Dan Blocker

Dan Blocker

Acting

Born December 10, 1928 · DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S

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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Rifleman

The Rifleman

1958

Bonanza

Bonanza

1959

Maverick

Maverick

1957

Cheyenne

Cheyenne

1955

Cheyenne

Cheyenne

1955

The Rebel

The Rebel

1959

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

1951

Acting(38)

1979A Walking Tour of Sesame StreetHoss (archive footage) (uncredited)

1971V.I.P. SchaukelSelf

1970Drei mal neunSelf

1970The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico CountyCharley

1970Swing Out, Sweet LandIndian Who Sells Manhattan

1969The Jack Benny Birthday SpecialSelf

1968The Dean Martin Christmas ShowSelf (uncredited)

1968Something for a Lonely ManJohn Killibrew

1968Lady in CementWaldo Gronsky

1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf

1968Rowan & Martin at the MoviesSelf

1966Bonanza: Ride the WindEric 'Hoss' Cartwright

1965Johnny AppleseedNarrator

1963Come Blow Your HornEckman

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf

1962The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersSelf

1959The RebelPierce

1959BonanzaHoss Cartwright

1959The TroubleshootersCulhane

1959The Young CaptivesOil Field Roughneck

1958The RiflemanPete Snipe

1958Cimarron CityTiny Budinger

1958NatchezGeorge

1958Jefferson DrumCraig

1957Outer Space JittersZombie

1957The Walter Winchell FilePayload John

1957The Girl in Black StockingsMike, the Bartender

1957The Restless GunJohn 'El Bruto'

1957MaverickHognose M. Hughes

1957SugarfootBosch

1957Gunsight RidgeBartender (uncredited)

1956Sizeman and SonLewis

1956Playhouse 90George

1955Hook a CrookGorilla (uncredited)

1955CheyenneDeputy Sam

1955GunsmokeLieutenant

1951The Red Skelton ShowLittle Willie

1948BambiSelf (archive footage)

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