Earl Hindman

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​

Known For

Law & Order

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Great Performances

Home Improvement

The Equalizer

The Equalizer

Tales from the Darkside

Hercules

All Movies (28)

• Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement2003 · as Narrator / Wilson Wilson Jr.
• Final2001 · as Official
• Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade1992 · as Self
• Stay the Night1992 · as Mike Kettman Sr
• Fires Within1991 · as Sergeant
• The Ballad of the Sad Cafe1991 · as Henry Macy
• Rising Son1990 · as Victor
• Kojak: It's Always Something1990 · as Donley
• Talk Radio1988 · as Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)
• The Red Spider1988 · as Stern
• 3 Men and a Baby1987 · as Satch
• Kojak: The Price of Justice1987 · as Danny
• One Police Plaza1986 · as Det. Jake Stern
• Silverado1985 · as J.T.
• Murder in Coweta County1983 · as J.H. Potts
• Taps1981 · as Lieutenant Hanson
• The Brink's Job1978 · as FBI Agent # 3
• Greased Lightning1977 · as Beau Welles
• Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue1974 · as Garrity
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three1974 · as Brown
• The Parallax View1974 · as Deputy Red
• Key West1973 · as Rick
• Pueblo1973 · as QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.
• Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?1971 · as Whitey
• A Memory of Two Mondays1971 · as William
• The Ultimate Degenerate1969 · as Bruno (as Leo Heinz)
• The Kiss of Her Flesh1968 · as Don
• Teenage Mother1967

All TV Shows (12)

• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Sheriff
• Hercules1998 · as Pericles
• Hercules1998 · as Pericles (voice)
• Home Improvement1991 · as Wilson Wilson Jr.
• Law & Order1990 · as Defense Attorney Riley
• War and Remembrance1988 · as Wade McClusky
• Spenser: For Hire1985
• The Equalizer1985 · as Findlay
• The Equalizer1985 · as Lt. Elmer
• Tales from the Darkside1984 · as Harry Carson
• Ryan's Hope1975 · as Bob Reid
• Great Performances1971 · as William