Dan Blocker
Acting • Born 1928-12-10 – Died 1972-05-13
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
38 credits
Come Blow Your Horn
Movie • 1963
Eckman
Lady in Cement
Movie • 1968
Waldo Gronsky
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Movie • 1968
Self (uncredited)
The Young Captives
Movie • 1959
Oil Field Roughneck
Johnny Appleseed
Movie • 1965
Narrator
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
Movie • 1969
Self
Natchez
Movie • 1958
George
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Movie • 1970
Charley
Outer Space Jitters
Movie • 1957
Zombie
Gunsight Ridge
Movie • 1957
Bartender (uncredited)
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Movie • 1962
Self
Something for a Lonely Man
Movie • 1968
John Killibrew
Hook a Crook
Movie • 1955
Gorilla (uncredited)
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Movie • 1968
Self
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
Movie • 1966
Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
The Girl in Black Stockings
Movie • 1957
Mike, the Bartender
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Movie • 1979
Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sizeman and Son
Movie • 1956
Lewis
Jefferson Drum
TV • 1958
Craig
The Restless Gun
TV • 1957
John 'El Bruto'
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Bosch
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Little Willie
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Hoss Cartwright
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Lieutenant
Maverick
TV • 1957
Hognose M. Hughes
Cimarron City
TV • 1958
Tiny Budinger
The Walter Winchell File
TV • 1957
Payload John
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Deputy Sam
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV • 1971
Self
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self (archive footage)
Drei mal neun
TV • 1970
Self
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
George
The Restless Gun
TV • 1957
Ike Burnett
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Pete
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Pete Snipe
The Troubleshooters
TV • 1959
Culhane
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self