Earl Hindman
Born
October 20, 1942
Died
December 29, 2003 (61 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Bisbee, Arizona, USA
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Earl John Hindman (October 20, 1942 – December 29, 2003) was an American actor, best-known for his role as the kindly neighbor (whose lower face was always hidden from sight from the television viewer) Wilson W. Wilson Jr. on the television sitcom Home Improvement (1991–1999).
Long before this role, however, he played bad guys in two 1970s thrillers, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and The Parallax View.
Hindman's most famous and enduring pre-Home Improvement role was as Bob Reid in Ryan's Hope. He played the role in 459 episodes during the years 1975-1989. Ex-police officer Bob Reid was everybody's best friend who never got the girl, and was the long-suffering brother of the soap's serial bride Delia Reid Ryan Ryan Coleridge. Hindman's wife Molly McGreevey was also on the soap 1977-1981 as Polly Longworth, best friend to media tycoon Rae Woodard.
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Known For
Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement
Narrator / Wilson Wilson Jr.
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sheriff · (1 episode)
2001
Final
Official
2001
Hercules
Pericles · (0 episode)
1998
Hercules
Pericles (voice) · (1 episode)
1998
Stay the Night
Mike Kettman Sr
1992
Home Improvement
Wilson Wilson Jr. · (203 episodes)
1991
Fires Within
Sergeant
1991
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Henry Macy
1991
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Riley · (1 episode)
1990
Rising Son
Victor
1990
Kojak: It's Always Something
Donley
1990
Talk Radio
Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)
1988
The Red Spider
Stern
1988
3 Men and a Baby
Satch
1987
Kojak: The Price of Justice
Danny
1987
One Police Plaza
Det. Jake Stern
1986
Spenser: For Hire
(1 episode)
1985
The Equalizer
Findlay · (1 episode)
1985
The Equalizer
Lt. Elmer · (3 episodes)
1985
Silverado
J.T.
1985
Tales from the Darkside
Harry Carson · (1 episode)
1984
Murder in Coweta County
J.H. Potts
1983
Taps
Lieutenant Hanson
1981
The Brink's Job
FBI Agent # 3
1978
Greased Lightning
Beau Welles
1977
Ryan's Hope
Bob Reid · (56 episodes)
1975
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
Garrity
1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Brown
1974
The Parallax View
Deputy Red
1974
Key West
Rick
1973
Pueblo
QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.
1973
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Whitey
1971
A Memory of Two Mondays
William
1971
Great Performances
William · (1 episode)
1971
The Ultimate Degenerate
Bruno (as Leo Heinz)
1969
The Kiss of Her Flesh
Don
1968
Teenage Mother
1967