Dan Blocker

Acting • 1928-12-10 • 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

7.5

Bonanza

1959

7.6

Something for a Lonely Man

1968

7.0

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

1970

5.1

Come Blow Your Horn

1963

7.4

Bonanza: Ride the Wind

1966

6.3

Cimarron City

1958

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Filmography

1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame StreetFilm
Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
1971
V.I.P. SchaukelTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico CountyFilm
Charley
★ 7.0
1970
Swing Out, Sweet LandFilm
Indian Who Sells Manhattan
★ 5.6
1970
Drei mal neunTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1969
The Jack Benny Birthday SpecialFilm
Self
★ 9.0
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1968
Lady in CementFilm
Waldo Gronsky
★ 6.1
1968
Something for a Lonely ManFilm
John Killibrew
★ 7.6
1968
The Dean Martin Christmas ShowFilm
Self (uncredited)
★ 7.6
1968
Rowan & Martin at the MoviesFilm
Self
★ 4.5
1966
Bonanza: Ride the WindFilm
Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
★ 7.4
1965
Johnny AppleseedFilm
Narrator
1963
Come Blow Your HornFilm
Eckman
★ 5.1
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.6
1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1959
BonanzaTV
Hoss Cartwright • 415 episodes
★ 7.5
1959
The RebelTV
Pierce • 1 episodes
★ 5.1
1959
The TroubleshootersTV
Culhane • 1 episodes
★ 10.0
1959
The Young CaptivesFilm
Oil Field Roughneck
★ 7.0
1958
The RiflemanTV
Pete Snipe • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1958
Cimarron CityTV
Tiny Budinger • 26 episodes
★ 6.3
1958
Jefferson DrumTV
Craig • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
1958
NatchezFilm
George
1957
MaverickTV
Hognose M. Hughes • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1957
The Girl in Black StockingsFilm
Mike, the Bartender
★ 6.1
1957
SugarfootTV
Bosch • 1 episodes
★ 5.1
1957
Gunsight RidgeFilm
Bartender (uncredited)
★ 6.0
1957
The Restless GunTV
John 'El Bruto' • 1 episodes
★ 4.4
1957
The Restless GunTV
Ike Burnett • 1 episodes
★ 4.4
1957
The Walter Winchell FileTV
Payload John • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1957
Outer Space JittersFilm
Zombie
★ 4.4
1956
Playhouse 90TV
George • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1956
Sizeman and SonFilm
Lewis
1955
GunsmokeTV
Lieutenant • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1955
CheyenneTV
Deputy Sam • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1955
CheyenneTV
Pete • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1955
Hook a CrookFilm
Gorilla (uncredited)
★ 10.0
1951
The Red Skelton ShowTV
Little Willie • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1948
BambiTV
Self (archive footage) • 1 episodes
★ 9.0