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Bobby Dan Davis Blocker (December 10, 1928 [1] – May 13, 1972) was an American television actor and Korean War veteran, who played Hoss Cartwright in the NBC Western television series Bonanza. Biography
Dan Blocker as Hoss Cartwright. The gentle middle son Eric is almost always referred to as Hoss. [7] The nickname was used as a nod to the character's ample girth, [8] an endearing term for "big and friendly", used by his Swedish mother Inger (and Uncle Gunnar). [9] In the Bonanza flashback, [10] his mother names him Eric after her father. To ...
Bonanza is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, ... Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Lorne Greene and Michael Landon (1961)
After Bonanza's 14 seasons came to an end, Greene released a few country albums and then in 1978, ... Dan Blocker (Eric "Hoss" Cartwright) Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images ...
A Bonanza steakhouse in Marquette, Michigan, in 2011. This location has since closed. In 1963, Dan Blocker, who played Eric "Hoss" Cartwright on Bonanza, [4] started the Bonanza Steakhouse chain. The first Bonanza opened in Westport, Connecticut. Sam Wyly and his brother Charles Wyly bought the
Bonanza is set around the Ponderosa Ranch near Virginia City, Nevada and chronicles the weekly adventures of the Cartwright family, consisting of Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his three sons (each by a different wife), Adam (Pernell Roberts), Eric "Hoss" (Dan Blocker), and Joseph (Michael Landon).
Season fourteen starred Lorne Greene and Michael Landon, the first season following the death of Dan Blocker. The season consisted of 16 episodes of a series total 431 hour-long episodes, the entirety of which was produced in color. [2] Season fourteen moved to a new timeslot of Tuesdays from 8:00 pm–9:00 pm on NBC. [3]
Bonanza is set around the Ponderosa Ranch near Virginia City, Nevada and chronicles the weekly adventures of the Cartwright family, consisting of Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his three sons (each by a different wife), Adam (Pernell Roberts), Eric "Hoss" (Dan Blocker), and Joseph (Michael Landon).