Earl Hindman
Actor
Biography
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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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Filmography
Silverado
as J.T. 1985
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Brown 1974
The Parallax View
as Deputy Red 1974
Taps
as Lieutenant Hanson 1981
Talk Radio
as Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice) 1988
The Brink's Job
as FBI Agent # 3 1978
Greased Lightning
as Beau Welles 1977
Final
as Official 2001
The Ultimate Degenerate
as Bruno (as Leo Heinz) 1969
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
as Henry Macy 1991
Murder in Coweta County
as J.H. Potts 1983
The Kiss of Her Flesh
as Don 1968
Rising Son
as Victor 1990
Fires Within
as Sergeant 1991
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
as Whitey 1971
Kojak: The Price of Justice
as Danny 1987