Dan Blocker

Birth Name:

Bobby Don Blocker

Birth Place:

De Kalb, Texas, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

In 1970, he received the Bronze Wrangler Award for Best Fictional Television Drama
Won a Bambi Award in 1969 for his work on "Bonanza․"
Moved to California to earn a degree from UCLA, but entered acting instead
Was discovered at a phone booth in California while wearing Western clothes
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․"

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