Earl Hindman

Earl Hindman

10/20/1942 – 12/29/2003Bisbee, Arizona, USA

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 (38 titles)

8.0Movie

Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement

Narrator / Wilson Wilson Jr. · 2003

Law & Order: Criminal Intent7.6Show

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Sheriff · 2001

Final5.3Movie

Final

Official · 2001

Hercules6.9Show

Hercules

Pericles · 1998

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade10.0Movie

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

Self · 1992

Stay the Night4.0Movie

Stay the Night

Mike Kettman Sr · 1992

Home Improvement7.4Show

Home Improvement

Wilson Wilson Jr. · 1991

Fires Within4.6Movie

Fires Within

Sergeant · 1991

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe5.8Movie

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

Henry Macy · 1991

Law & Order7.3Show

Law & Order

Defense Attorney Riley · 1990

Rising Son6.2Movie

Rising Son

Victor · 1990

Kojak: It's Always Something6.7Movie

Kojak: It's Always Something

Donley · 1990

Talk Radio7.0Movie

Talk Radio

Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice) · 1988

War and Remembrance7.9Show

War and Remembrance

Wade McClusky · 1988

The Red Spider4.3Movie

The Red Spider

Stern · 1988

3 Men and a Baby6.2Movie

3 Men and a Baby

Satch · 1987

Kojak: The Price of Justice5.2Movie

Kojak: The Price of Justice

Danny · 1987

One Police Plaza9.0Movie

One Police Plaza

Det. Jake Stern · 1986

Spenser: For Hire6.9Show

Spenser: For Hire

1985

The Equalizer7.1Show

The Equalizer

Findlay · 1985

Silverado6.9Movie

Silverado

J.T. · 1985

Tales from the Darkside7.2Show

Tales from the Darkside

Harry Carson · 1984

Murder in Coweta County7.0Movie

Murder in Coweta County

J.H. Potts · 1983

Taps6.8Movie

Taps

Lieutenant Hanson · 1981

The Brink's Job6.2Movie

The Brink's Job

FBI Agent # 3 · 1978

Greased Lightning6.4Movie

Greased Lightning

Beau Welles · 1977

Ryan's Hope6.5Show

Ryan's Hope

Bob Reid · 1975

Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue7.0Movie

Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue

Garrity · 1974

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three7.5Movie

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Brown · 1974

The Parallax View6.8Movie

The Parallax View

Deputy Red · 1974