Crime ‘King of the Hill’ voice actor Jonathan Joss killed in Texas shooting after argument with neighbor - R.I.P John Redcorn III

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King of the Hill’ voice actor Jonathan Joss killed in Texas shooting after argument with neighbor​

By Patrick Reilly

Published June 2, 2025, 11:38 a.m. ET

Actor Jonathan Joss — best known for his voice work on the iconic animated TV comedy “King of Hill” was shot dead by a neighbor in Texas, according to a report.

Joss, who voiced “John Redcorn” on the long-running cartoon, got into a argument with the neighbor at his home in San Antonio Sunday night when the neighbor pulled out a gun and shot him several times, according to police.

The unnamed gunman then fled the scene in a vehicle but was arrested by police just a block from the residence.

 

[shoashuffle]

I'm pretty sure they AI genned Joss' voice in episode 10 of the new season. It's really fucking bad.

New season is mostly shit, who would have fucking guessed that it was a bad idea to hire Velma and Big bang theory writers.

 

[O.H. Krill]

They replaced the voice actor for Kahn and he doesn't sound the same.

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

They replaced the voice actor for Kahn and he doesn't sound the same.

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This is like a bad fever dream. What a zombie show.

 

[Bonedome]

That's pretty bad. Don't specialist voice actors exist that just impersonate people very well?

 

[Gregis]

They replaced the voice actor for Kahn and he doesn't sound the same.

Toby Huss, he was amazing, he did both Kahn and Cotton Hill. That is a travesty, he was so good.

 

[O.H. Krill]

I am gathering from social media that Toby Huss stepped aside for that voice because he's not Asian. So they got some non-Laotian (but still Asian) voice actor to do Kahn.

 

[Kugelsak Kastengrus 6th]

They replaced the voice actor for Kahn and he doesn't sound the same.

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There are whispers that this particular voice actor can do a decent impression of Kahn using his regular voice, but he made the mistake of trying to impersonate Toby Huss voicing Kahn and that royally fucked things up.

People are trying to perform the mental gymnastics of Kahn being in Texas long enough to eventually diminish his accent, but based personal experience, you don't lose an accent that easily, let alone change your voice altogether.

 

[Denki Cho 3.0]

Toby Huss, he was amazing, he did both Kahn and Cotton Hill. That is a travesty, he was so good.

He did the voice very well, I have a coworker from Loas, and it's uncanny similar.

I kind of like the first episode, they managed to capture Peggy Hill's pretentiousness. "I'll have you know, I've often been referred to as a 5"

 

[shoashuffle]

There are whispers that this particular voice actor can do a decent impression of Kahn using his regular voice, but he made the mistake of trying to impersonate Toby Huss voicing Kahn and that royally fucked things up.

I doubt it, he was totally emotionless in the entire ONE episode he was in. They hired a shit daily show 'comedian' and didn't actually see if he could voice act.

 

[Space Monkey Mafia]

Every single nonwhite character that had a white voice actor was replaced. It bums me out a lot with Kahn especially because I love what a snarky, sarcastic bastard he was in the original series; he was one my favorites just because his voice had so much personality.

I got too tired, so I only watched 3 episodes so far. The new series is doing what I was afraid of: Focusing too much on modern times. It's not as bad as the second season of Clone High was but it gets close.

It was only every once in awhile in the original series they'd touch on modern day things at the time like Y2K or the episode where Hank got upset that George Bush had a weak handshake. Otherwise there's a lot of timeless episodes that are still really terrific (Even people who aren't big fans still remember "I don't know you! That's my purse!"). I like when they were more character focused and not pointing out "X, Y, and Z are different now." I didn't want a freaking episode on "Cultural Appropriation" :/

When the original series was "progressive" it was part of the story and didn't beat you over the head with it. I love the episode where Dale finds out his dad is gay. He handles it in a very Dale way and it's hilarious when Bill and Boomhauer keep cracking up over the fact they're at a gay rodeo.

 

[Dysnomia]

A new trailer for the 'new season' came out, the animation is shit, the humor is reddit, Hank calls people 'nepobabies' now, and Toby Huss does a terrible Dale voice. They should have pulled the plug when Johnny died.

In honor of the awful new trailer they posted, I'd like to announce it has been one month of pooner silence and people have noticed.

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Sweet Mother Of All That Is Holy! That's bad. Hank is ok. Pretty much Hank with slightly updated dialog that's hit or miss. Bobby is just a taller Bobby. Dale sounds awful. They might as well have used AI. Better than whatever this is. I kinda don't want to pirate it now. I want to keep my King of the Hill memories pure.

 

[WonderWino]

I just read through the episode synopsis on wikipedia and it was more than enough to make me nope out of watching it. I can't say i'm a bit surprised

 

[newport100s]

They replaced the voice actor for Kahn and he doesn't sound the same.

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The 3d animation on the "tomorrow" getting hit looks out of place. But not as out of place as that voice

 

[queue-anon]

Three's Company wasn't a bad sitcom either. It also featured John Ritter, but he was only pretending to be a homosexual in that sitcom too.

Ritter was woefully underrated.

(Even people who aren't big fans still remember "I don't know you! That's my purse!").

That show was responsible for a lot of great memes.

 

[Mola Ram]

The 3d animation on the "tomorrow" getting hit looks out of place. But not as out of place as that voice

Legit terrible enough to be a product of Jaboody Dubs.

 

[Space Monkey Mafia]

I'll post a more in-depth review once I'm completely done with the series but I'm on episode 7 right now and caught this in the background.

The show feels really lacking without Luanne and even Lucky (he grew on me). I'm really missing them. I understand the predicament about what to do with their characters because both Brittany Murphy and Tom Petty passed but I would've loved to have seen them and Gracie. I have zero interest in Bobby, Connie, and Joseph with how they're written now

Bobby's novelty has absolutely worn off now that he's an adult.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

They replaced the voice actor for Kahn and he doesn't sound the same.

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Holy fucking shit he sounds white. Why the fuck are "same-race voice actors" just sounding so goddamn white? Literally just impersonate your immigrant parents/grandparents, you dumb fucks, those ESL accents are 100% valid. Fucking Minh still sounds like an immigrant there, why can't Kahn?

I am gathering from social media that Toby Huss stepped aside for that voice because he's not Asian. So they got some non-Laotian (but still Asian) voice actor to do Kahn.

#OwnVoices has been a complete disaster for the entire voice-acting industry.

 

[queue-anon]

The show feels really lacking without Luanne and even Lucky (he grew on me). I'm really missing them. I understand the predicament about what to do with their characters because both Ashley Gardner and Tom Petty passed but I would've loved to have seen them and Gracie. I have zero interest in Bobby, Connie, and Joseph with how they're written now

Gardner is still alive. Brittany Murphy voiced Luann.

Holy fucking shit he sounds white. Why the fuck are "same-race voice actors" just sounding so goddamn white? Literally just impersonate your immigrant parents/grandparents, you dumb fucks, those ESL accents are 100% valid.

They think it's offensive to be expected to do an accent. I've seen that trend in movies and books and on TV for like 30 years. Indian actor responds to a casting call to play a taxi driver or whatever, and it's some sort of grotesque imposition to expect that actor to play a recent Indian immigrant. I bet, if Hari Kondabalu had had his way, Apu would have sounded whiter than I do.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

They think it's offensive to be expected to do an accent.

Which is retarded and honestly sounds racist. Foreign accents have the right combination of being beautiful and hilarious in English, and there's so much personality. Connie doesn't share a (strong) Laotian accent because of her age and the culture she's been growing up in, just like in real immigrant families, but even with age, immigrants don't lose their accents.

I seriously want to just slap every single ADR director who allows this, though I can also believe these people have never once been around immigrants to recognize this, especially Asian immigrants.

 

[Headdot Reddot]

New season is mostly shit, who would have fucking guessed that it was a bad idea to hire Velma and Big bang theory writers.

They aren't writers they're DEI retards. They shouldn't be hired to do anything beyond flipping burgers.

They replaced the voice actor for Kahn and he doesn't sound the same.

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Just terrible. The whole idea of resurrecting this show was stupid. Hulu has more money than brains.

This is like a bad fever dream. What a zombie show.

That's pretty bad. Don't specialist voice actors exist that just impersonate people very well?

Toby Huss, he was amazing, he did both Kahn and Cotton Hill. That is a travesty, he was so good.

I am gathering from social media that Toby Huss stepped aside for that voice because he's not Asian. So they got some non-Laotian (but still Asian) voice actor to do Kahn.

Which is stupid. Who fucking cares if a non-asian person voices Khan. He's grandfathered in. Literally no one in the audience was like "I hope this KOTH reboot is more culturally sensitive and they recast all the fucking voice actors."

Should've been cancelled when the other VA's started dying off. Should've never considered bringing the show back when so many of the beloved VA's are dead.