I gotta say this about ole Hoss: on the Ponderosa, he definitely carried some weight...wait..what I mean is, in a gunfight, you couldn’t sell him short...wait...oh heck, let’s face it, when Hoss and Little Joe and Trapper John MD rode to the rescue, I couldn’t help but feel kinda bad for Hoss’s horse. I mean, how did he draw the short, uh, straw, in the backlot before the shoot?
Was Hoss America’s first truly large film cowboy? A gentile giant, still, you didn’t want to get on his bad side. he was the big ole gentile enforcer that kept the ranch running in the wild and wooly west.
When it came to drawing the gun, Hoss was quick and lethal, and yes, a lot like Alvin Davis with a bat. I’m getting pumped.
And that pic...totally Dan Blocker playing his character. Like Vogs, maybe a slow learnin’ guy. But when he figgered out what was going on, you were in trouble.