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Earl Hindman

Earl Hindman

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 20, 1942
Died Dec 29, 2003 (61)
Birthplace Bisbee, Arizona, USA
Popularity 0.9 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Improve ... ment (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​

Known For

Filmography

Final

Final

2001

as Official

Stay the Night

Stay the Night

1992

as Mike Kettman Sr

Fires Within

Fires Within

1991

as Sergeant

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

1991

as Henry Macy

Rising Son

Rising Son

1990

as Victor

The Red Spider

The Red Spider

1988

as Stern

Talk Radio

Talk Radio

1988

as Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)

3 Men and a Baby

3 Men and a Baby

1987

as Satch

One Police Plaza

One Police Plaza

1986

as Det. Jake Stern

Silverado

Silverado

1985

as J.T.

Murder in Coweta County

Murder in Coweta County

1983

as J.H. Potts

Taps

Taps

1981

as Lieutenant Hanson

The Brink's Job

The Brink's Job

1978

as FBI Agent # 3

Greased Lightning

Greased Lightning

1977

as Beau Welles

The Parallax View

The Parallax View

1974

as Deputy Red

Key West

Key West

1973

as Rick

Pueblo

Pueblo

1973

as QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.

A Memory of Two Mondays

A Memory of Two Mondays

1971

as William

The Ultimate Degenerate

The Ultimate Degenerate

1969

as Bruno (as Leo Heinz)

The Kiss of Her Flesh

The Kiss of Her Flesh

1968

as Don

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Home Improvement

as Wilson Wilson Jr.

Episodes: 203

First Aired: Sep 17, 1991

The Equalizer

as Lt. Elmer

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 18, 1985

Tales from the Darkside

as Harry Carson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Riley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1990

The Equalizer

as Findlay

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1985

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Sheriff

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2001

Hercules

as Pericles (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 31, 1998

Great Performances

as William

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1971

Hercules

as Pericles

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Aug 31, 1998

Spenser: For Hire

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1985

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