Hoss Cartwright

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Dan Blocker as Hoss Cartwright

Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright is a fictional character, the middle brother on the classic 1960s TV show Bonanza. He was played by actor Dan Blocker.

[edit] Mini-biography

  • Eric "Hoss" Cartwright was born in 1836, somewhere between California and Nevada. He is the son of Ben Cartwright and his second wife, Inger Borgstrom, a Swedish immigrant.
  • Hoss is the tallest, biggest, yet kindest, Cartwright.
  • Hoss was tragically killed in a gunfight during the thirteenth season of Bonanza.
  • The in-show death of Hoss was necessitated by the real world death of actor Dan Blocker due to complications from gall bladder surgery.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

  • Hoss at PonderosaScenery.Homestead.com
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