Dan Blocker

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Dan Blocker

Acting December 10, 1928

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 tele…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Bonanza

Bonanza

7.5 1959 TV Show
The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

7.4 1973 Movie
Maverick

Maverick

7.0 1957 TV Show
The Rifleman

The Rifleman

7.1 1958 TV Show
The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

7.4 1951 TV Show
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

6.7 1955 TV Show
Cheyenne

Cheyenne

6.2 1955 TV Show
Bambi

Bambi

9.0 1948 TV Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

6.8 1968 TV Show
Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot

5.1 1957 TV Show
The Rebel

The Rebel

5.1 1959 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1979
    A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

    Movie Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)

  2. 1973
    The Long Goodbye

    Movie In Memory Of

  3. 1971
    V.I.P. Schaukel

    TV show Self

  4. 1970
    Drei mal neun

    TV show Self

  5. 1970
    The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

    Movie Charley

  6. 1970
    Swing Out, Sweet Land

    Movie Indian Who Sells Manhattan

  7. 1969
    The Jack Benny Birthday Special

    Movie Self

  8. 1968
    The Dean Martin Christmas Show

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  9. 1968
    Something for a Lonely Man

    Movie John Killibrew

  10. 1968
    Lady in Cement

    Movie Waldo Gronsky

  11. 1968
    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    TV show Self

  12. 1968
    Rowan & Martin at the Movies

    Movie Self

  13. 1966
    Bonanza: Ride the Wind

    Movie Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright

  14. 1965
    Johnny Appleseed

    Movie Narrator

  15. 1963
    Come Blow Your Horn

    Movie Eckman

  16. 1962
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    TV show Self

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  1. 1962
    The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

    Movie Self

  2. 1959
    The Rebel

    TV show Pierce

  3. 1959
    Bonanza

    TV show Hoss Cartwright

  4. 1959
    The Troubleshooters

    TV show Culhane

  5. 1959
    The Young Captives

    Movie Oil Field Roughneck

  6. 1958
    The Rifleman

    TV show Pete Snipe

  7. 1958
    Cimarron City

    TV show Tiny Budinger

  8. 1958
    Natchez

    Movie George

  9. 1958
    Jefferson Drum

    TV show Craig

  10. 1957
    Outer Space Jitters

    Movie Zombie

  11. 1957
    The Walter Winchell File

    TV show Payload John

  12. 1957
    The Girl in Black Stockings

    Movie Mike, the Bartender

  13. 1957
    The Restless Gun

    TV show John 'El Bruto'

  14. 1957
    Maverick

    TV show Hognose M. Hughes

  15. 1957
    Sugarfoot

    TV show Bosch

  16. 1957
    Gunsight Ridge

    Movie Bartender (uncredited)

  17. 1956
    Sizeman and Son

    Movie Lewis

  18. 1956
    Playhouse 90

    TV show George

  19. 1955
    Hook a Crook

    Movie Gorilla (uncredited)

  20. 1955
    Cheyenne

    TV show Deputy Sam

  21. 1955
    Gunsmoke

    TV show Lieutenant

  22. 1951
    The Red Skelton Show

    TV show Little Willie

  23. 1948
    Bambi

    TV show Self (archive footage)