When Bonanza premiered in 1959, there was little indication that it would grow into one of television’s most enduring—and defining—Western dramas. In retrospect, part of its appeal lies in something ...

LOS ANGELES | When Dirk Blocker was a child, his dad – actor Dan Blocker – would bring him to the set of “Bonanza” where the two of them could spend time together.

Bonanza premiered in 1959, and four largely unknown actors became television legends as the Cartwrights. Author David R.

Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and Michael Landon as Ben, Adam, Hoss, and Joe Cartwright, riding horses and looking at the sky in Bonanza. Image via NBC When it comes to classic television ...

Dan Blocker as Hoss Cartwright, Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright, and Michael Landon as Little Joe Cartwright on 'Bonanza' Image via NBC For fourteen seasons between 1959 and 1973, Bonanza graced ...

Dan Blocker of O’Donnell, Texas, was Hoss Cartwright. The gentle-giant character of the television show Bonanza lives on through reruns and in a museum and small park in his hometown in the Panhandle, ...