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Dan Blocker

Dan Blocker

Born: 1928-12-10 • DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S

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
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street poster
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979 • Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County poster
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970 • Charley
No Image
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969 • Self
The Dean Martin Christmas Show poster
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968 • Self (uncredited)
Something for a Lonely Man poster
Something for a Lonely Man
1968 • John Killibrew
Lady in Cement poster
Lady in Cement
1968 • Waldo Gronsky
Rowan & Martin at the Movies poster
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968 • Self
Bonanza: Ride the Wind poster
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
1966 • Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
Johnny Appleseed poster
Johnny Appleseed
1965 • Narrator
Come Blow Your Horn poster
Come Blow Your Horn
1963 • Eckman
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers poster
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962 • Self
The Young Captives poster
The Young Captives
1959 • Oil Field Roughneck
Natchez poster
Natchez
1958 • George
Outer Space Jitters poster
Outer Space Jitters
1957 • Zombie
The Girl in Black Stockings poster
The Girl in Black Stockings
1957 • Mike, the Bartender
Gunsight Ridge poster
Gunsight Ridge
1957 • Bartender (uncredited)
Sizeman and Son poster
Sizeman and Son
1956 • Lewis
Hook a Crook poster
Hook a Crook
1955 • Gorilla (uncredited)