Actor
Earl Hindman
October 20, 1942 · Bisbee, Arizona, USA
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.
Notable work
6.23 Men and a Baby (1987)
as Satch
7Silverado (1985)
as J.T.
7.4Home Improvement (1991)
as Wilson Wilson Jr.
7.3Law & Order (1990)
as Defense Attorney Riley
7.5The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
as Brown
7.6Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
as Sheriff
6.8The Parallax View (1974)
as Deputy Red
6.9Hercules (1998)
as Pericles and as Pericles (voice)
6.7Taps (1981)
as Lieutenant Hanson
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