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Dan Blocker

American actor (1928-1972) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 43

Bobby Dan Davis Blocker was an American television actor and Korean War veteran, who played Hoss Cartwright in the NBC Western television series Bonanza.

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1972Died13 May 19721971V.I.P. SchaukelSeries1970Drei mal neunSeriesSwing Out, Sweet LandFilm, 1970Indian Who Sells Manhattan1969The Jack Benny Birthday SpecialFilm1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSeriesLady in CementFilm, 1968Waldo Gronsky1966Bonanza: Ride the WindFilm, Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright1965Johnny AppleseedFilm, Narrator1963Come Blow Your HornFilm, Eckman1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeriesThe New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersFilm, 19621959BonanzaSeries, Hoss CartwrightThe Young CaptivesFilm, 1959Oil Field Roughneck1958NatchezFilm, George1957MaverickSeries, Hognose M. HughesGunsight RidgeFilm, 1957Bartender (uncredited)Outer Space JittersFilm, 1957Zombie1956Playhouse 90Series, GeorgeSizeman and SonFilm, 1956Lewis1955CheyenneSeries, Deputy SamHook a CrookFilm, 1955Gorilla (uncredited)1951The Red Skelton ShowSeries, Little Willie1948BambiSeries1928Born10 December 1928

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United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 1972 · aged 43

In the same film or series as Dan

Susan Saint JamesAlso in The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)DeForest KelleyAlso in Bonanza: Ride the Wind (1966)Leslie UggamsAlso in Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)Raquel WelchAlso in Lady in Cement (1968)Lee J. CobbAlso in Come Blow Your Horn (1963)