- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 20, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Bisbee, Arizona, USA
- Died
- December 29, 2003
Earl Hindman
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 Wood…
Filmography
Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement
movieTim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement
2003 · Narrator / Wilson Wilson Jr.
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Sheriff
movieFinal
2001 · Official
tvHercules
1998 · Pericles, Pericles (voice)
movieWalt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1992 · Self
movieStay the Night
1992 · Mike Kettman Sr
tvHome Improvement
1991 · Wilson Wilson Jr.
movieFires Within
1991 · Sergeant
movieThe Ballad of the Sad Cafe
1991 · Henry Macy
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Defense Attorney Riley
movieRising Son
1990 · Victor
movieKojak: It's Always Something
1990 · Donley
movieTalk Radio
1988 · Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)
tvWar and Remembrance
1988 · Wade McClusky
movieThe Red Spider
1988 · Stern
movie3 Men and a Baby
1987 · Satch
movieKojak: The Price of Justice
1987 · Danny
movieOne Police Plaza
1986 · Det. Jake Stern
tvSpenser: For Hire
1985
tvThe Equalizer
1985 · Findlay, Lt. Elmer
movieSilverado
1985 · J.T.
tvTales from the Darkside
1984 · Harry Carson
movieMurder in Coweta County
1983 · J.H. Potts
movieTaps
1981 · Lieutenant Hanson
movieThe Brink's Job
1978 · FBI Agent # 3
movieGreased Lightning
1977 · Beau Welles
tvRyan's Hope
1975 · Bob Reid
movieShoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
1974 · Garrity
movieThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974 · Brown
movieThe Parallax View
1974 · Deputy Red
movieKey West
1973 · Rick
moviePueblo
1973 · QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.
movieWho Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971 · Whitey
movieA Memory of Two Mondays
1971 · William
tvGreat Performances
1971 · William
movieThe Ultimate Degenerate
1969 · Bruno (as Leo Heinz)
movieThe Kiss of Her Flesh
1968 · Don
movieTeenage Mother
1967