Dan Blocker

Dan Blocker

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

10/12/1928

Day of Death

13/05/1972
(44) 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.

Filmography

Cast

1979

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)

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

Come Blow Your Horn

as Eckman

1959

The Young Captives

as Oil Field Roughneck

1957

Outer Space Jitters

as Zombie

1957

The Girl in Black Stockings

as Mike, the Bartender

1957

Gunsight Ridge

as Bartender (uncredited)

1956

Sizeman and Son

as Lewis

1955

Hook a Crook

as Gorilla (uncredited)

Crew

1973

The Long Goodbye

as In Memory Of