Cast & creator
Dan Blocker
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Bonanza, Maverick
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.
Also known as: Bobby Dan Davis Blocker
20
film credits
21
television credits
40
1948–1979 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (41)
Showing 41 of 41 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Bonanza
Hoss Cartwright
1959
Maverick
Hognose M. Hughes
1957
The Rifleman
Pete Snipe
1958
The Red Skelton Show
Little Willie
1951
Cheyenne
Deputy Sam
1955Cheyenne
Pete
1955
Bambi
Self (archive footage)
1948
Gunsmoke
Lieutenant
1955
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Sugarfoot
Bosch
1957
The Rebel
Pierce
1959
Playhouse 90
George
1956V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
The Restless Gun
John 'El Bruto'
1957The Restless Gun
Ike Burnett
1957
The Walter Winchell File
Payload John
1957
The Troubleshooters
Culhane
1959
Jefferson Drum
Craig
1958
Cimarron City
Tiny Budinger
1958
The Long Goodbye
In Memory Of
1973Drei mal neun
Self
1970
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
1968The Jack Benny Birthday Special
Self
1969
Lady in Cement
Waldo Gronsky
1968
Come Blow Your Horn
Eckman
1963
Gunsight Ridge
Bartender (uncredited)
1957
The Girl in Black Stockings
Mike, the Bartender
1957
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Charley
1970
Something for a Lonely Man
John Killibrew
1968
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Self
1968
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Self
1962
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Indian Who Sells Manhattan
1970
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
1966
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
The Young Captives
Oil Field Roughneck
1959
Sizeman and Son
Lewis
1956
Hook a Crook
Gorilla (uncredited)
1955
Natchez
George
1958
Outer Space Jitters
Zombie
1957
Johnny Appleseed
Narrator
1965