Dan Blocker
Born in DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S — Dec 10 1928• Died May 13 1972
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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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Dan Blocker's Credits
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Bonanza
Hoss Cartwright
Maverick
Hognose M. Hughes
The Rifleman
Pete Snipe
Cheyenne
Deputy Sam
Bambi
Self (archive footage)
Gunsmoke
Lieutenant
Sugarfoot
Bosch
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
The Rebel
Pierce
Playhouse 90
George
The Restless Gun
John 'El Bruto'
The Walter Winchell File
Payload John
The Troubleshooters
Culhane
Jefferson Drum
Craig
Drei mal neun
Self
The Long Goodbye
Crew
Cimarron City
Tiny Budinger
Lady in Cement
Waldo Gronsky
Come Blow Your Horn
Eckman
Gunsight Ridge
Bartender (uncredited)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Charley
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Self
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
The Girl in Black Stockings
Mike, the Bartender
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
Natchez
George
The Young Captives
Oil Field Roughneck
Sizeman and Son
Lewis
Something for a Lonely Man
John Killibrew
Outer Space Jitters
Zombie
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
Self
Hook a Crook
Gorilla (uncredited)
Johnny Appleseed
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