Dan Blocker

★ Acting #73,611

1928 - 1972 (age 43) • Acting

Born: 12/10/1928 in DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S

Died: 5/13/1972 (age 43)

Known for: Acting

Dan Blocker

★ Acting #73,611

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 Long Goodbye

74%

In Memory Of

1973

Bonanza

75%

Hoss Cartwright

1959

Gunsmoke

67%

Lieutenant

1955

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

75%

Self

1962

The Rifleman

71%

Pete Snipe

1958

Maverick

70%

Hognose M. Hughes

1957

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

68%

Self

1968

Cheyenne

62%

Deputy Sam / Pete

1955

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)

1979

The Long Goodbye

74%

In Memory Of

1973

V.I.P. Schaukel

80%

Self

1971

Drei mal neun

70%

Self

1970

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

70%

Charley

1970

Swing Out, Sweet Land

57%

Indian Who Sells Manhattan

1970

The Jack Benny Birthday Special

90%

Self

1969

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

76%

Self (uncredited)

1968

Something for a Lonely Man

76%

John Killibrew

1968

Lady in Cement

62%

Waldo Gronsky

1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

68%

Self

1968

Rowan & Martin at the Movies

45%

Self

1968

Bonanza: Ride the Wind

74%

Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright

1966

Johnny Appleseed

Narrator

1965

Come Blow Your Horn

51%

Eckman

1963

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

75%

Self

1962

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

70%

Self

1962

Bonanza

75%

Hoss Cartwright

1959

The Troubleshooters

100%

Culhane

1959

The Young Captives

70%

Oil Field Roughneck

1959

The Rifleman

71%

Pete Snipe

1958

Cimarron City

63%

Tiny Budinger

1958

Natchez

George

1958

Jefferson Drum

53%

Craig

1958

Outer Space Jitters

44%

Zombie

1957

The Walter Winchell File

75%

Payload John

1957

The Girl in Black Stockings

61%

Mike, the Bartender

1957

The Restless Gun

44%

John 'El Bruto' / Ike Burnett

1957