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Dan Blocker
Born: 10th Dec 1928 DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S - Died 13th May 1972
Dept: Acting
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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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 37
Film: 18 (49%)
Television: 19 (51%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Adventure, Romance, Thriller, Animation, Music
Filmography
1979
Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones titled A Walking Tour of S ... view
Character:
Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
May 1971 (first aired)
V.I.P.-Schaukel is a 45 minute documentary-family-news-talk show starring Margret Dünser as Host. The series premiered on Sun May 09, 1971 on ZDF and ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1970
A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off for a mail-order bride. ... view
Character:
Charley
1969
A TV special aired on February 17, 1969 (the star’s birthday was February 14), featuring Benny’s long-established persona and several celebrity gu ... view
Character:
Self
1968
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends. ... view
Character:
Self (uncredited)
1968
The blacksmith of a small western town finds himself an outcast. He had led the townspeople west in hopes of starting a new life, only to find the tow ... view
Character:
John Killibrew
1968
While diving for sunken treasure, street-smart gumshoe Tony Rome finds the body of a gorgeous blonde, her feet stuck in a block of cement. Soon after, ... view
Character:
Waldo Gronsky
Jan 1968 (first aired)
An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1968
This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out tha ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: Ride the Wind
1966
The Pony Express opens up an office in Virginia City. Despite being an investor, Ben objects to Joe signing up as a rider. Adding to his concerns, the ... view
Character:
Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
1965
The animated story of Johnny Appleseed, who introduced apple trees to many parts of North America, as well as nursing the nature around him. ... view
Character:
Narrator
1963
The story of a young man's decision to leave the home of his parents for the bachelor pad of his older brother who leads a swinging '60s lifestyle. ... view
Character:
Eckman
Oct 1962 (first aired)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired ... view
Character:
Self (2 ep.)
1962
A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches. ... view
Character:
Self
Oct 1959 (first aired)
After the end of the Civil War, a former Confederate Army private roams the Wild West, and, as a rogue drifter, gets involved in helping out various s ... view
Character:
Pierce (1 ep.)
Sep 1959 (first aired)
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community. ... view
Character:
Hoss Cartwright (415 ep.)
Sep 1959 (first aired)
The Troubleshooters is an American 26-segment half-hour adventure series starring Keenan Wynn as Kodiak and Bob Mathias as Frank Dugan. The show aired ... view
Character:
Culhane (1 ep.)
1959
Two high-school teenagers on their way to Mexico to get married cross paths with a homicidal fugitive. ... view
Character:
Oil Field Roughneck
Sep 1958 (first aired)
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It ... view
Character:
Pete Snipe (1 ep.)
Sep 1958 (first aired)
Cimarron City is an American Western television series, starring George Montgomery as Matt Rockford and John Smith as Lane Temple, that aired on NBC f ... view
Character:
Tiny Budinger (26 ep.)
1958
A Civil War veteran returns home to find his father has become a social pariah. ... view
Character:
George
Apr 1958 (first aired)
Jefferson Drum, also known as The Pen and the Quill, is an American Western television series starring Jeff Richards that aired on the NBC network fro ... view
Character:
Craig (1 ep.)
1957
The stooges accompany professor Jones on an expedition to Venus, where they discover that the Venusians are planning to conquer the earth with an army ... view
Character:
Zombie
Oct 1957 (first aired)
The Walter Winchell File is the title of a television crime drama series that initially aired from 1957 to 1958, dramatizing cases from the New York C ... view
Character:
Payload John (1 ep.)
1957
Residents at a posh Utah hotel become suspects when a girl is found murdered during a pool party. Local sheriff Jess Holmes takes charge of the invest ... view
Character:
Mike, the Bartender
Sep 1957 (first aired)
The Restless Gun is an American western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and 1959, with John Payne in the role of Vint Bonner, a wa ... view
Character:
John 'El Bruto' (1 ep.)
Ike Burnett (1 ep.)
Sep 1957 (first aired)
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than me ... view
Character:
Hognose M. Hughes (1 ep.)
Sep 1957 (first aired)
Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner w ... view
Character:
Bosch (1 ep.)
1957
An undercover agent takes the job of sheriff in order to find the men responsible for a series of stagecoach robberies. ... view
Character:
Bartender (uncredited)
1956
Morris Sizeman is a successful garment manufacturer in New York City. His son, Harold Sizeman, returns from the Korean War with new ideas about human ... view
Character:
Lewis
Oct 1956 (first aired)
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS ... view
Character:
George (1 ep.)
1955
Joe Besser and Jim Hawthorne are detectives trying to recover stolen jewels. They see a necklace on a furry arm, and deduce that a man wearing a fur c ... view
Character:
Gorilla (uncredited)
Sep 1955 (first aired)
Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawma ... view
Character:
Deputy Sam (1 ep.)
Pete (1 ep.)
Sep 1955 (first aired)
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place ... view
Character:
Lieutenant (1 ep.)
Sep 1951 (first aired)
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third ... view
Character:
Little Willie (1 ep.)
Jan 1948 (first aired)
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in i ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage) (1 ep.)