Earl Hindman
Acting • Born 1942-10-20 – Died 2003-12-29
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Earl Hindman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
39 credits
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Movie • 1974
Brown
Silverado
Movie • 1985
J.T.
The Ultimate Degenerate
Movie • 1969
Bruno (as Leo Heinz)
The Parallax View
Movie • 1974
Deputy Red
Murder in Coweta County
Movie • 1983
J.H. Potts
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Movie • 1991
Henry Macy
The Kiss of Her Flesh
Movie • 1968
Don
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
Movie • 1974
Garrity
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Movie • 1971
Whitey
Talk Radio
Movie • 1988
Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)
Kojak: The Price of Justice
Movie • 1987
Danny
3 Men and a Baby
Movie • 1987
Satch
One Police Plaza
Movie • 1986
Det. Jake Stern
Pueblo
Movie • 1973
QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.
The Red Spider
Movie • 1988
Stern
Fires Within
Movie • 1991
Sergeant
Rising Son
Movie • 1990
Victor
Key West
Movie • 1973
Rick
Taps
Movie • 1981
Lieutenant Hanson
The Brink's Job
Movie • 1978
FBI Agent # 3
Kojak: It's Always Something
Movie • 1990
Donley
Final
Movie • 2001
Official
Stay the Night
Movie • 1992
Mike Kettman Sr
Greased Lightning
Movie • 1977
Beau Welles
Teenage Mother
Movie • 1967
A Memory of Two Mondays
Movie • 1971
William
Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement
Movie • 2003
Narrator / Wilson Wilson Jr.
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Movie • 1992
Self
Tales from the Darkside
TV • 1984
Harry Carson
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Defense Attorney Riley
Spenser: For Hire
TV • 1985
Hercules
TV • 1998
Pericles
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Findlay
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Sheriff
Home Improvement
TV • 1991
Wilson Wilson Jr.
Hercules
TV • 1998
Pericles (voice)
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Lt. Elmer
Great Performances
TV • 1971
William
Ryan's Hope
TV • 1975
Bob Reid