Bill Erwin

Personal Info

Birthday

December 2, 1914

Day of Death

2010-12-29

(96 years old)

Place of Birth

Honey Grove, Texas, USA

Also Known As

William Erwin

Bill Erwin

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.

Known For

Seinfeld

Monk

Perry Mason

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Married... with Children

The West Wing

The Andy Griffith Show

The Fugitive

Filmography

2019
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Wilcox (archive footage)
2001
A Crack in the Floor
as Harold
Cahoots
as Frenchy
2000
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
as Self
Stanley's Gig
as Jules
1999
Inferno
as Eli Hamilton
Forces of Nature
as Murray
1998
Chairman of the Board
as Landers
Art House
as Monty
1997
Menno's Mind
as Mr. Lewis
1996
Just Your Luck
as Pops
1995
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
as 70-Year-Old Man
1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Conductor
1993
Dennis the Menace
as Edward Little
At Home with the Webbers
as Horace
The Magic Bubble
as Old Man
1991
The Entertainers
as Sam
Night of the Warrior
as Coco
1990
The Willies
as Old Man
Home Alone
as Man in Airport
The Color of Evening
as Priest
1988
The Land Before Time
as Grandfather (voice)
Silent Assassins
as Dr. London
She's Having a Baby
as Grandfather
1987
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as Man on Plane
On Fire
as Joe's Father
1986
Stewardess School
as Orchestra Conductor
1985
Generation
as John
1984
Hard Knox
as Gen. Garfield
Invitation to Hell
as Walt Henderson
1983
Pardon and Peace
as Old Man
Ghost Dancing
as Joe Greyfeather
1982
Drop-Out Father
as Grandpa
Moonlight
as Dr. Tucker
1981
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
as Mr. Schneider
The Brady Girls Get Married
as Reverend
1980
Somewhere in Time
as Arthur Biehl
1978
Huckleberry Finn
as Harvey Wilkes
1974
Candy Stripe Nurses
as Principal
1973
Hunter
as Sam Pickering
1970
The Christine Jorgensen Story
as Pastor
How Awful About Allan
as Dr. Ames
1963
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
as Teacher (uncredited)
1962
Terror At Black Falls
as Hugh 'Squint' Edwards
1959
The Sunrise Gun
as Harte
1958
Cry Baby Killer
as Mr. Wallace
Gun Fever
as Bartender
1957
The Night Runner
as McDermott--Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
Fight for the Title
as Newspaper Man
The Shadow on the Window
as Policeman (uncredited)
1956
Man from Del Rio
as Roy Higgens
Claire
as Carl
1949
Easy Living
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1948
The Velvet Touch
as Howard Forman (as William L. Erwin)