Dan Blocker

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

December 10, 1928

died

May 13, 1972

place of birth

DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S

also known as

Bobby Dan Davis Blocker

total credits

18 movies

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.

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Known For

Lady in Cement

as Waldo Gronsky

Rowan & Martin at the Movies

as Self

Gunsight Ridge

as Bartender (uncredited)

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

as Self

Come Blow Your Horn

as Eckman

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)

Filmography

18 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

6.2

Lady in Cement

1968as Waldo Gronsky

4.5

Rowan & Martin at the Movies

1968as Self

6.0

Gunsight Ridge

1957as Bartender (uncredited)

7.0

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

1962as Self

5.1

Come Blow Your Horn

1963as Eckman

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

1979as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.8

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

1970as Charley

6.1

The Girl in Black Stockings

1957as Mike, the Bartender

7.0

The Young Captives

1959as Oil Field Roughneck

7.6

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

1968as Self (uncredited)

4.8

Outer Space Jitters

1957as Zombie

6.4

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970as Indian Who Sells Manhattan

6.8

Bonanza: Ride the Wind

1966as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright

10.0

Hook a Crook

1955as Gorilla (uncredited)

7.6

Something for a Lonely Man

1968as John Killibrew

Sizeman and Son

1956as Lewis

Natchez

1958as George

Johnny Appleseed

1965as Narrator