Dan Blocker
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1928-12-10 – 1972-05-13
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.
Known for
Come Blow Your Horn
1963Eckman
Lady in Cement
1968Waldo Gronsky
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968Self (uncredited)
The Young Captives
1959Oil Field Roughneck
Johnny Appleseed
1965NarratorThe Jack Benny Birthday Special
1969Self
Natchez
1958George
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970Charley
Outer Space Jitters
1957Zombie
Gunsight Ridge
1957Bartender (uncredited)
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962Self
Something for a Lonely Man
1968John Killibrew
Hook a Crook
1955Gorilla (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968Self
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
1966Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
The Girl in Black Stockings
1957Mike, the Bartender
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)