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.
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Acting History
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
1971V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
1970Drei mal neun as Self
1970The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Charley
1969The Jack Benny Birthday Special as Self
1968The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
1968Something for a Lonely Man as John Killibrew
1968Lady in Cement as Waldo Gronsky
1968Rowan & Martin at the Movies as Self
1966Bonanza: Ride the Wind as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
1965Johnny Appleseed as Narrator
1963Come Blow Your Horn as Eckman
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers as Self
1959Bonanza as Hoss Cartwright
1959The Troubleshooters as Culhane
1959The Young Captives as Oil Field Roughneck
1958The Rifleman as Pete Snipe
1958Cimarron City as Tiny Budinger
1958Natchez
1958Jefferson Drum as Craig
1957Outer Space Jitters as Zombie
1957The Walter Winchell File as Payload John
1957The Girl in Black Stockings as Mike, the Bartender
1957The Restless Gun as John 'El Bruto'
1957The Restless Gun as Ike Burnett
1957Maverick as Hognose M. Hughes
1957Sugarfoot as Bosch
1957Gunsight Ridge as Bartender (uncredited)
1956Sizeman and Son as Lewis
1956Playhouse 90 as George
1955Hook a Crook as Gorilla (uncredited)
1955Cheyenne as Deputy Sam
1955Cheyenne as Pete
1955Gunsmoke as Lieutenant
1951The Red Skelton Show as Little Willie
1948Bambi as Self (archive footage)