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