Earl Hindman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 20, 1942
- Died
- Dec 29, 2003 (aged 61)
- Place of birth
- Bisbee, Arizona, USA
- Credits
- 38
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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
Filmography
Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement
2003Movie
Narrator / Wilson Wilson Jr.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001TV
Sheriff
Final
2001Movie
Official
Hercules
1998TV
Pericles, Pericles (voice)
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1992Movie
Self
Stay the Night
1992Movie
Mike Kettman Sr
Home Improvement
1991TV
Wilson Wilson Jr.
Fires Within
1991Movie
Sergeant
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
1991Movie
Henry Macy
Law & Order
1990TV
Defense Attorney Riley
Rising Son
1990Movie
Victor
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990Movie
Donley
Talk Radio
1988Movie
Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)
War and Remembrance
1988TV
Wade McClusky
The Red Spider
1988Movie
Stern
3 Men and a Baby
1987Movie
Satch
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987Movie
Danny
One Police Plaza
1986Movie
Det. Jake Stern
Spenser: For Hire
1985TV
The Equalizer
1985TV
Findlay, Lt. Elmer
Silverado
1985Movie
J.T.
Tales from the Darkside
1984TV
Harry Carson
Murder in Coweta County
1983Movie
J.H. Potts
Taps
1981Movie
Lieutenant Hanson
The Brink's Job
1978Movie
FBI Agent # 3
Greased Lightning
1977Movie
Beau Welles
Ryan's Hope
1975TV
Bob Reid
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
1974Movie
Garrity
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974Movie
Brown
The Parallax View
1974Movie
Deputy Red
Key West
1973Movie
Rick
Pueblo
1973Movie
QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971Movie
Whitey
A Memory of Two Mondays
1971Movie
William
Great Performances
1971TV
William
The Ultimate Degenerate
1969Movie
Bruno (as Leo Heinz)
The Kiss of Her Flesh
1968Movie
Don
Teenage Mother
1967Movie