Earl Hindman
Known for ActingBorn 1942-10-20 — died 2003-12-29Bisbee, 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).
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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
Taps
1981 · as Lieutenant Hanson
Silverado
1985 · as J.T.
3 Men and a Baby
1987 · as Satch
The Parallax View
1974 · as Deputy Red
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974 · as Brown
Teenage Mother
1967
Talk Radio
1988 · as Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)
The Brink's Job
1978 · as FBI Agent # 3
Key West
1973 · as Rick
Greased Lightning
1977 · as Beau Welles
Stay the Night
1992 · as Mike Kettman Sr
Rising Son
1990 · as Victor
Fires Within
1991 · as Sergeant
The Red Spider
1988 · as Stern
Murder in Coweta County
1983 · as J.H. Potts
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
1991 · as Henry Macy
Pueblo
1973 · as QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.
One Police Plaza
1986 · as Det. Jake Stern