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Dan Blocker Biography

Birth Name:Bobby Don Blocker

Birth Place:De Kalb, Texas, United States

Profession Actor, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • In 1970, he received the Bronze Wrangler Award for Best Fictional Television Drama
  • Won a Bambi Award in 1969 for his work on "Bonanza․"
  • Was discovered at a phone booth in California while wearing Western clothes
  • Moved to California to earn a degree from UCLA, but entered acting instead
  • Is best known for his protrayal of gentle-giant characters
  • Once worked as an English teacher at a Texas high school
  • Was in contention to star in "Dr․ Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb․"

Awards

  • 1969Bambi-TV Series International: winner
  • 1970Bronze Wrangler-Fictional Television Drama: winner