Biography
John D. Bloss (1919–1988) was an American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he began his career as a child performer in silent films, including an uncredited role as Boy on Fence in The Crowd (1928).
He later worked behind the camera, serving as assistant director on films such as Ride Lonesome (1959), Pork Chop Hill (1959), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) and Petulia (1968), as well as episodes of The Twilight Zone. From the mid-1970s he was primarily a production manager at Walt Disney Productions, credited on titles including The Million Dollar Duck (1971), The Shaggy D.A. (1976), The Cat from Outer Space (1978) and The Black Hole (1979).
