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Birthday: Dec 10, 1928
Place of Birth: DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S

Dan Blocker

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