Dan Blocker

Known for

Acting

Born

December 10, 1928

Birthplace

DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S

Died

May 13, 1972 (aged 43)

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.

Best known work

The Long Goodbye

1973

Bonanza

1959

Gunsmoke

1955

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Lady in Cement

1968

The Rifleman

1958

Maverick

1957

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968

The Girl in Black Stockings

1957

Cheyenne

1955

Filmography

1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
1973
The Long Goodbye
In Memory Of
1971
V.I.P. SchaukelTV
as Self (1 episode)
1970
Drei mal neunTV
as Self (1 episode)
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Charley
1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Indian Who Sells Manhattan
1969
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
as Self
1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
1968
Something for a Lonely Man
as John Killibrew
1968
Lady in Cement
as Waldo Gronsky
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InTV
as Self (1 episode)
1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
as Self
1966
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
1965
Johnny Appleseed
as Narrator
1963
Come Blow Your Horn
as Eckman
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
as Self (2 episodes)
1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
1959
The RebelTV
as Pierce (1 episode)
1959
BonanzaTV
as Hoss Cartwright (415 episodes)
1959
The TroubleshootersTV
as Culhane (1 episode)
1959
The Young Captives
as Oil Field Roughneck
1958
The RiflemanTV
as Pete Snipe (1 episode)
1958
Cimarron CityTV
as Tiny Budinger (26 episodes)
1958
Natchez
as George
1958
Jefferson DrumTV
as Craig (1 episode)