Earl Hindman
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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).
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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Acted in
Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement
2003
as Narrator / Wilson Wilson Jr.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Sheriff
Final
2001
as Official
Hercules
1998
as Pericles
Hercules
1998
as Pericles (voice)
Stay the Night
1992
as Mike Kettman Sr
Home Improvement
1991
as Wilson Wilson Jr.
Fires Within
1991
as Sergeant
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
1991
as Henry Macy
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Riley
Rising Son
1990
as Victor
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990
as Donley
Talk Radio
1988
as Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)
The Red Spider
1988
as Stern
3 Men and a Baby
1987
as Satch
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987
as Danny
One Police Plaza
1986
as Det. Jake Stern
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Equalizer
1985
as Findlay
The Equalizer
1985
as Lt. Elmer
Silverado
1985
as J.T.
Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Harry Carson
Murder in Coweta County
1983
as J.H. Potts
Taps
1981
as Lieutenant Hanson
The Brink's Job
1978
as FBI Agent # 3
Greased Lightning
1977
as Beau Welles
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
1974
as Garrity
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
as Brown
The Parallax View
1974
as Deputy Red
Key West
1973
as Rick
Pueblo
1973
as QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971
as Whitey
A Memory of Two Mondays
1971
as William
Great Performances
1971
as William
The Ultimate Degenerate
1969
as Bruno (as Leo Heinz)
The Kiss of Her Flesh
1968
as Don
Teenage Mother
1967