Johnny Hardwick is a stand-up comedian and voice actor. He is best known as the voice of Dale Gribble in the animated American television show King of the Hill. He served as staff writer, story editor, and producer for the show as well.
A native of Austin, Texas, Hardwick attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. After graduation, he performed stand-up comedy for a number of years, appearing at such venues as the Dallas Improv and the Vel...
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Johnny Hardwick is a stand-up comedian and voice actor. He is best known as the voice of Dale Gribble in the animated American television show King of the Hill. He served as staff writer, story editor, and producer for the show as well.
A native of Austin, Texas, Hardwick attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. After graduation, he performed stand-up comedy for a number of years, appearing at such venues as the Dallas Improv and the Velveeta Room in Austin. He was originally planned to be a regular in MTV's Austin Stories—a deal that never materialized. In 1995, Hardwick appeared at the Montreal Comedy Festival, where Brandon Tartikoff saw him and offered him a sitcom for NBC. However, after Hardwick proposed a comedy along the lines of Green Acres and Get a Life the network showed little interest in seriously pursuing the idea.
After Hardwick signed with the Strauss-McGarr agency, he was continually booked doing stand-up comedy in both Austin and Los Angeles. While at the...
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