Dan Blocker starred in Bonanza as middle son Hoss Cartwright, who knew his way around a rifle when the moment called for it.

Dan Blocker fought in what is today North Korea for 209 days, receiving a Purple Heart.

Blocker made 153 cuts in 204 starts on the PGA Tour between 1961-1975, earning $129,528. Blocker's other distinction was a famous relative - he was a cousin of Dan Blocker, who played Hoss ...

Discover details about 'Bonanza' actor Dan Blocker, including his net worth at his death and how he died tragically young.

TV viewers in the ’60s and early ’70s absolutely adored Bonanza. The show stands as NBC’s longest-running western, and it featured Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, and Michael ...

Dan Blocker of O'Donnell, Texas, was Hoss Cartwright. The gentle-giant character of the television show Bonanza lives on through reruns and in a museum and small park in his hometown in the ...

Dan Blocker died in 1972 of a pulmonary embolism after gall bladder surgery. He was 43. The 300-pound, 6-foot-4 actor was buried in De Kalb, Texas, where he was born, according to obituaries.

Starring veteran actor Lorne Greene as family patriarch Ben Cartwright, the Bonanza cast also included Pernell Roberts as eldest son Adam, Dan Blocker as Hoss and Michael Landon as Little Joe.