Bill Erwin
Born in Honey Grove, Texas, USA — Dec 02 1914• Died Dec 29 2010
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Biography
William Lindsey Erwin was an American film, stage and television actor with over 250 television and film credits. A veteran character actor who appeared in Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Somewhere in Time and Home Alone. He was also a stage manager for Edgar Bergen and a security assistant for Clancy. He is widely known for his 1993 Emmy Award-nominated performance on Seinfeld, portraying the embittered, irascible retiree Sid Fields.
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Bill Erwin's Credits
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Knots Landing
Mr. Wineke
Seinfeld
Sidney Fields
The West Wing
Ronald Cruikshank
Monk
Hiram Holling
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Doctor Dalen Quaice
Perry Mason
A.J. Nelson - Paint Store Owner
The Waltons
Married... with Children
Hiram Massey
Falcon Crest
Night Editor
Mannix
The Andy Griffith Show
George Sapley
Quantum Leap
Mr. Deever
Everwood
Ollie
Have Gun, Will Travel
The King of Queens
Whitey
Lassie
Full House
Mr. Ferguson
The Drew Carey Show
Mr. Bradbury
Maverick
Hotel Clerk
The Fugitive
Bar patron
The Virginian
Bevers
The Twilight Zone
Peter Kramer
My Three Sons
Joe Walters
Robert Montgomery Presents
Jens Nelson
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sam Townley
Mad About You
Yankee Third Baseman
Hart to Hart
Sir Gavin MacLaish
Cannon
I Love Lucy
Bum (uncredited)
My Name Is Earl
Old Man playing Ping Pong
The F.B.I.
Paxton
The Golden Girls
Mr. Hubbard
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Gus Hobbs (segment "The Bucket")
The Rifleman
Joe Flecker
Moonlighting
Duncan Kennedy
The Untouchables
Auctioneer
Ben Casey
Burke's Law
Fire Marshal
Who's the Boss?
Cheyenne
The Wild Wild West
Jury Foreman
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Andy Tucker
Get Smart
Mr. Smith
Rawhide
Parker
Highway to Heaven
Santa
The Rookies
The Invaders
Manager
Cybill
Bill
Leave It to Beaver
Lou Grant
Old Man
Sea Hunt
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Father Daley
The Jeffersons
Gunsmoke
Preacher
Punky Brewster
Ben
The John Larroquette Show
Man
The Naked Truth
Victor
The Philco Television Playhouse
Herman
Mister Ed
Mr. Wood
Burke's Law
Noah Stark
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Sgt. Riker
Trackdown
M Squad
Roger Jessop
The Texan
Just Shoot Me!
Mr. King
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Fireman (uncredited)
Black Saddle
Kelly
State Trooper
Arrest and Trial
Doctor
Mayberry R.F.D.
Man at Convention
Fallen Angels
Chick
Growing Pains
Buzz
Johnny Ringo
Manners
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Suddenly Susan
Mr. Tidgely
Lux Video Theatre
Reporter
Harry and the Hendersons
Guest #1
87th Precinct
George
The Second Hundred Years
Salesman #2
Coronado 9
Highway Patrol
Dan August
Coroner
Law of the Plainsman
Dr. Palmer
Shane
Clerk
The Greatest Show on Earth
Food Truck Cook
Stagecoach West
Teller (uncredited)
Voyagers!
Eisenhowers' Neighbor
Panic!
The Dakotas
The Mommies
The Walter Winchell File
Bellem
My World and Welcome to It
Man with a Camera
Against the Grain
Harold
The Michael Richards Show
Mr. Flaherty
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Conductor
Dennis the Menace
Edward Little
The Land Before Time
Grandfather (voice)
The Man Called X
Madman of the People
William
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Man on Plane
Inferno
Eli Hamilton
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Somewhere in Time
Arthur Biehl
Peter Loves Mary
Second Chance
Gus
General Electric Theater
The Louie Show
Cheating Husband
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
70-Year-Old Man
Forces of Nature
Murray
Elvis
She's Having a Baby
Grandfather
Cahoots
Frenchy
Struck by Lightning
Glenn Diamond
High Mountain Rangers
The Willies
Old Man
Stewardess School
Orchestra Conductor
The Shadow on the Window
Policeman (uncredited)
Man from Del Rio
Roy Higgens
Art House
Monty
Menno's Mind
Mr. Lewis
Invitation to Hell
Walt Henderson
Just Your Luck
Pops
A Crack in the Floor
Harold
Chairman of the Board
Landers
The Velvet Touch
Howard Forman (as William L. Erwin)
Generation
John
Night of the Warrior
Coco
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Wilcox (archive footage)
The Brady Girls Get Married
Reverend
The Night Runner
McDermott--Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
Boycott
Loading Dock Man #2
Moonlight
Dr. Tucker
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
Self
The Sunrise Gun
Harte
Easy Living
Minor Role (uncredited)
At Home with the Webbers
Horace
The Christine Jorgensen Story
Pastor
Sixth and Main
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
Teacher (uncredited)
Gun Fever
Bartender
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
Mr. Schneider
Hunter
Sam Pickering
On Fire
Joe's Father
Huckleberry Finn
Harvey Wilkes
Silent Assassins
Dr. London
Home Alone
Man in Airport
Stanley's Gig
Jules
Counterpoint
Candy Stripe Nurses
Principal
Drop-Out Father
Grandpa
The Color of Evening
Priest
How Awful About Allan
Dr. Ames
Cry Baby Killer
Mr. Wallace
Ghost Dancing
Joe Greyfeather
The Entertainers
Sam
The Magic Bubble
Old Man
Hard Knox
Gen. Garfield
Terror At Black Falls
Hugh 'Squint' Edwards
Claire
Carl
Quest
Fight for the Title
Newspaper Man
Pardon and Peace
Old Man