Earl Hindman
Born: 1942-10-20 in Bisbee, Arizona, USA
Died: 2003-12-29
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
2003
- Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement as Narrator / Wilson Wilson Jr.
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Sheriff
- Final as Official
1998
- Hercules as Pericles
1992
- Stay the Night as Mike Kettman Sr
1991
- Home Improvement as Wilson Wilson Jr.
- Fires Within as Sergeant
- The Ballad of the Sad Cafe as Henry Macy
1990
- Law & Order as Defense Attorney Riley
- Kojak: It's Always Something as Donley
- Rising Son as Victor
1988
- Talk Radio as Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)
- The Red Spider as Stern
1987
- 3 Men and a Baby as Satch
- Kojak: The Price of Justice as Danny
1986
- One Police Plaza as Det. Jake Stern
1985
- The Equalizer as Findlay
- Spenser: For Hire
- Silverado as J.T.
1984
- Tales from the Darkside as Harry Carson
1983
- Murder in Coweta County as J.H. Potts
1981
- Taps as Lieutenant Hanson
1978
- The Brink's Job as FBI Agent # 3
1977
- Greased Lightning as Beau Welles
1975
- Ryan's Hope as Bob Reid
1974
- The Parallax View as Deputy Red
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as Brown
- Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue as Garrity
1971
- Great Performances as William
- Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? as Whitey
- A Memory of Two Mondays as William
1969
- The Ultimate Degenerate as Bruno (as Leo Heinz)
1968
- The Kiss of Her Flesh as Don