Earl Hindman

On 29 December 2003, Hindman died of lung cancer. His brother, Larry Tamblyn, was the drummer with 1960s band The Standells. Hindman also played detective Bob Reid for many years on the daytime drama Ryan's Hope. His daughter is Amber Tamblyn with whom he has appeared in "Rebellious" and "Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard". As the beloved grandfather-like neighbor he always seemed to solve the Taylor family's problems. More recently he has appeared in television series such as Nash Bridges, Twin Peaks (in which he played an eccentric psychiatrist), and the Babylon 5 episode A Distant Star in which he played 'Captain Jack Maynard'. It was never really known what Wilson looked like, because there always was some clever way of hiding part of his face from view but sometimes one could almost see his whole face. In 1962 he appeared in the cinerama movie How the West Was Won.

Earl Hindman (October 20, 1942 - December 29, 2003) played the character Wilson on the hit television show Home Improvement. He appeared in the movie Peyton Place in 1957, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His further musical roles included the movies Tom Thumb, Hit the Deck and West Side Story where he played Riff, the leader of the Jets. In 1954 he was one of the singing and dancing brothers -- 'Gideon' -- in the film of the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers for which his abilities as a champion gymnast and acrobat were well suited. His first movie appearance was in 1948 in The Boy With Green Hair.

Russ Tamblyn (born 30 December 1934 in Los Angeles, California) is an actor.