Dan Blocker
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-12-10 (44 years old)
Deathday
1972-05-13
Place of Birth
DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S
Also known As
Bobby Dan Davis Blocker
Dan Blocker
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.
Acting
1963
as Eckman
1968
as Waldo Gronsky
1968
as Self (uncredited)
1959
as Oil Field Roughneck
1965
as Narrator
1969
1958
1970
as Charley
1957
as Zombie
1957
as Bartender (uncredited)
1968
as John Killibrew
1955
as Gorilla (uncredited)
1968
as Self
1966
as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
1957
as Mike, the Bartender
1979
as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
1956
as Lewis
Production
1973
as In Memory Of
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