Dan Blocker

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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Bonanza

The Rifleman

Maverick

The Red Skelton Show

Cheyenne

Bambi

All Movies (19)

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street1979 · as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County1970 · as Charley
Swing Out, Sweet Land1970 · as Indian Who Sells Manhattan
The Jack Benny Birthday Special1969 · as Self
The Dean Martin Christmas Show1968 · as Self (uncredited)
Something for a Lonely Man1968 · as John Killibrew
Lady in Cement1968 · as Waldo Gronsky
Rowan & Martin at the Movies1968 · as Self
Bonanza: Ride the Wind1966 · as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
Johnny Appleseed1965 · as Narrator
Come Blow Your Horn1963 · as Eckman
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers1962 · as Self
The Young Captives1959 · as Oil Field Roughneck
Natchez1958 · as George
Outer Space Jitters1957 · as Zombie
The Girl in Black Stockings1957 · as Mike, the Bartender
Gunsight Ridge1957 · as Bartender (uncredited)
Sizeman and Son1956 · as Lewis
Hook a Crook1955 · as Gorilla (uncredited)

All TV Shows (21)

V.I.P. Schaukel1971 · as Self
Drei mal neun1970 · as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
The Rebel1959 · as Pierce
Bonanza1959 · as Hoss Cartwright
The Troubleshooters1959 · as Culhane
The Rifleman1958 · as Pete Snipe
Cimarron City1958 · as Tiny Budinger
Jefferson Drum1958 · as Craig
The Walter Winchell File1957 · as Payload John
The Restless Gun1957 · as John 'El Bruto'
The Restless Gun1957 · as Ike Burnett
Maverick1957 · as Hognose M. Hughes
Sugarfoot1957 · as Bosch
Playhouse 901956 · as George
Cheyenne1955 · as Deputy Sam
Cheyenne1955 · as Pete
Gunsmoke1955 · as Lieutenant
The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Little Willie
Bambi1948 · as Self (archive footage)