Johnny Hardwick, the voice actor, producer, writer and comedian best known for voicing Dale Gribble on the animated series “King of the Hill,” was found dead Tuesday in his home in Austin, Texas. He was 64.
Police found Hardwick deceased at his house after responding to an urgent welfare check, officials confirmed to The Times. No foul play is suspected, and his cause of death will be determined by Austin’s medical examiner’s office.
Hardwick shared an Emmy for outstanding animated program in 1999, alongside show creators Mike Judge and Greg Daniels. He was nominated for the same award in 2001 and 2002. Born John Michael Hardwick in Austin, the Emmy winner started as a stand-up comic in 1990, a decade after graduating from Texas Tech University. He was featured on “The Jon Stewart Show” and performed at the Montreal Comedy Festival. Hardwick was doing a gig at L.A.’s Laugh Factory when he was approached by Judge and Daniels, who were looking to cast him in their still-in-the-works show “King of the Hill.
Hardwick was scheduled to reprise his role as Gribble in the Hulu revival of the Texas-based animated series, which waswhere he would perform covers of famous tunes in Gribble‘s voice.
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