Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-12-10

Deathday

1972-05-13 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S

Also Known As

Bobby Dan Davis Blocker

Dan Blocker

Biography

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

Sep 12, 1959

6.6%

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

7.5%

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Oct 1, 1962

6.2%

Lady in Cement

Nov 19, 1968

7.0%

The Rifleman

Sep 30, 1958

6.8%

Maverick

Sep 22, 1957

6.1%

The Girl in Black Stockings

Sep 24, 1957

5.8%

Cheyenne

Sep 20, 1955

5.8%

Cheyenne

Sep 20, 1955

4.8%

Come Blow Your Horn

Jun 5, 1963

7.3%

The Red Skelton Show

Sep 30, 1951

6.0%

Gunsight Ridge

Sep 1, 1957

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Acting

1979

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)

1971

V.I.P. Schaukel as Self

1970		Drei mal neun as Self
1970		The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County as Charley

1969

The Jack Benny Birthday Special as Self

1968		The Dean Martin Christmas Show as Self (uncredited)
1968		Something for a Lonely Man as John Killibrew
1968		Lady in Cement as Waldo Gronsky
1968		Rowan & Martin at the Movies as Self

1966

Bonanza: Ride the Wind as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright

1965

Johnny Appleseed as Narrator

1963

Come Blow Your Horn as Eckman

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers as Self

1959		Bonanza as Hoss Cartwright
1959		The Troubleshooters as Culhane
1959		The Young Captives as Oil Field Roughneck

1958		The Rifleman as Pete Snipe
1958		Cimarron City as Tiny Budinger
1958		Natchez
1958		Jefferson Drum as Craig

1957		Outer Space Jitters as Zombie
1957		The Walter Winchell File as Payload John
1957		The Girl in Black Stockings as Mike, the Bartender
1957		The Restless Gun as John 'El Bruto'
1957		The Restless Gun as Ike Burnett
1957		Maverick as Hognose M. Hughes
1957		Sugarfoot as Bosch
1957		Gunsight Ridge as Bartender (uncredited)

1956

Playhouse 90 as George

1955		Hook a Crook as Gorilla (uncredited)
1955		Cheyenne as Deputy Sam
1955		Cheyenne as Pete
1955		Gunsmoke as Lieutenant

1951

The Red Skelton Show as Little Willie

1948

BAMBI Awards as Self (archive footage)

Crew

1973

The Long Goodbye as In Memory Of