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