Actor

Dan Blocker

Birthday: December 10, 1928

Born in: 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.

Movie Credits

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979) as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 50
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970) as Charley
Age: 41
The Jack Benny Birthday Special (1969) as Self
Age: 40
The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968) as Self (uncredited)
Age: 40
Something for a Lonely Man (1968) as John Killibrew
Age: 39
Lady in Cement (1968) as Waldo Gronsky
Age: 39
Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968) as Self
Age: 39
Bonanza: Ride the Wind (1966) as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
Age: 37
Johnny Appleseed (1965) as Narrator
Age: 36
Come Blow Your Horn (1963) as Eckman
Age: 34
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962) as Self
Age: 33
The Young Captives (1959) as Oil Field Roughneck
Age: 30
Natchez (1958)
Age: 29
Outer Space Jitters (1957) as Zombie
Age: 28
The Girl in Black Stockings (1957) as Mike, the Bartender
Age: 28
Gunsight Ridge (1957) as Bartender (uncredited)
Age: 28
Sizeman and Son (1956) as Lewis
Age: 27
Hook a Crook (1955) as Gorilla (uncredited)
Age: 26