The real name of Bonanza’s “Hoss” Cartwright was
Horace Daniel Blocker, known throughout his life as “Horse,”
an intentional mispronunciation of “Horace” due to his size.
The pilot script called for this character’s name to be “Cal,”
but the director decided “Horse” should be westernized into “Hoss.”
“Cal” was immediately forgotten.
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