Earl Hindman
Acting
Born: 1942-10-20 in Bisbee, Arizona, USA
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
Defense Attorney Riley
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sheriff
Great Performances
William
Home Improvement
Wilson Wilson Jr.
Tales from the Darkside
Harry Carson
The Equalizer
Findlay
The Equalizer
Lt. Elmer
Hercules
Pericles
Hercules
Pericles (voice)
Spenser: For Hire
War and Remembrance
Wade McClusky
Silverado
J.T.
3 Men and a Baby
Satch
Talk Radio
Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)
Taps
Lieutenant Hanson
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Brown
The Brink's Job
FBI Agent # 3
Greased Lightning
Beau Welles
The Parallax View
Deputy Red
Ryan's Hope
Bob Reid
Teenage Mother
Key West
Rick
Rising Son
Victor
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Henry Macy
Stay the Night
Mike Kettman Sr
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Self
The Ultimate Degenerate
Bruno (as Leo Heinz)
Murder in Coweta County
J.H. Potts
Fires Within
Sergeant
The Red Spider
Stern
One Police Plaza
Det. Jake Stern
Pueblo
QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.
Kojak: The Price of Justice
Danny
Final
Official
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Whitey
Kojak: It's Always Something
Donley
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
Garrity
A Memory of Two Mondays
William
The Kiss of Her Flesh
Don