Actor profile

Dan Blocker

10th December 1928 DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S Acting

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.

19 Movies 19 TV Shows 38 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street poster

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street 1st March 1979 as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County poster

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County 1st April 1970 as Charley

Swing Out, Sweet Land poster

Swing Out, Sweet Land 1st January 1970 as Indian Who Sells Manhattan

The Jack Benny Birthday Special 17th February 1969 as Self

The Dean Martin Christmas Show poster

The Dean Martin Christmas Show 19th December 1968 as Self (uncredited)

Something for a Lonely Man poster

Something for a Lonely Man 26th November 1968 as John Killibrew

Lady in Cement poster

Lady in Cement 19th November 1968 as Waldo Gronsky

Rowan & Martin at the Movies poster

Rowan & Martin at the Movies 1st January 1968 as Self

Bonanza: Ride the Wind poster

Bonanza: Ride the Wind 1st January 1966 as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright

Johnny Appleseed poster

Johnny Appleseed 1st January 1965 as Narrator

Come Blow Your Horn poster

Come Blow Your Horn 5th June 1963 as Eckman

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers poster

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers 6th January 1962 as Self

The Young Captives poster

The Young Captives 1st February 1959 as Oil Field Roughneck

Natchez poster

Natchez 29th May 1958 as George

Outer Space Jitters poster

Outer Space Jitters 5th December 1957 as Zombie

The Girl in Black Stockings poster

The Girl in Black Stockings 24th September 1957 as Mike, the Bartender

Gunsight Ridge poster

Gunsight Ridge 1st September 1957 as Bartender (uncredited)

Sizeman and Son poster

Sizeman and Son 18th October 1956 as Lewis

Hook a Crook poster

Hook a Crook 24th November 1955 as Gorilla (uncredited)

V.I.P. Schaukel 9th May 1971 as Self

Drei mal neun 10th September 1970 as Self

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 22nd January 1968 as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1st October 1962 as Self

The Rebel poster

The Rebel 4th October 1959 as Pierce

Bonanza poster

Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Hoss Cartwright

The Troubleshooters poster

The Troubleshooters 11th September 1959 as Culhane

The Rifleman poster

The Rifleman 30th September 1958 as Pete Snipe

Cimarron City poster

Cimarron City 27th September 1958 as Tiny Budinger

Jefferson Drum 25th April 1958 as Craig

The Walter Winchell File poster

The Walter Winchell File 2nd October 1957 as Payload John

The Restless Gun poster

The Restless Gun 23rd September 1957 as Ike Burnett

Maverick poster

Maverick 22nd September 1957 as Hognose M. Hughes

Sugarfoot poster

Sugarfoot 17th September 1957 as Bosch

Playhouse 90 poster

Playhouse 90 4th October 1956 as George

Cheyenne poster

Cheyenne 20th September 1955 as Pete

Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as Lieutenant

The Red Skelton Show poster

The Red Skelton Show 30th September 1951 as Little Willie

Bambi poster

Bambi 1st January 1948 as Self (archive footage)