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Dan Blocker

Acting Born Dec 10, 1928 DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S 24 credits

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.

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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Bonanza

as Hoss Cartwright
Film

Lawrence of Arabia

as Deputy Sam
Film

Lawrence of Arabia

as Pete

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Rifleman (1958) as Pete Snipe
  • Bonanza (1959) as Hoss Cartwright
  • Maverick (1957) as Hognose M. Hughes
  • The Rebel (1959) as Pierce
  • Gunsmoke (1955) as Lieutenant
  • The Red Skelton Show (1951) as Little Willie
  • Cheyenne (1955) as Deputy Sam
  • Cheyenne (1955) as Pete
  • Bambi (1948) as Self (archive footage)
  • Sugarfoot (1957) as Bosch
  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self
  • Playhouse 90 (1956) as George
  • V.I.P. Schaukel (1971) as Self
  • The Restless Gun (1957) as John 'El Bruto'
  • The Restless Gun (1957) as Ike Burnett
  • The Walter Winchell File (1957) as Payload John
  • The Troubleshooters (1959) as Culhane
  • Cimarron City (1958) as Tiny Budinger
  • Jefferson Drum (1958) as Craig
  • Drei mal neun (1970) as Self
  • Lady in Cement (1968) as Waldo Gronsky
  • Gunsight Ridge (1957) as Bartender (uncredited)
  • Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968) as Self