Dan Blocker

Age: 43 (passed away May. 13th, 1972)
Height: 6' 3"

Birth Place: De Kalb, Bowie County, Texas, USA
Born: Dec. 10th, 1928

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Dan Blocker's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Bonanza	Eric 'Hoss'…

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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TRIVIA:

Interred at DeKalb Cemetery, DeKalb, Texas, USA.
Once was considered for a lead role in the movie _MASH (1970)_ (qv).
Taught high school in West Texas before becoming an actor.
Father was a poor Texas farmer who lost the farm after the Depression. His father later went into the grocery business.
Blocker was approached to play Major "King" Kong in 'Stanley Kubrick' (qv)'s _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)_ (qv) after 'Peter Sellers' (qv) was injured. However, according to 'Terry Southern' (qv) (co-writer), Blocker's agent rejected the script as being "too pinko".
Former schoolteacher.
Father of identical twin daughters, Danna and Debra.
Made his Broadway debut as part of the ensemble cast of 'Louis Calhern' (qv)'s "King Lear," which opened on Christmas Day in 1950.

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