Dale Alvin Gribble (born July 12; aged at 47 during the series' run) is a fictional character in the animated series King of the Hill, voiced by Johnny Hardwick (Stephen Root, who voices Bill, had originally auditioned for the role of Dale). He is the creator of the revolutionary "Pocket Sand" defense mechanism, an exterminator, bounty hunter, smoker, gun fanatic, and paranoid believer of almost all conspiracy theories and urban legends.