Cast & creator
Earl Hindman
Best known for Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Great Performances
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Earl Hindman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Also known as: Leo Heinz, ارل هیندمن
28
film credits
12
television credits
40
1967–2003 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (40)
Showing 40 of 40 credits
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Riley
1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sheriff
2001
Great Performances
William
1971
Home Improvement
Wilson Wilson Jr.
1991
Tales from the Darkside
Harry Carson
1984
The Equalizer
Findlay
1985The Equalizer
Lt. Elmer
1985
Hercules
Pericles
1998Hercules
Pericles (voice)
1998
Spenser: For Hire
1985
War and Remembrance
Wade McClusky
1988
Silverado
J.T.
1985
3 Men and a Baby
Satch
1987
Taps
Lieutenant Hanson
1981
Ryan's Hope
Bob Reid
1975
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Brown
1974
The Parallax View
Deputy Red
1974
A Memory of Two Mondays
William
1971
The Brink's Job
FBI Agent # 3
1978
Talk Radio
Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)
1988
Greased Lightning
Beau Welles
1977
Key West
Rick
1973
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Henry Macy
1991
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
Whitey
1971
Kojak: The Price of Justice
Danny
1987
Murder in Coweta County
J.H. Potts
1983
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
Self
1992
Rising Son
Victor
1990
Teenage Mother
1967
Kojak: It's Always Something
Donley
1990
Fires Within
Sergeant
1991Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement
Narrator / Wilson Wilson Jr.
2003
Stay the Night
Mike Kettman Sr
1992
The Ultimate Degenerate
Bruno (as Leo Heinz)
1969
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
Garrity
1974
The Red Spider
Stern
1988
One Police Plaza
Det. Jake Stern
1986
Pueblo
QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.
1973
Final
Official
2001
The Kiss of Her Flesh
Don
1968