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On the TV series Bonanza the three sons of father Ben Cartwright were Adam Cartwright , Eric "Hoss" Cartwright and "Little" Joe - Joseph Cartwright .
There was Adam Cartwright played by Pernell Roberts, Eric "Hoss" Cartwright played by Dan Blocker, and Joseph Francis Cartwright a.k.a Little Joe Cartwright played by Michale Landon.
It was dangerous business to be a female interested in a Cartwright man. Ben (Pa) Cartwright had three wives which all died. Little Joe married once, she died. Hoss almost married, bad luck again. It was felt that a woman would have upset the male ambiance of the show so any female love interests were quickly killed off or sent away.
Little Man---Ten Feet Tall
The role of Ben Cartwright was played by Lorne Greene.
On the TV series Bonanza the three sons of father Ben Cartwright were Adam Cartwright , Eric "Hoss" Cartwright and "Little" Joe - Joseph Cartwright .
There was Adam Cartwright played by Pernell Roberts, Eric "Hoss" Cartwright played by Dan Blocker, and Joseph Francis Cartwright a.k.a Little Joe Cartwright played by Michale Landon.
It was dangerous business to be a female interested in a Cartwright man. Ben (Pa) Cartwright had three wives which all died. Little Joe married once, she died. Hoss almost married, bad luck again. It was felt that a woman would have upset the male ambiance of the show so any female love interests were quickly killed off or sent away.
Little Man---Ten Feet Tall
The role of Ben Cartwright was played by Lorne Greene.
Ben Cartwright was involved in the Nicaraguan Civil War between 1826 and 1829.
Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright played by Michael Landon. Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright played by Dan Blocker. Adam Cartwright played by Pernell Roberts. (He quit the show in 1965 and was not replaced). Ben Cartwright had one adopted son also, Jamie.
Hoss Cartwright horse's name was Chub. Ben's horse was Buck, Little Joe's horse was Cochise, and Adam's horse was Sport.
Some of them did. Ben Cartwright was married three times, all three wives met with misfortune and died. All the Cartwright men planned to marry at one time or another but only Little Joe married in the first episode of the last season. She also died.
The character Ben Cartwright was married three times prior to the timeline of the show, which is where his three sons came from. They all had a different mother. But he never married again after Little Joe's mother.
The cast of Back to Bonanza - 1993 includes: Dan Blocker as Hoss Cartwright Dirk Blocker as Host Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright Michael Landon as Little Joe Cartwright Pernell Roberts as Adam Cartwright
Lorne Greene was married twice. First to Rita Hands from 1938 to 1960, and next to Nancy Deal, 1961 to 1987.