Dan Blocker
9.0Acting

Dan Blocker

Dec 10, 1928 - 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.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1963Come Blow Your HornEckman
Movie1968Lady in CementWaldo Gronsky
Movie1968The Dean Martin Christmas ShowSelf (uncredited)
Movie1959The Young CaptivesOil Field Roughneck
Movie1965Johnny AppleseedNarrator
Movie1969The Jack Benny Birthday SpecialSelf
Movie1958Natchez
Movie1970The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico CountyCharley
Movie1957Outer Space JittersZombie
Movie1957Gunsight RidgeBartender (uncredited)
Movie1962The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersSelf
Movie1968Something for a Lonely ManJohn Killibrew
Movie1955Hook a CrookGorilla (uncredited)
Movie1968Rowan & Martin at the MoviesSelf
Movie1966Bonanza: Ride the WindEric 'Hoss' Cartwright
Movie1957The Girl in Black StockingsMike, the Bartender
Movie1979A Walking Tour of Sesame StreetHoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie1956Sizeman and SonLewis
TV Show1958Jefferson DrumCraig1
TV Show1957The Restless GunJohn 'El Bruto'1
TV Show1957SugarfootBosch1
TV Show1951The Red Skelton ShowLittle Willie1
TV Show1959BonanzaHoss Cartwright415
TV Show1955GunsmokeLieutenant1
TV Show1957MaverickHognose M. Hughes1
TV Show1958Cimarron CityTiny Budinger26
TV Show1957The Walter Winchell FilePayload John1
TV Show1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf2
TV Show1955CheyenneDeputy Sam1
TV Show1971V.I.P. SchaukelSelf1
TV Show1948Bambi-VerleihungSelf (archive footage)1
TV Show1970Drei mal neunSelf1
TV Show1956Playhouse 90George1
TV Show1957The Restless GunIke Burnett1
TV Show1955CheyennePete1
TV Show1958The RiflemanPete Snipe1
TV Show1959The TroubleshootersCulhane1

Crew

Media
Movie1973The Long GoodbyeIn Memory OfCrew