My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.

Stanley Kubrick attempted to cast Blocker in his film Dr. Lee Strasberg cited Blocker as the man who paved the way for contemporary acting. A Free Methodist (Gus Finley Austin American May 20 1972) Blocker was among Hollywood celebrities who supported Pat Brown's re-election in 1966 as governor of California against Ronald W.