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Earl John Hindman (October 20, 1942 â December 29, 2003) was an American film and television actor, best known for his role as the kindly neighbor (whose lower face was always hidden from television viewers) Wilson W. Wilson, Jr. on the television sitcom Home Improvement (1991â1999). longtime smoker, Hindman became ill in 2003 and died of lung cancer on December 29, 2003 in Stamford, Connecticut, where he was buried in Roxbury Cemetery. In addition to his wife, he was survived by a brother, Ray, a sister, Anna Dean Shields, and his mother Eula Hindman (1916-2011).