"Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright" on Bonanza truly was the role that defined Dan Blocker's career. We thought it was high time to take ...

Long before Dan Blocker was earning fans on Bonanza, he was serving his country.After Blocker was drafted in 1950, he began serving as an infantry sergeant. From December 1951 to August 1952 ...

Dan’s high school years were spent at Texas Military Institute in San Antonio. In 1947, he arrived on Alpine’s Sul Ross college campus as a 6-foot-4, 320 pound teenager, holding his mother’s ...