Earl Hindman
27 movies · 10 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 20, 1942
- Died
- Dec 29, 2003 (age 61)
- Place of birth
- Bisbee, Arizona, USA
- Also known as
- Leo Heinz · ارل هیندمن
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).
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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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Earl Hindman: movies and TV shows
Acting (37)
- 2003 Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement
as Narrator / Wilson Wilson Jr.
- 2001
- 2001 Final
as Official
- 1998
- 1992 Stay the Night
as Mike Kettman Sr
- 1991
- 1991 Fires Within
as Sergeant
- 1991 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
as Henry Macy
- 1990
- 1990 Rising Son
as Victor
- 1990 Kojak: It's Always Something
as Donley
- 1988 Talk Radio
as Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)
- 1988
- 1988 The Red Spider
as Stern
- 1987 3 Men and a Baby
as Satch
- 1987 Kojak: The Price of Justice
as Danny
- 1986 One Police Plaza
as Det. Jake Stern
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985 Silverado
as J.T.
- 1984
- 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
- 1974 Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
as Garrity
- 1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Brown
- 1974 The Parallax View
as Deputy Red
- 1973 Key West
as Rick
- 1973 Pueblo
as QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.
- 1971 Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
as Whitey
- 1971 A Memory of Two Mondays
as William
- 1971
- 1969 The Ultimate Degenerate
as Bruno (as Leo Heinz)
- 1968 The Kiss of Her Flesh
as Don
- 1967
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1992