Earl Hindman

Earl Hindman

1942-10-20 – 2003-12-29 (age 61) Bisbee, Arizona, USA
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Biography

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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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Silverado
Silverado

1985

as J.T.

3 Men and a Baby
3 Men and a Baby

1987

as Satch

Taps
Taps

1981

as Lieutenant Hanson

Teenage Mother
The Parallax View
The Parallax View

1974

as Deputy Red

Key West
Key West

1973

as Rick

Talk Radio
Talk Radio

1988

as Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)

Greased Lightning
Greased Lightning

1977

as Beau Welles

The Brink's Job
The Brink's Job

1978

as FBI Agent # 3

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

1991

as Henry Macy

Stay the Night
Stay the Night

1992

as Mike Kettman Sr

Kojak: The Price of Justice
Fires Within
Fires Within

1991

as Sergeant

A Memory of Two Mondays
The Ultimate Degenerate
The Ultimate Degenerate

1969

as Bruno (as Leo Heinz)

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
One Police Plaza
One Police Plaza

1986

as Det. Jake Stern

Rising Son
Rising Son

1990

as Victor

Murder in Coweta County
Murder in Coweta County

1983

as J.H. Potts