Hoss is probably a form of "hess"
Hoss is steve.
Hoss Cartwright's horse was named Chub.
Brad Hoss's birth name is Bradley Jason Boehlefeld.
The title of that Bonanza episode was "Hoss and the Leprechauns".
Eric.
Hoss Cartwright horse's name was Chub. Ben's horse was Buck, Little Joe's horse was Cochise, and Adam's horse was Sport.
Eric "Hoss" Cartwright's horse's name was Chub.
The actor's name was Dan Blocker. He played Hoss Cartwright on the western TV show Bonanza for almost 20 years until his death from heart failure.
Hoss's horse was named Chub. Little Joe's horse's name is Cochise. Ben's horse is Buck, Adam's horse is unofficially called Sport.
Hoss Cartwright was the name of a fictional character on the TV show Bonanza. Hoss was not married and did not have children. He was played by actor Dan Blocker who along with his wife Dolphia, had 4 children. Their names are Debra, Dana, David, and Dirk.
Big Hoss is the co-founder/co-owner of the pawn shop in Pawn Stars and the son of the man by the name of Richard. In 2011, the amount of weight that Big Hoss lost on Pawn Stars was 115 pounds.
I suppose because Eric Cartwright was as 'big as a horse' ; RIP Mr. Dan Blocker . In the Bonanza episode "Journey Remembered", Ben Cartwright's second wife, Inger, gave birth to Eric "Hoss" Cartwright. His older brother wanted to name him Hoss, Inger wanted to name him Eric after his grandfather. Inger stated among mountain people Haus or Hoss meant big friendly man. Ben told Adam, "We'll give him both names and see which one sticks. Inger died in an Indian attack shortly after Hoss was born.