Dan Blocker
Actor
Born Dec 10, 1928 · DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S
Active 1955–1972
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
Bonanza (1959) — Hoss CartwrightGunsmoke (1955) — LieutenantThe Rifleman (1958) — Pete SnipeMaverick (1957) — Hognose M. HughesLady in Cement (1968) — Waldo GronskyHook a Crook (1955) — Gorilla (uncredited)The Troubleshooters (1959) — CulhaneThe Girl in Black Stockings (1957) — Mike, the BartenderPlayhouse 90 (1956) — GeorgeSomething for a Lonely Man (1968) — John KillibrewCheyenne (1955) — Pete · Deputy SamBonanza: Ride the Wind (1966) — Eric 'Hoss' CartwrightGunsight Ridge (1957) — Bartender (uncredited)The Walter Winchell File (1957) — Payload JohnThe Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970) — CharleyCome Blow Your Horn (1963) — EckmanThe Young Captives (1959) — Oil Field RoughneckCimarron City (1958) — Tiny BudingerSwing Out, Sweet Land (1970) — Indian Who Sells ManhattanThe Rebel (1959) — PierceSugarfoot (1957) — BoschJefferson Drum (1958) — CraigOuter Space Jitters (1957) — ZombieThe Restless Gun (1957) — Ike Burnett · John 'El Bruto'