Bobby And Davis Blocker (December 10, 1928 - May 13, 1972) is an American television actor and veteran of the Korean War. She is most remembered for her role as Hoss Cartwright in the NBC Western Television series Bonanza.
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Biography
Early life
Blocker was born Bobby Dan Davis Blocker in De Kalb, Texas, USA, son of Ora "Shack" Blocker (1895-1960) and his wife Mary Arizona Blocker, nà © Å © Davis (1901-1998). The family moved to O'Donnell, south of Lubbock in West Texas, where they operate a shop.
As a boy, he attended the Texas Military Institute and in 1946 played soccer at Southern Baptist-affiliated with Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. In 1947, he was transferred to Sul Ross State College in Alpine, Texas, where he was a stellar soccer player and graduated in 1950. After two years of military service, he went on to earn a master's degree in drama arts.
He works as a rodeo player and as a bouncer at the bar while a student. He is remembered from his school days for his size 6 ft. 4 in (1.93 m) and weighs 300 pounds (140 kilograms), and because of his good nature despite his intimidating size.
Blocker was an English teacher and high school drama in Sonora, Texas, from 1953 to 1958; a sixth grade teacher and trainer at Eddy Elementary School in Carlsbad, New Mexico, and then a teacher in California.
AS. Army
Blocker was recruited into the United States Army during the Korean War. He had basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana and served as an infantry sergeant in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division in Korea, from December 1951 to August 1952. He received Purple Heart for wounds in battle.
In addition to Purple Heart, the Blocker received a National Defense Service Medal, a Korean Service Medal with two bronze campaign stars, the Republic of Korea Presidency Citation Unit, the United Nations Service Medal, the Korean War Service Medal, and the Combat Infantry Badge.
Acting career
In 1957, Blocker appeared in Three Stooges, Outer Space Jitters, having described part of The Goon, referred to as "Don Blocker". He made two appearances in the old Gunsmoke series: the first on August 25, 1956, at "Alarm at Pleasant Valley" and the second on October 18, 1958, in "Thoroughbreds". He also appeared in 1957 as Will in the episode, "A Time to Die" of the ABC/Warner Brothers Western series, Colt.45 , starring Wayde Preston.
In 1957, Blocker was cast in the episode of NBC's David Dortort series produced, The Restless Gun, as a blacksmith and as a breeder plans to take hard-earned gains to return to his family's land in his native Minnesota. That same year, he had at least two roles as a bartender in an episode of Western themed drama starring Sheriff of Cochise starring John Bromfield, and in the film Gunsight Ridge >. Also in 1957, he appeared in the episode of "Cheyenne", "Land Beyond the Law", playing one of the servants of the villain (Pete). He also appeared on The Rifleman . In 1958, he played a prison guard and then had a recurring role as Tiny Budinger in the Western NBC series Cimarron City, starring George Montgomery, John Smith and Audrey Totter. He is also featured in "The SeÃÆ' Â ± Orita Make Choice", a 1958 episode of the Walt Disney series Zorro , as well as an episode, "Underground Ambush", from Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, playing Mule Conklin.
In 1958, Blocker had a supporting role as Sergeant Broderick on "The Dora Gray Story" on NBC's
In March 1958, he also appeared as Joe, a thief, in Season 1 of Have Gun Will Travel, in the "Gun Shy" episode.
Blocker plays a bearded poker-playing rodeo, Cloudy Sims, in the 1958 episode of "Rodeo" in David Janssen's crime drama, Richard Diamond, Private Detective . In the storyline, a rodeo player named Ed Murdock, played by Lee Van Cleef, was killed before he was able to make his final appearance at the annual event at Madison Square Garden.
In 1959, when Bonanza began its long-term network, Blocker became a guest star in an episode of Keenan Wynn and Bob Mathias NBC, The Troubleshooters , an unusual adventure program. events surrounding international construction companies. Another 1959 role is as Del Pierce in "Johnny Yuma", the first episode of the ABC Western series, The Rebel , starring Nick Adams.
Bonanza (1959-1972)
The big break blocker also came in 1959, when he acted as Eric "Hoss" Cartwright on the old NBC TV series Bonanza and played a role in 415 episodes until his death. Blocker says he describes Hoss's gentle character with Stephen Grellet's quote in mind: "We will pass this way on Earth but once, if there is any good we can show, or good actions we can do, let's do it now, because we do not will never pass this way again. "
In 1963, Blocker starred with Frank Sinatra in the comedy Come Blow Your Horn . She worked with Sinatra again in 1968 in the sequel to Lady In Cement's Tony Rome , playing a tough, menacing man. Stanley Kubrick tries to get rid of Blocker in his movie Dr. Strangelove , after Peter Sellers chose not to add the role of Major T.J. "King" Kong for several other roles, but according to co-writer Terry Southern, Blocker's agent rejected the script. His role was Slim Pickens, who played the iconic scenes of riding an atomic bomb while waving a cowboy hat. In 1968, Blocker starred as John Killibrew, a blacksmith, who had convinced a number of settlers to follow him to California and establish the city of Arkana. The TV movie, Something for Lonely Men , also featured Susan Clark, John Dehner, Warren Oates and Don Stroud. In 1970, Blocker described a shy, prickly woman in the Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County, with Nanette Fabray as the prospect of love and supporting cast featuring Jim Backus, Jack Elam, Noah Beery, Jr., and Mickey Rooney. Blocker also appeared on NBC's The Flip Wilson Show comedy watch.
Director Robert Altman befriends Blocker while directing episodes of Bonanza . Years later, he discarded Blocker as Roger Wade in The Long Goodbye , but Blocker died before the filming began. The role then goes to Sterling Hayden, and the film is dedicated to Blocker.
Also in 1963, Blocker began and received partial ownership in the successful Bonanza Steakhouse chain of restaurants (Ponderosa Steakhouses started in 1965), in exchange for serving (in character as Hoss) as their commercial spokesman and making a personal appearance in the franchise.
Personal life
Blocker is Methodist Free. He married Dolphia Parker, whom he met while a student at Sul Ross State University. All four children's names start with 'D': Hollywood actor Dirk Blocker, Hollywood producer David Blocker, and two daughters Debra Lee (artist) and Danna Lynn. David Blocker won the Emmy 1998 for producing "Don King: Only in America."
Blocker is one of the Hollywood celebrities who supported the re-election of Pat Brown in 1966 as governor of California against Ronald W. Reagan. In 1968, Blocker supported the then-US. Senator Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota for the Democratic presidential nomination. Blocker then endorsed the Democratic nominee eventually, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, also from Minnesota, for the presidency against Republican Richard M. Nixon.
Blocker houses a house in Inglewood, California, and a 6,000 square foot (560 m) Tudor mansion, in Hancock Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
In the 2010 special PBS, "Pioneers of Television: Westerns", actor Mitch Vogel, who plays the younger brother Jamie Cartwright, at Bonanza, Blocker says, "it's easy to get to know - the type of guy you can go to and drink beer. "
Blocker, a performance car enthusiast, once owned the 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle SS396 "Z-16" (option RPO Z16), as Chevrolet was the commercial sponsor of the event. He also owns the 1965 Huffaker Genie MK10 racing car, dubbed the "Vinegaroon". The car was run by Nickey Chevrolet in 1965 and 1966 US Road Racing Championship series, as well as the 1966 Can-Am championship.
Death
On May 13, 1972, Blocker died in Los Angeles, at the age of 43, from pulmonary embolism after gallbladder surgery. The authors of Bonanza took the unusual step of referencing the death of the main character in the show's autumnal storyline. Bonanza lasts another season without Hoss, and the 14th and last season ends on January 16, 1973.
The remains of the Blocker were interred in a family plot at the Woodmen Cemetery, in De Kalb, Texas. Common grave sites are marked with plain stones with the name "B. And D. Blocker" engraved; three family members were buried beside him, his father, his mother, and his sister.
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Partial filmography
- Gunsight Ridge (1957) - Bartender (unverified)
- Outer Space Jitters (1957) - The Goon (unidentified)
- Black Patch (1957) - Blacksmith (unidentified)
- Girl in Black Stockings (1957) - Mike, Bartender
- The Young Captives (1959) - Oil Field Roughneck
- The Errand Boy (1961) - Hoss Cartwright - Cameo (unverified)
- Come Blow Your Horn (1963) - Tn. Eckman
- Lady in Cement (1968) - Waldo Gronsky
- Cowboys Cockeyed of Calico County (1970) - Charley
- Bonanza (1959-1972, TV) - Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright/Big Jack Slade (final television show)
- Uneasy Rifle; The Child (1957) - El Burro (credited/recurring role)
Namings
The following are named after the Blocker:
- "And Blocker Room" is on the second floor of the O'Donnell Heritage Museum in O'Donnell, Texas, where he grew up.
- "And Blocker Beach", in Malibu, California
- "And Blocker Avenue" is a path in the development of Boulder Ranch in Henderson, NV.
References
External links
- And Blocker on IMDb
- Biography by Bruce Eder, Allmovie
- And Blocker in AllMusic
- Roadside America, Dan Blocker Memorial
- "Cactus Pryor Interviews And Blocker": KTBC Interview from 1965
- And Blocker in Find Tombs
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