Portrait of Dan Blocker

Dan Blocker

Acting

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.

Born: December 10, 1928

Place of Birth: DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S

Filmography

1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)

1971
1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as Self (uncredited)

1968
1968
Lady in Cement

as Waldo Gronsky

1966
Bonanza: Ride the Wind

as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright

1965
Johnny Appleseed

as Narrator

1963
1959
Bonanza

as Hoss Cartwright

1959
1959
The Young Captives

as Oil Field Roughneck

1958
The Rifleman

as Pete Snipe

1958
Cimarron City

as Tiny Budinger

1957
1957
1957
The Girl in Black Stockings

as Mike, the Bartender

1957
The Restless Gun

as John 'El Bruto'

1957
The Restless Gun

as Ike Burnett

1957
Maverick

as Hognose M. Hughes

1957
Sugarfoot

as Bosch

1957
Gunsight Ridge

as Bartender (uncredited)

1956
1956
Playhouse 90

as George

1955
Hook a Crook

as Gorilla (uncredited)

1955
Cheyenne

as Deputy Sam

1955
Cheyenne

as Pete

1955
Gunsmoke

as Lieutenant

1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Little Willie

1948
Bambi

as Self (archive footage)