Dan Blocker 27 pictures

Actor, Soundtrack
Dan Blocker is one of the true television immortals, having played Hoss Cartwright -- the heart and soul of _"Bonzanza" (1959) -- for 13 seasons before his untimely death in 1972 at the age of 43. "Bonanza" was the most popular TV series of the 1960s, ranked #1 for three straight seasons (1964-65 through 1966-67) and spending a then-unprecedented ...

Born: December 10, 1928
Star sign: Sagittarius
Height: 6' 4" (1.93 m)
Known for: Bonanza (1959), Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970), Come Blow Your Horn (1963), Something for a Lonely Man (1968)
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