
Bill Erwin
Acting
- Born:
- 1914-12-02
- Died:
- 2010-12-29
- Place of birth:
- Honey Grove, Texas, USA
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
Filmography

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

My Name Is Earl

Everwood

Monk

A Crack in the Floor

Boycott

Cahoots

Back To "Somewhere In Time"

The Michael Richards Show

Stanley's Gig

Inferno

The West Wing

Forces of Nature

The King of Queens

Chairman of the Board

Art House

Menno's Mind

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Just Shoot Me!

Just Your Luck

Suddenly Susan

The Louie Show

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

The Drew Carey Show

The Naked Truth

Cybill

Madman of the People

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Burke's Law

Against the Grain

The Mommies

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

The John Larroquette Show

Fallen Angels

Dennis the Menace

At Home with the Webbers

The Magic Bubble

Mad About You

The Entertainers

Night of the Warrior

Harry and the Hendersons

The Willies

Home Alone

The Color of Evening

Seinfeld

Quantum Leap

The Land Before Time

Silent Assassins

She's Having a Baby

High Mountain Rangers

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Second Chance

Full House

Married... with Children

On Fire

Stewardess School

Growing Pains

The Golden Girls

Generation

Moonlighting

Quest

Who's the Boss?

Highway to Heaven

Punky Brewster

Hard Knox

Invitation to Hell

Pardon and Peace
Ghost Dancing

Voyagers!

Drop-Out Father

Moonlight

Falcon Crest

The Brady Girls Get Married

Somewhere in Time

Knots Landing

Hart to Hart

Struck by Lightning

Elvis

Huckleberry Finn

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

Lou Grant

Sixth and Main

The Jeffersons

Candy Stripe Nurses

Hunter

The Waltons

The Rookies

Cannon

The Christine Jorgensen Story

Dan August

How Awful About Allan

My World and Welcome to It

Mayberry R.F.D.

Counterpoint

Mannix

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Second Hundred Years

The Invaders

Shane

The F.B.I.

Get Smart

The Wild Wild West

Under the Yum Yum Tree

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Burke's Law

The Fugitive
The Greatest Show on Earth

Arrest and Trial

The Dakotas

The Virginian

Terror At Black Falls

Ben Casey

87th Precinct

Mister Ed

Peter Loves Mary

Stagecoach West

The Andy Griffith Show

My Three Sons

Coronado 9

The Untouchables

The Twilight Zone

Johnny Ringo

Law of the Plainsman

Black Saddle

Rawhide

Man with a Camera

The Rifleman

The Texan

Cry Baby Killer

Sea Hunt

Gun Fever

Jet Pilot

Trackdown

Leave It to Beaver

The Walter Winchell File

Maverick

Perry Mason

M Squad

Have Gun, Will Travel

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

The Night Runner
Fight for the Title

The Shadow on the Window

Panic!

Man from Del Rio

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

State Trooper

Claire

The Man Called X

Highway Patrol

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Cheyenne

Gunsmoke

Lassie

General Electric Theater

Hallmark Hall of Fame

I Love Lucy

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Lux Video Theatre

Robert Montgomery Presents

Easy Living

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Velvet Touch