Dan Blocker

Acting · 1928–1972 · DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S

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.

Known for

7.5

Bonanza

1959 · Series · Hoss Cartwright

5.1

Come Blow Your Horn

1963 · Eckman

6.7

Gunsmoke

1955 · Series · Lieutenant

7.6

Something for a Lonely Man

1968 · John Killibrew

7.1

The Rifleman

1958 · Series · Pete Snipe

6.9

Maverick

1957 · Series · Hognose M. Hughes

7.4

Bonanza: Ride the Wind

1966 · Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright

6.8

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

1970 · Charley

6.1

Cheyenne

1955 · Series · Deputy Sam / Pete

5.7

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970 · Indian Who Sells Manhattan

6.0

Gunsight Ridge

1957 · Bartender (uncredited)

6.3

Cimarron City

1958 · Series · Tiny Budinger

All acting credits28

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

1979 · Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.7

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970 · Indian Who Sells Manhattan

6.8

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

1970 · Charley

6.2

Lady in Cement

1968 · Waldo Gronsky

7.6

Something for a Lonely Man

1968 · John Killibrew

7.4

Bonanza: Ride the Wind

1966 · Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright

Johnny Appleseed

1965 · Narrator

5.1

Come Blow Your Horn

1963 · Eckman

7.5

Bonanza

1959 · Series · Hoss Cartwright

5.1

The Rebel

1959 · Series · Pierce

10.0

The Troubleshooters

1959 · Series · Culhane

7.0

The Young Captives

1959 · Oil Field Roughneck

7.1

The Rifleman

1958 · Series · Pete Snipe

6.3

Cimarron City

1958 · Series · Tiny Budinger

Jefferson Drum

5.3

Jefferson Drum

1958 · Series · Craig

Natchez

1958 · George

6.9

Maverick

1957 · Series · Hognose M. Hughes

5.1

Sugarfoot

1957 · Series · Bosch