Earl Hindman Went From Machine Gun Criminal to Wholesome Wilson. Did you know that the man who spent eight years giving wise advice from behind a wooden fence was secretly one of cinema’s most cold-blooded hijackers? Long before he was the soft-spoken neighbor Wilson on Home Improvement, Earl Hindman played a role so intense and violent that most fans would never recognize him—and just like his famous TV character, his face was still hidden from the world. If you could have a "Wilson" living nex