Acting credits
36
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Earl Hindman
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.1
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Movies: 27Series: 9
TMDB ID: 53285
IMDb ID: nm0385561
Known for: Acting
Born: October 20, 1942
Died: December 29, 2003
Age: 61
Place of birth: Bisbee, Arizona, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1967 - 2001
Years active: 35
Average TMDB rating: 6.77
Wikidata: Q705066
Also known as
Leo Heinz • ارل هیندمن
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Earl Hindman.
5.3
Final
as Official
2001 Movie
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
as Self
1992 Movie
1.0
Stay the Night
as Mike Kettman Sr
1992 Movie
3.7
Fires Within
as Sergeant
1991 Movie
5.5
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
as Henry Macy
1991 Movie
5.9
Rising Son
as Victor
1990 Movie
6.0
Kojak: It's Always Something
as Donley
1990 Movie
7.0
Talk Radio
as Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)
1988 Movie
3.0
The Red Spider
as Stern
1988 Movie
6.2
3 Men and a Baby
as Satch
1987 Movie
4.2
Kojak: The Price of Justice
as Danny
1987 Movie
One Police Plaza
as Det. Jake Stern
1986 Movie
7.0
Silverado
as J.T.
1985 Movie
6.9
Murder in Coweta County
as J.H. Potts
1983 Movie
6.8
Taps
as Lieutenant Hanson
1981 Movie
6.1
The Brink's Job
as FBI Agent # 3
1978 Movie
6.3
Greased Lightning
as Beau Welles
1977 Movie
6.0
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
as Garrity
1974 Movie
7.4
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Brown
1974 Movie
6.8
The Parallax View
as Deputy Red
1974 Movie
6.0
Key West
as Rick
1973 Movie
5.7
Pueblo
as QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.
1973 Movie
4.0
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
as Whitey
1971 Movie
A Memory of Two Mondays
as William
1971 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Earl Hindman.
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Sheriff • 1 eps
2001 Series
6.9
Hercules
as Pericles
1998 Series
7.4
Home Improvement
as Wilson Wilson Jr. • 203 eps
1991 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Riley • 1 eps
1990 Series
6.7
Spenser: For Hire
1 eps
1985 Series
7.1
The Equalizer
as Findlay • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.2
Tales from the Darkside
as Harry Carson • 1 eps
1984 Series
5.9
Ryan's Hope
as Bob Reid • 56 eps
1975 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as William • 1 eps
1971 Series