'King of the Hill's Dale, Johnny Hardwick, Dead at 64

This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available. The Big Picture Johnny Hardwick, the voice of King of the Hill's Dale Gribble, has died. The voice actor and comedian was 64. TMZ reports that Hardwick was found dead in his Texas home after law enforcement was asked to perform a wellness check. No foul play is suspected.

Born in Austin, Hardwick was a stand-up comedian, appearing in local Texas venues before making it to the televised stand-up showcase An Evening at the Improv; he gained national attention when he was the first stand-up to appear on the short-lived talk show The Jon Stewart Show. In 1997, Hardwick landed what would become his signature role; chain-smoking, conspiracy-theorizing exterminator Dale Gribble on Fox's animated sitcom King of the Hill.

The role of Gribble was originally offered to actor Daniel Stern, but the show could not afford Stern's salary; instead, Hardwick successfully auditioned for the role, and played it over the course of 13 seasons and 259 episodes. Gribble was one of the show's primary characters, a longtime friend of main character Hank Kill .

Hardwick did not pursue much acting outside of King of the Hill, but he did maintain a YouTube channel where he performed songs and monologues in Gribble's distinctive voice; he also reprised the character for the 2022 video game Warped Kart Racers.

Johnny Hardwick was 64. His memory will live on in the indelible comic character he brought to life.

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