited)
📺 TV Shows (19)
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
Self
Drei mal neun
1970
Self

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self

Bonanza
1959
Hoss Cartwright

The Troubleshooters
1959
Culhane

The Rebel
1959
Pierce
Jefferson Drum
1958
Craig

Cimarron City
1958
Tiny Budinger

The Rifleman
1958
Pete Snipe

The Restless Gun
1957
Ike Burnett

Sugarfoot
1957
Bosch

Maverick
1957
Hognose M. Hughes

The Walter Winchell File
1957
Payload John

Playhouse 90
1956
George

Gunsmoke
1955
Lieutenant

Cheyenne
1955
Pete

The Red Skelton Show
1951
Little Willie

Bambi
1948
Self (archive footage)