<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1967--2003 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Molly McGreevey (m . 1976) </Td> </Tr> <P> Earl John Hindman (October 3, 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). </P> <P> 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). </P>

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