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 Imp...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement
2003
as Narrator / Wilson Wilson Jr.
Tim Allen presents his own favorite clips, show bloopers, and personal reflections on the long-running series.
Final
2001
as Official
Waking up in a nearly empty room, Bill has strange recollections of his father's death and a car crash, and occasional paranoid delusions. Ann, a psyc...
Stay the Night
1992
as Mike Kettman Sr
Based on a true story, Barbara Hershey and Morgan Weisser portray two star crossed lovers who will stop at nothing to be together without any ridicule...
Fires Within
1991
as Sergeant
A Cuban emigre, living in Miami and involved in an affair with the American seaman who rescued her and her daughter years earlier, must face her husba...
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
1991
as Henry Macy
A small-town eccentric opens a café in her decaying home.
Rising Son
1990
as Victor
Gus Robinson loves three things: his job, family, and country; but suddenly he's losing all three. When his factory shuts down, Gus faces unemployment...
Kojak: It's Always Something
1990
as Donley
After discovering the connection between a corrupt city commissioner and Colombian killers, Kojak is framed for the murder of a call girl and is prose...
Talk Radio
1988
as Chet / Black John / Jerry (voice)
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
The Red Spider
1988
as Stern
A cop is found dead in a hotel, brutally murdered, a spider cut into his stomach. The police believes his death might be connected to the fact that he...
3 Men and a Baby
1987
as Satch
Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987
as Danny
When the bodies of two young boys are discovered in the Harlem River, their mother is the obvious suspect, particularly with her scandalous past. But ...
One Police Plaza
1986
as Det. Jake Stern
A veteran New York City Police Lieutenant's investigation of a woman's murder uncovers corruption in high places.
Silverado
1985
as J.T.
Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside...
Murder in Coweta County
1983
as J.H. Potts
Wallace a wealthy landowner in Meriwether County, Georgia, has virtually unlimited power in the county, including having the sheriff under his control...
Taps
1981
as Lieutenant Hanson
Military cadets take extreme measures to ensure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.
The Brink's Job
1978
as FBI Agent # 3
In 1950, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commits the robbery of the century. Led by Tony Pino, a petty thief fresh out of prison, and Joe McG...
Greased Lightning
1977
as Beau Welles
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
1974
as Garrity
A white cop apprehends, then murders, a Black purse thief in the street. A Black film student witnesses the murder and begins surveilling the cop in h...
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
as Brown
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
The Parallax View
1974
as Deputy Red
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corpora...
Key West
1973
as Rick
A former CIA agent and his friend, operating a charter boat service in Florida, find themselves the target of an eccentric millionaire with a score to...
Pueblo
1973
as QMT Charles B. Law, Jr.
Dramatization showing the 1968 seizure of the spy ship, Pueblo, by the North Koreans and the treatment of the Pueblo's crew during their year of capti...
Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
1971
as Whitey
A prostitute is murdered on the streets of a tough, low-income neighborhood. A diabetic retired boxer who knew her is appalled by the lack of interest...
A Memory of Two Mondays
1971
as William
Workers in an auto parts warehouse in 1933 New York City inhabit a bleak, dead-end world in the depths of the Depression where, at least, they have jo...
The Ultimate Degenerate
1969
as Bruno (as Leo Heinz)
Man drugs, photographs & tortures women he meets by personal ads.
The Kiss of Her Flesh
1968
as Don
Richard has lost what little sanity he had left, instead putting all emphasis on seeking out and brutally slaying any and every woman who crosses his ...
Teenage Mother
1967
A new health teacher in a high school is nearly raped by drug-dealing students and is blamed when a student turns up pregnant.