Earl Hindman1942 - 2003

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Actor

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Famous

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​

Credits

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

2003

Comedy • Documentary • TV Movie

as Narrator / Wilson Wilson Jr.

0.3
Final
Final

2001

Drama • Science Fiction • Thriller

as Official

5.4
0.9
Stay the Night
Stay the Night

1992

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Mike Kettman Sr

1
0.8
Fires Within
Fires Within

1991

Drama • Thriller

as Sergeant

4
1.1
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

1991

Comedy • Drama • Mystery • Romance

as Henry Macy

5.7
1.4
Rising Son
Rising Son

1990

Drama • TV Movie

as Victor

5.6
1
Kojak: It's Always Something
Kojak: It's Always Something

1990

Crime • Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Donley

6
0.8
Talk Radio
Talk Radio

1988

Drama

as Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)

7
0.8
The Red Spider
The Red Spider

1988

TV Movie • Thriller

as Stern

3.5
0.8
3 Men and a Baby
3 Men and a Baby

1987

Comedy

as Satch

6.2
1.8
Kojak: The Price of Justice
Kojak: The Price of Justice

1987

Crime • Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Danny

4.2
1.3
One Police Plaza
One Police Plaza

1986

Crime • Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Det. Jake Stern

1.2
Silverado
Silverado

1985

Action • Western

as J.T.

7
2.4
Murder in Coweta County
Murder in Coweta County

1983

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as J.H. Potts

6.8
1.1
Taps
Taps

1981

Drama

as Lieutenant Hanson

6.8
1.8
The Brink's Job
The Brink's Job

1978

Comedy • Crime • Drama • History

as FBI Agent # 3

6
0.6
Greased Lightning
Greased Lightning

1977

Action • Comedy • Drama

as Beau Welles

6.3
1.7
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue

1974

Crime • Drama

as Garrity

6
0.8
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974

Action • Crime • Thriller

as Brown

7.5
2.6
The Parallax View
The Parallax View

1974

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Deputy Red

6.8
1.6
Key West
Key West

1973

Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Rick

6
0.8
Pueblo
Pueblo

1973

Drama • TV Movie

as QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.

5.7
0.9
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

1971

Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Whitey

4.6
0.4
A Memory of Two Mondays
A Memory of Two Mondays

1971

Drama • TV Movie

as William

0.4
The Ultimate Degenerate
The Ultimate Degenerate

1969

Horror • Thriller

as Bruno (as Leo Heinz)

4.7
0.7
The Kiss of Her Flesh
The Kiss of Her Flesh

1968

Horror • Thriller

as Don

5.6
0.1
Teenage Mother
3.5
0.6

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