Dan Blocker
Also Known As: Bobby Dan Davis Blocker
Biography: 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 long-running NBC Western television series Bonanza.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, U.S
Adult: No
Birthday: December 10, 1928
Age: 96 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: May 13, 1972
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Come Blow Your Horn
Overview: The story of a young man's decision to leave the home of his parents for the bachelor pad of his older brother who leads a swinging '60s lifestyle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-05
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Lady in Cement
Overview: While diving for sunken treasure, street-smart gumshoe Tony Rome finds the body of a gorgeous blonde, her feet stuck in a block of cement. Soon after, tough guy Waldo Gronski hires him to find a missing woman named Sandra Lomax, and Rome wonders if there's a connection. He sets about trying to locate the woman, and in no time finds himself mixed up with a beautiful party girl and a slippery racketeer.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-19
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The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Overview: A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-19
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The Young Captives
Overview: Two high-school teenagers on their way to Mexico to get married cross paths with a homicidal fugitive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-02-01
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Johnny Appleseed
Overview: The animated story of Johnny Appleseed, who introduced apple trees to many parts of North America, as well as nursing the nature around him.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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The Jack Benny Birthday Special
Overview: A TV special aired on February 17, 1969 (the star’s birthday was February 14), featuring Benny’s long-established persona and several celebrity guest stars.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-02-17
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Natchez
Overview: A Civil War veteran returns home to find his father has become a social pariah.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-29
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The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Overview: A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off for a mail-order bride.
Genres: Action Comedy Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-04-01
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Outer Space Jitters
Overview: The stooges accompany professor Jones on an expedition to Venus, where they discover that the Venusians are planning to conquer the earth with an army of zombies. When the boys learn that they're going to be turned into zombies, they escape. The scene changes to the stooges apartment where we learn they are just telling a bedtime story to their kids (also played by the stooges) while they wait for the baby sitter to arrive. When the baby sitter shows up, she looks like one of the zombies and the boys exit in a hurry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-05
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Gunsight Ridge
Overview: An undercover agent takes the job of sheriff in order to find the men responsible for a series of stagecoach robberies.
Genres: Western Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-01
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The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Overview: A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-06
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Something for a Lonely Man
Overview: The blacksmith of a small western town finds himself an outcast. He had led the townspeople west in hopes of starting a new life, only to find the town that they founded is to be bypassed by the railroad.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-26
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Hook a Crook
Overview: Joe Besser and Jim Hawthorne are detectives trying to recover stolen jewels. They see a necklace on a furry arm, and deduce that a man wearing a fur coat was the thief. They, instead, encounter a gorilla.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-24
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Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Overview: This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out that trumpet player Herb Alpert is the only other performer listed in the credits who is actually there in person. The others appear in clips, some from their own U.S. Savings Bonds spots, others from unidentified movie or TV appearances. Singer Barbara McNair is shown entertaining U.S. troops in Viet Nam, and the youth group The Young Americans also sings.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Bonanza: Ride the Wind
Overview: The Pony Express opens up an office in Virginia City. Despite being an investor, Ben objects to Joe signing up as a rider. Adding to his concerns, the Paiute Indians don't want the Pony Express riding across their land, and the manager's assistant, Curtis Wade, is itching to make a name for himself as an Indian fighter. The international theatrical release of the 1966 William Witney feature cowboy western movie made from two 1966 episodes of the television series "Bonanza", entitled "Ride the Wind"
Genres: Western Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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The Girl in Black Stockings
Overview: Residents at a posh Utah hotel become suspects when a girl is found murdered during a pool party. Local sheriff Jess Holmes takes charge of the investigation and must discover who among the terrified guests and staff -- including bodacious vixen Harriet Ames, the hotel's bitter, crippled proprietor, visiting lawyer David Hewson and his secretary, Beth -- is the culprit, even as murders continue to take place.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-24
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A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Overview: Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones titled A Walking Tour of Sesame Street. The special aired on individual PBS stations at various times between March and May 1979. (Muppet Wiki)
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-01
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