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Earl Hindman

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Biography

Recent Role:
Himself - archive footage on E! True Hollywood Story
Gender:
Male
Born:
10-20-1942
Died:
12-29-2003 (Lung Cancer)
Birthplace:
Bisbee, Arizona, USA
Birth Name:
Earl John Hindman
AKA:
Wilson
Earl John Hindman was born on October 20, 1942 in Bizbee Arizona. Earl was always athletic, but in High School became involved with drama, his initial career decision however was to go into photography. He attended Phoenix Jr. College and the University of Arizona at Tucson, there he was encouraged to put more work into acting.

Earl got his first professional Shakespearan role between semesters in University and at that point decided to give up on schooling and take up acting full time. He was kept busy with a long stream of repertory theatre appearances. Subsequent to that he

More made appearances in the Off-Broadway productions of "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel", "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs", and "Dark of the Moon". He was also lucky enough to land two Broadway roles in "The Lincoln Mask" and "The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks". Further, he has toured the US in a travelling production of "The Great White Hope". His most recent stage appearance was as Long John Silver in a production of "Treasure Island".

Earl's numerous TV and movie credits include a role as Mike Kettmann Sr. in "Stay the Night", Henry Macy in "Ballad of the Sad Cafe", Sergeant in "Fire's Within", as Victor in "Rising Son", 3 separate voice parts in "Talk Radio", Satch in "Three Men and a Baby", as JT in "Silverado", JH Potts in "Murder in Coweta County", Lieutenant Hanson in "Taps". He played the role of an FBI agent in "Brink's Job", the part of Beau Welles in "Greased Lightning", Deputy Red in "The Parallax View", Garrity in "Shoot It: Black, Shoot It: Blue, as Brown in "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three", as Whitey in "Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name" and a role in "Three Into Two Won't Go", parts in "A Memory of Two Mondays", "War and Remembrance", "Police Plaza" and "The Red Spider". He has made TV series appearances in "Kojak", "Spenser: For Hire" and "The Equalizer", Earl also played a role in "Ryan's Hope for 9 years. Most recently he is also providing the voice in a series of Kentucky Fried Chicken commercials for their "Buffalo Chicken Strips" product.

Earl was married to and lived in Stamford Connecticut with his wife Episcopalian minister Molly McGreevy. Earl passed away on December 29, 2003 due to Lung Cancer. He was 61 years old.

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    10 Perfect
    Help/Advice sought: Earl Hindman's Personal Vehicle - Chevy Tahoe, For Sale hide show

    Hi,

    I currently own Earl Hindman's Chevy Tahoe, which I bought from his wife right after he passed away. I was working for her, doing remodeling and home maintenance, and we became good friends over a couple years. I learned a great deal about Earl, having been the one who cleared out everything of his after he passed. I'm writing because I'm currently transitioning to living abroad from Connecticut, and now need to sell the truck. I feel that the truck may be more valuable to someone who is a big fan of Earl's/Home Improvement, and would appreciate any suggestions as to how / where I may want to list the truck for sale. It's in great condition and certainly has some stories attached to it, and I don't feel right just selling it off to just anyone who'd care less about its background, or the great man who owned it. After all, it was Earl's first big expensive car he bought after Home Improvement made him financially successfull.

    I've thought to ebay the truck with the background info as the key selling point, but ebaying a vehicle seems risky.

    Any and all help/advice would be greatly appreciated. To the moderators, if this posting violates your website policies, I apologize, but I'm trying to reach out to Mr. Hindman's fans any way I can, and options are very limited.

    Thank you in advance

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    8 Great
    Home Improvement wouldn't be complete without him. hide show

    Earl is an excellent addition to the cast of Home Improvement. I see from this guide, that he has been in many other shows too, which I also know of. Earl is a great actor, that almost never misses a line, well, at least I don't think he does. Either way, he's a good actor, and Home Iprovement wouldn't be complete without him.

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    10 Perfect
    Wilson was not only the Brains of Home Improvement but also he was weird, and every bit of Advice he gave to Tim or Jill was wise and insightful. It was as if he knew the answer to any question Tim could put to him and Problem he had. hide show

    I guess that there must must be a bit of Wilson Wilson in him. I was amazed how he was able to keep the bottom part of his face hidden when he wasn't talking to Tim over the fence. And at 61, he must have known a bit about everything in his lifetime, but I doubt if he ate bugs!

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    Born on October 20, 1943 in Bisbee Arizona Earl Hindman, in High School became involved in Drama. He Got A Degree at the University Of Arizona. Earl Is Best known as the half faced full harted neighbor on Home Improvement, Sadly Earl Died on December 29, hide show

    I Know Earl is best known as Earl....In My Mind Earl is a half faced whole hearted fellow who made wise remarks, insightful-whitty comments toward helping out his neighbors. Also Some of the things his face was behind (Wine Bottles, Someone's head, pan, barbecue & of course a fence). Earl as Wilson Wilson Jr. was a very calm man's man's. We Will Never Forget You Earl.

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    9 Superb
    On Home Improvement, his character was witty, smart, and worldly. He was my favorite person on that show... He will be greatly missed... hide show

    I think Wilson Wilson was one of my favorite television charcters! Earl Hindman brought so much to this person and no one could have done it better! He made Home Improvement what is is and his small role took on a life of its own... I love smart, quick-witted, original characters...
















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