Blocker was a high-school English and drama teacher in
Sonora,  Texas, from 1953 to 1954, a sixth-grade teacher
and coach at Eddy Elementary School in Carlsbad, New
Mexico, and then a teacher in California. Blocker and his
wife Dolphia, moved to Los Angeles where he secured
some acting roles.          

Blocker (center) playing football at Sul
Ross University in 1946.       
     

Blocker was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War
where he served as an infantry sergeant from December 1951
to August 1952. He received a Purple Heart, for wounds in
combat, and several service medals.  

In 1957, Blocker appeared in a Three Stooges short, Outer
Space Jitters, playing the Goon, billed as "Don Blocker". He
made two  appearances on Gunsmoke (CBS) as a blacksmith.

       
   
Bobby Dan Davis Blocker (December 10, 1928 – May 13, 1972)

Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022)

Philip Baker Hall, one of Hollywood’s most recognizable
character actors, has died at the age of 90. He was best
known today for his roles on “Seinfeld” and in the films
of Paul Thomas Anderson. The news was first announced
by Hall’s neighbor and friend, Los Angeles sports writer
Sam Farmer, on Twitter. Hall died from emphysema at his
home in Glendale, California.

Mr. Moon began as a radio show in the early 1950s and debuted
on  KOIN-TV November 16, 1953, one month after the station went
on the air. The final show aired in 1958.


       
Ed Leahy (below) played Mr. Moon and Wonder Bread was one of
the sponsors of Mr. Moon.      

Ron Howard as the young boy Jamie with James Arness as
Dodge City Marshal Matt Dillon in the 1969 episode “Charlie
Noon” on Gunsmoke (CBS-TV).

Ronald William Howard turned 68 in March.

Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Melvin Jerome Blank)
(May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989)

Mel Blanc is internationally known for his work in the Golden
Age of American Animation as the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy
Duck, Porky Pig, and most of the other characters from the
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoons. He later
voiced characters for Hanna-Barbera‘s television cartoons,
including Barney Rubble on The Flintstones and Mr. Spacely
on The Jetsons.

Referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", he is regarded
as one of the most influential people in the voice acting industry,
and as one of the greatest voice actors of all time.