"KING OF THE HILL" CHARACTER LIST ================================= Version 2.2, revised February 1, 1998 Compiled by: Jason Hancock With contributions from: Harrison Inefuku, Torey L. Lightcap, Ondre Lombard, Bryan J. Maloney, Liam Scanlan, R.J. Valentine, Vernon Walker Additional information from: Virtual Arlen webpage, Fox's KotH page, the USA Today article (April 11, 1997), and the TV Guide-sponsored "King of the Hill's Hank Hill" bulletin board
Any additions, corrections, or suggestions are welcome! Please e-mail them to me, . Keep in mind that characters must have been named on the show (or in another reliable source) in order to appear on this list.
---New in this edition--- * Characters from "Snow Job" (5E11)
---Key to voice credits--- Main cast: {mj} Mike Judge {kn} Kathy Najimy {ps} Pamela Segall {bm} Brittany Murphy {jh} Johnny Hardwick {sr} Stephen Root (uncredited)
Others: {ag} Ashley Gardner {dh} David Herman {ec} Eloy Casados {jj} Jonathan Joss {lt} Lauren Tom {ml} Maurice LaMarche {ms} Mary Scheer {ng} Neil Giuntoli {sb} Steven Banks {th} Toby Huss {va} Victor Aaron
---The Hill family---
Hank Hill {mj}
- Salesman of propane and propane accessories; senior assistant
manager of Strickland Propane
- Has a narrow urethra
- Enjoys mowing the lawn with his riding lawn mower, fixing his
truck, playing golf, and drinking beer with buddies Dale, Bill,
and Boomhauer
- Admires his guitar, "Betsy," and Willie Nelson (4E05)
- Former high school football playerPeggy Hill {kn}
- Hank's wife
- Substitute Teacher of the Year in 1996
- Wears size 16-EEE shoes; has to travel to Lubbock in order to
buy shoes using the alias Gracia Ibanez (4E03)
- Fast-pitch softball pitcher
- Reigning state Boggle champion (4E09); yells "Hoo-yeah!" when
starting a Boggle gameBobby Hill {ps}
- 12-year-old son of Hank and Peggy
- Student at Tom Landry Middle School
- Member of Hank's Straight Arrow troop and Little League team
- Plays his Game Boy machine in his spare time
- Only kid in Arlen allowed to learn sex ed (4E02)Luanne Platter {bm}
- Peggy's brother's daughter (4E03)
- Lives with the Hills after her parents got into a fight and
her mother ended up in jail (according to the "Ask Hank Hill"
bulletin board, her father has since moved off to work on an
oil rig)
- Student at Arlen Beauty Academy
- Her dream is to do hair makeup for television (5E02)
- Creator of "Manger Babies" puppet show on Channel 84 (5E12)Ladybird {Glenn Berger}
- The Hills' dog, a pure-bred Georgia bloodhound (4E06)
- Mother tracked down James Earl Ray
- Has an affinity for cruelty-free makeup (4E10)Cotton Hill {th}
- Hank's father
- Lives in Houston (4E08)
- Had his shins blown off by the Japanese in World War IIDidi Hill {ag}
- Cotton's new wife (4E08)
- Went to kindergarten with HankTilly Hill {Tammy Wynette} - Hank's mother (5E09)
---The neighborhood---
Boomhauer {mj}
- Hank's fast-talking buddy who lives across from the Hills
- Works at a barbed wire factory (according to the USA Today
article)
- Luanne stayed at his house for two nights, much to Hank's
objections (4E04)Bill Dauterive {sr}
- One of Hank's buddies
- Army sergeant and barber
- Divorced his wife six years ago; won her tennis socks in the
settlement (4E03)Dale Gribble {jh}
- Another one of Hank's buddies
- Conspiracy theorist
- Exterminator, owner of Dale's Dead BugNancy Hicks-Gribble {ag}
- Dale's wife who's been cheating on him behind his back -- a
fact well known by almost everyone in Arlen, _except_ Dale.
- TV weather personality with Channel 84Joseph Gribble {bm}
- Dale's son, although he obviously doesn't look like Dale's
biological son
- Bobby's best friend and fellow Straight Arrow troop memberThe Souphanousinphones -- Kahn {th}, wife Minh {lt}, and daughter Kahn Jr.
(Connie) {lt}
- Hank's new neighbors (4E06)
- Originally from Laos, they moved to Arlen after spending 20
years in Anaheim, California
- Kahn Jr. is so named because Kahn wanted a boyDoggie - The Souphanousinphones' dog (4E06)
---Tom Landry Middle School---
Dooley {mj}
- Bobby's Little League teammate (4E02) and student at Tom Landry
Middle School
- Hurls one-line insults at others, and doughnuts at the fashion
show (5E05)Courtney, Ashley, Maria, Bonnie, Charisse (mentioned) - Girls Bobby says hello to in school hallway (4E11)
Principal Moss {ng} - Principal of Tom Landry Middle School (5E06)
Eugene Grandy {John Ritter}
- Music teacher at Tom Landry Middle School (5E08)
(Name was not mentioned in the episode, but it was mentioned
on Fox's site)Coach Kleehammer {Dennis Burkley} - Wrestling coach at Tom Landry Middle School (5E10)
---Other Schools--- Miss Kremzer {Jennifer Coolidge} - Luanne's beauty school teacher (4E11, mentioned in 4E05)
Miss Johnson {Dawnn Lewis} - A student at the Arlen Beauty Academy (4E11)
Professor John Lerner {ml}
- Archaeologist from Arlen University, who searched for Indian
artifacts on the Hills' property (5E04)Scott {?}, Barbara {?}, Andrea {?} - Students in Prof. Lerner's archaeology class (5E04)
---Propane and Propane Accessories--- Enrique {ec} - Worker at Strickland Propane (4E10)
Buck Strickland {th}
- Hank's boss at Strickland Propane (4E12)
- Suffered a heart attack (5E11)M.F. Thatherton {Burt Reynolds}
- Rival propane supplier who left Strickland eight years ago to
start Thatherton Fuels (4E12)Holloway {Billy West}
- Boston-based developer of Holloway Hollows (4E12)
- Client Hank tried to woo away from Thatherton
- Called Hank "J.R."Mrs. Holloway {Stockard Channing} - Wife of Holloway, who stayed with the Hills (4E12)
Lloyd Vickers {dh} - Man in charge of Strickland during Buck's absence; fired (5E11)
Joe Jack {?}
- Propane truck driver who quit over Vickers' work conditions
(5E11)Rudy (of Goobersmooches Restaurant) {?}, Velma Throckmorton {?}, Hugh
Jimmerson {?}, Leta Anderson {?}
- Some of Hank's propane customers, who left messages on his
answering machine during his absence from Strickland (5E11)---Celebrities---
Chuck Mangione {himself}
- Spokesman for Mega Lo Mart (4E04)
- Has his own fire safety video (4E09)Celery Head (mentioned) - Entertainer who Bobby imitates (4E05) - Earns $3 million a year
Willie Nelson {himself} - Hank's boyhood hero (4E05)
Dennis Hopper {himself} - Celebrity attendee of Willie Nelson's barbecue. (4E05)
Bob Dylan {dh}
- Some other celebrity attendee of WN's BBQ (4E05)
- Talks like Boomhauer
- Says kids drive him crazyTroy Aikman {himself}
- Attended Luanne's first "Manger Babies" show on Super Bowl
night (5E12)---Miscellaneous---
John Redcorn {jj} (played by {va} in 4E03 and 4E04)
- Nancy's Indian healer (and lover, unbeknownst to Dale) for the
past 12 yearsAnthony, aka "Twig Boy" {dh}
- Social worker from Los Angeles (4E01)
- Sent back to L.A. via busKenneth - Gave Anthony his latte. (4E01)
Buckley {dh}
- Luanne's boyfriend; broke up with her (4E04), but has since
come back to her
- Also works at the Mega Lo Mart (4E01)
- Drives motorcycle in opening creditsGracie {ms} - Works at the dairy plant (4E02)
Bonnie {kn}
- Nancy and Peggy's friend (4E02)
- Thinks of flowers during sexEustis {dh}
- Successful patent lawyer
- Kicked out of the Straight Arrow as a child for failing the
test of silence (4E03)Randy {Cheryl Holliday} - Son of Eustis and member of Hank's Straight Arrow troop (4E03)
Garth - Another member of Hank's Straight Arrow troop (4E03)
Brock {dh} - Peggy's personal shoe salesman in Lubbock (4E03)
Wade {va}
- Varsity football player who Hank unsuccessfully set Luanne up
with (4E04)Eddie Stillson (mentioned) - Bobby's hero who got to the end of Level 6 in "Scream Ninja" (4E05)
Jason Adderly - Poker-playing buddy of Hank (4E05)
Howard Adderly {jh}
- Computer nerd and son of Jason (4E05)
- Bobby's #2 hero, after Eddie StillsonEarl {sr} - Repaired Hank's guitar "Betsy" (4E05)
Les {dh}
- Works at Earl's guitar store (4E05)
- Fan of Celery HeadMrs. McIntosh {ps} - Hank's third-grade teacher (4E07)
Dr. Morley {sb} - Sigmoidscopist who examined Hank's constipation problem (4E07)
Tasha {ag} - Dr. Morley's intern (4E07)
Zachary Quinn Jr.
- Kid with broken leg at the Elks Boggle Tournament (4E09)
- Name was found in a Boggle puzzleJoan {ag} - Boggle tournament hospitality coordinator (4E09)
Cissy Cobb {Laurie Metcalf} - Boggle champion of Dallas for seven non-consecutive years (4E09)
Burnett Cobb {dh} - Cissy's husband/coach (4E09)
Boggle Playing Chicken - Ranked 256th out of 256 in the state Boggle championship (4E09)
Brent Steele {dh} - TV commentator (4E09)
Alexi Gulgarin {th} - Boggle Grand Master/TV commentator (4E09)
Jo Tiffany {?} - waitress (4E12)
"Chiffon" {?} - Dancer at Jugstore Cowboys (4E12)
Philip Ny {?} - Sports psychologist with a B.S. in psychology (5E01)
John and Mike McKay - Winners of the last two father-and-son gun tournaments (5E01)
Billy Ray Walters {th}
- Thief who tried to break into Hank's truck (5E03)
- Sentenced to live in the back of an import truckJudge Roland McFarland {James Carville} - Arlen County judge known for his creative sentencing (5E03)
Ray {sr}
- Owner of Layaway Ray's Bait Shop, until he burned it down
and got sued by his insurance company (5E03)Duke - Arlen County Courthouse bailiff (5E03)
Hal Dumpty {sr} - Owner of H. Dumpty's clothing store (5E05)
Claude Stokes {dh}
- Second-biggest talent agent in Arlen (5E05)
- Agent during Bobby's short-lived modeling careerAndy Maynard {bm} - Superstar of husky modeling (5E05)
Carlo {Steve Vinovich} - Director of Bobby's photo shoot (5E05)
Junie Harper {Sally Field}
- Anti-Halloween activist who sponsored the "Hallelujah House"
(5E06)Joshua - Junie Harper's cat, until her car ran over it (5E06)
Cane and the Stubborn Stains: Cane Skratteburg {Frank "Tre' Cool"
Wright}, Face {Billie Joe Armstrong}, and Zeus {Mike Dirnt Pritchard}
- Garage rock band who challenged Hank and his friends in
paintball (5E07)
- Voice actors are members of Green Day in real lifeGary Kasner {Carl Reiner}
- Tilly's Jewish boyfriend, who blinded Hank when he saw the two
making out in his kitchen (5E09)Joe "Brooklyn" Brookstein (mentioned, 4E08 & 5E09) - In Cotton's troop in the South Pacific during WWII - Nicknamed because he was from Brooklyn
Reverend Thomason {?} - Spiritual leader of the Arlen First Methodist Church (5E12)
--Jason