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Dan Blocker

ダン・ブロッカー　/　だん・ぶろっかー

American actor

December 10, 1928 – May 13, 1972　・　Bowie County, Texas, United States

Texas
actor
television actor
film actor

My Take

Dan Blocker holds a special place for me as proof that warmth can be a star's defining asset. A Texas-born, Hardin-Simmons-educated Korean War veteran, he turned the big, gentle Hoss Cartwright on Bonanza into the emotional heart of one of television's biggest Westerns. That the show lost its footing after his sudden death at forty-three tells you exactly how much weight he quietly carried. He never leaned on flash; he won people over with decency and presence alone. That is precisely the kind of unglamorous, indispensable actor I find myself rooting for the hardest.

Overview

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 NBC Western television series Bonanza.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Dan Blocker
Name (Japanese): ダン・ブロッカー
Reading: だん・ぶろっかー
Born: December 10, 1928 – May 13, 1972
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Dragon
Origin: Bowie County, Texas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / television actor / film actor / musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Hardin–Simmons University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Blocker

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