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Earl Hindman
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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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| 2003 | Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement | Actor | Narrator / Wilson Wilson Jr. | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | Final | Actor | Official | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Stay the Night | Actor | Mike Kettman Sr | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Home Improvement | Actor | Wilson Wilson Jr. | 73 Good |
| 1991 | Fires Within | Actor | Sergeant | 58 Average |
| 1991 | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | Actor | Henry Macy | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Rising Son | Actor | Victor | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Kojak: It's Always Something | Actor | Donley | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Talk Radio | Actor | Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice) | 62 Fair |
| 1988 | The Red Spider | Actor | Stern | 59 Average |
| 1987 | 3 Men and a Baby | Actor | Satch | 60 Fair |
| 1987 | Kojak: The Price of Justice | Actor | Danny | 58 Average |
| 1986 | One Police Plaza | Actor | Det. Jake Stern | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Silverado | Actor | J.T. | 65 Fair |
| 1983 | Murder in Coweta County | Actor | J.H. Potts | 59 Average |
| 1981 | Taps | Actor | Lieutenant Hanson | 62 Fair |
| 1978 | The Brink's Job | Actor | FBI Agent # 3 | 58 Average |
| 1977 | Greased Lightning | Actor | Beau Welles | 59 Average |
| 1974 | Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue | Actor | Garrity | 59 Average |
| 1974 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Actor | Brown | 67 Fair |
| 1974 | The Parallax View | Actor | Deputy Red | 62 Fair |
| 1973 | Key West | Actor | Rick | 58 Average |
| 1973 | Pueblo | Actor | QMT Charles B. Law, Jr. | 59 Average |
| 1971 | Who Killed Mary Whats'ername? | Actor | Whitey | 58 Average |
| 1971 | A Memory of Two Mondays | Actor | William | N/A N/A |
| 1969 | The Ultimate Degenerate | Actor | Bruno (as Leo Heinz) | 58 Average |
| 1968 | The Kiss of Her Flesh | Actor | Don | 58 Average |
| 1967 | Teenage Mother | Actor | 58 Average |
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