
Dan Blocker
Acting
Bobby Dan Davis Blocker (December 10, 1928 β 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
1979A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Charley
1968Lady in Cement
Waldo Gronsky
1968The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
1968Something for a Lonely Man
John Killibrew
1968Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
1966Bonanza: Ride the Wind
Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
1965Johnny Appleseed
Narrator
1963Come Blow Your Horn
Eckman
1962The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Self
1959The Young Captives
Oil Field Roughneck
1958Natchez
George
1957Outer Space Jitters
Zombie
1957Gunsight Ridge
Bartender (uncredited)
1957The Girl in Black Stockings
Mike, the Bartender
1956Sizeman and Son
Lewis
1955Hook a Crook
Gorilla (uncredited)