Dan Blocker
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-12-10
Day of Death
1972-05-13 (43 years old)
Place of Birth
DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S
Dan Blocker
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
(1979)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1970)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Charley
(1969)
(1968)
Lady in Cement
as Waldo Gronsky
(1968)
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
(1968)
Something for a Lonely Man
as John Killibrew
(1968)
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
(1966)
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
(1965)
Johnny Appleseed
as Narrator
(1963)
Come Blow Your Horn
as Eckman
(1962)
(1959)
The Young Captives
as Oil Field Roughneck
(1958)
(1957)
Gunsight Ridge
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1957)
The Girl in Black Stockings
as Mike, the Bartender
(1957)
Outer Space Jitters
as Zombie
(1955)
Hook a Crook
as Gorilla (uncredited)
Crew
(1973)
The Long Goodbye
In Memory Of