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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1963
Bonanza
1959
Maverick
1958
The Red Skelton Show
1970
The Rifleman
1958
Cheyenne
1958
Bambi
1969
Gunsmoke
1956
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1970
Sugarfoot
1958
The Rebel
1959
Playhouse 90
1958

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
40
Crew
1
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Hoss (archive footage) (uncredited)
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
Drei mal neun
as Self
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Charley
1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Indian Who Sells Manhattan
1970
The Red Skelton Show
as Little Willie
1970
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1969
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
as Self
1969
Bambi
as Self (archive footage)
1968
Lady in Cement
as Waldo Gronsky
1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
1968
Something for a Lonely Man
as John Killibrew
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
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
1959
The Young Captives
as Oil Field Roughneck
1959
Bonanza
as Hoss Cartwright
1959
The Troubleshooters
as Culhane
1959
The Rebel
as Pierce
1958
Natchez
as George
1958
Jefferson Drum
as Craig
1958
Sugarfoot
as Bosch
1958
Maverick
as Hognose M. Hughes
1958
Cimarron City
as Tiny Budinger
1958
The Walter Winchell File
as Payload John
1958
Cheyenne
as Deputy Sam
1958
Playhouse 90
as George
1958
The Rifleman
as Pete Snipe
1957
Outer Space Jitters
as Zombie
1957
Gunsight Ridge
as Bartender (uncredited)
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
Cheyenne
as Pete
1956
Sizeman and Son
as Lewis
1956
Gunsmoke
as Lieutenant
1955
Hook a Crook
as Gorilla (uncredited)