Played by the late Earl Hindman, what was the name of Tim's wise neighbor on the TV show Home Improvement?
Earl Hindman Earl Hindman Earl John Hindman (October 20, 1942 – December 29, 2003) was an American film and television actor, best known for his role as the kindly unseen neighbor Wilson W. Wilson Jr. on the television sitcom "Home Improvement" (1991–99). Long before this role, however, he played villains in two 1974 thrillers, "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" and "The Parallax View". He also appeared in the films "Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name?" (1971), "Greased Lightning" (1977), "The Brink's Job" (1978) and "Taps" (1981), and played the part of J.T. in the Lawrence Kasdan film "Silverado" (1985). Hindman's
Home Improvement (TV series) exceptions to the general rule that Tim only supported Michigan educational institutions on the show. First, during the episode "Workshop 'Til You Drop" Tim wears a Wofford College sweatshirt. Second, during the episode "The Wood, the Bad and the Hungry" Tim wears an Owens Community College sweatshirt. Tim Allen, Richard Karn, Casey Sander, and Debbe Dunning had a reunion in a television special named "Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement" in 2003 (a by then terminally-ill Earl Hindman did voice-overs, befitting his never-seen persona of Wilson; Hindman died shortly after the special aired). Allen presented his own