The Voice of John Redcorn on ‘King of the Hill’ Lost His Home and His Dog in A San Antonio Fire
Following a tragic house fire at his residency in San Antonio, Texas, King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss is now without a place to live while he mourns the death of his dog.
According to San Antonio news outlet KSAT, firefighters arrived at Joss’ house early on Thursday afternoon after receiving a call about a house fire, but they weren’t able to extinguish the flame before the home that Joss’ father built in 1957 burnt down. Joss wasn’t in his house at the time of the blaze, but the fire did trap one of his two dogs in the collapsing home, killing the pet. Joss, 59, is best known for taking over the voice role of John Redcorn on King of the Hill in the show’s second season following the death of the original actor Victor Aaron.
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“This is a house I grew up in. I’m more concerned about my dog that died, but you know what? The good Lord will protect us,” Joss told KSAT.
As Joss explained at the scene of the fire, his home recently suffered severe vandalization that left him without power during the cold snap that hit Texas and the San Antonio area especially hard, and he had been living in a hotel for days leading up to the fire. “But the last couple of nights, I want(ed) to come home and take care of my dogs,” Joss explained. “It’s been really, really cold, man.”
Due to the power outage, Joss had been keeping himself and his dogs warm with a gas-powered heater leading up to the disaster, and although fire investigators haven’t yet determined the cause of the flame, Joss suspects that the heater may be responsible. Joss left his home on Thursday morning to get something to eat, and he thinks he may have left the heater running, saying, “Mistakes happen, man. And it’s my fault for, I guess, leaving something on.”
However, Joss isn't sure of the cause, wondering, “Or if somebody came in and did something, who knows?”
“I don’t have a job. I don’t have children. I’m missing one more dog. I don’t have a place to stay,” Joss said of his current situation.
Beyond his work on King of the Hill, Joss also played the fan-favorite side character Chief Ken Hotate on the hit NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, and he appeared in the 2010 Coen Brothers western True Grit. Fans of Joss’ work have begun to send the actor donations and words of support through a GoFundMe started by a San Antonio community member.
