Earl Hindman Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a TV Land Award for Favorite "Heard but Not Seen" Character for "Home Improvement" in 2004
• Studied acting at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz
• Met his wife on the soap opera "Ryan's Hope" in the late 1970s, and she later left the acting business to become an ordained Episcopalian priest
• After his first professional Shakespearean role as a college student in San Diego, he left the University of Arizona to begin acting full time
• Made his screen acting debut in the film "Teenage Mother" in 1967
• Best known for his role as Wilson Wilson, Jr․ in "Home Improvement" and as Bob Reid in "Ryan's Hope․"
• According to co-star Tim Allen, he never complained about how much money he was getting paid for his role on TV sitcom "Home Improvement․"
• On the TV sitcom "Home Improvement," he never allowed his face to be seen, either standing behind a fence or a conveniently placed object
• While being treated for lung cancer just weeks before his death, he shared a room with a "Home Improvement" fan, with his wife recalling that "We spent the whole․․․chemo session laughing․․․Even after 27 years of marriage he could always crack me up․"
• Lent his voice to a series of Kentucky Fried Chicken commercials