Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
December 10, 1928
Died
May 13, 1972
Age
43
Place of Birth
DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S
Popularity
1.6
Dan Blocker
Acting
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.
Also known as
Bobby Dan Davis Blocker
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Known For
7.6
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV
7.5
Bonanza
1959 · TV
7.1
The Rifleman
1958 · TV
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · TV
7.0
Maverick
1957 · TV
6.2
Cheyenne
1955 · TV
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV
9.0
Bambi
1948 · TV
5.1
The Rebel
1959 · TV
5.1
Sugarfoot
1957 · TV
7.5
Playhouse 90
1956 · TV
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · TV
Filmography
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Movie · Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
0.0
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · Self
8.0
1970
Drei mal neun
TV · Self
7.0
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Movie · Charley
6.8
1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Movie · Indian Who Sells Manhattan
5.7
1969
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
Movie · Self
9.0
1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Movie · Self (uncredited)
7.6
1968
Something for a Lonely Man
Movie · John Killibrew
7.6
1968
Lady in Cement
Movie · Waldo Gronsky
6.2
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · Self
6.8
1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Movie · Self
4.5
1966
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
Movie · Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
7.4
1965
Johnny Appleseed
Movie · Narrator
0.0
1963
Come Blow Your Horn
Movie · Eckman
5.1
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · Self
7.6
1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Movie · Self
7.0
1959
The Rebel
TV · Pierce
5.1
1959
Bonanza
TV · Hoss Cartwright
7.5
1959
The Troubleshooters
TV · Culhane
10.0
1959
The Young Captives
Movie · Oil Field Roughneck
7.0
1958
The Rifleman
TV · Pete Snipe
7.1
1958
Cimarron City
TV · Tiny Budinger
6.3
1958
Natchez
Movie · George
0.0
1958
Jefferson Drum
TV · Craig
5.3