Johnny Hardwick
Johnny Hardwick : Role - Dale Gribble
Birth Place : Austin, Texas
Gender : Male
Recent Role : Dale Gribble on King of the Hill
Johnny Hardwick was born in Austin , Texas. He has studied from the Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. He started his career with stand- up comedy and has performed in the Dallas Improv and in the Velveeta Room, Austin. Then he was noticed in the Montreal Comedy Festival and was offered a sitcom on NBC, by Brandon Tartikoff. However, the network did not show any interest in Johnny’s idea and he still continued to do stand -up comedy in Austin and Los Angles. Greg Daniels, a TV writer and producer, saw him during a stand-up comedy in Los Angles and offered him work as a writer on ‘King of the Hill’. Johnny had to move to Venice Beach , California to work on this show. Soon, he was also selected as a voice-over, artist when the deal with Daniel Stern, fell through due to salary constraints. He gives voice to “Dale Gribble” in ‘King of the Hill’.
Role in King of the Hill
Johnny Hardwick is playing the voice- over role for “Dale Gribble” in the ‘King of the Hill‘ tv show. “Dale” is the President of his Gun Club. He lives in the neighborhood of ” Hank Hill” and they share a relation of friendship. He is also a licensed bounty hunter and loves to exterminate insects, but he is a coward at heart and recoils in the face of violence. Despite his cowardliness he is boastful. He is always indulges in conspiracy and is also a borderline maniac. His conspiring and scheming behavior is somewhat disliked by “Hank Hill“. He is ignorant of the fact that he is not the biological father of his son, who is born as a result of her wife’s illicit relationship with “John Red Corn“. He is at peace and harmony with his wife “Nancy” and son “Joseph“.
