Bill Erwin
Born: 1914-12-02 in Honey Grove, Texas, USA
Died: 2010-12-29
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2019
- The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration as Wilcox (archive footage)
2005
- My Name Is Earl as Old Man playing Ping Pong
2001
- Cahoots as Frenchy
- A Crack in the Floor as Harold
2000
- The Michael Richards Show as Mr. Flaherty
- Stanley's Gig as Jules
- Back To "Somewhere In Time" as Self
1999
- The West Wing as Ronald Cruikshank
- Inferno as Eli Hamilton
- Forces of Nature as Murray
1998
- The King of Queens as Whitey
- Art House as Monty
- Chairman of the Board as Landers
1997
- Just Shoot Me! as Mr. King
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Gus Hobbs (segment "The Bucket")
- Menno's Mind as Mr. Lewis
1996
- Suddenly Susan as Mr. Tidgely
- Just Your Luck as Pops
1995
- The Drew Carey Show as Mr. Bradbury
- The Naked Truth as Victor
- Cybill as Bill
- Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead as 70-Year-Old Man
1994
- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as Conductor
- Burke's Law as Noah Stark
- Madman of the People as William
1993
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Andy Tucker
- Dennis the Menace as Edward Little
- The John Larroquette Show as Man
- Fallen Angels as Chick
- The Mommies
- At Home with the Webbers as Horace
- The Magic Bubble as Old Man
- Against the Grain as Harold
1992
- Mad About You as Yankee Third Baseman
1991
- The Entertainers as Sam
- Harry and the Hendersons as Guest #1
- Night of the Warrior as Coco
1990
- Home Alone as Man in Airport
- The Color of Evening as Priest
- The Willies as Old Man
1989
- Seinfeld as Sidney Fields
- Quantum Leap as Mr. Deever
1988
- Silent Assassins as Dr. London
- The Land Before Time as Grandfather (voice)
- She's Having a Baby as Grandfather
- High Mountain Rangers
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Doctor Dalen Quaice
- Married... with Children as Hiram Massey
- Full House
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Man on Plane
- On Fire as Joe's Father
- Second Chance as Gus
1986
- Stewardess School as Orchestra Conductor
1985
- The Golden Girls as Mr. Hubbard
- Moonlighting as Duncan Kennedy
- Growing Pains as Buzz
- Generation as John
1984
- Highway to Heaven as Santa
- Who's the Boss?
- Punky Brewster as Ben
- Hard Knox as Gen. Garfield
- Quest
- Invitation to Hell as Walt Henderson
1983
- Ghost Dancing as Joe Greyfeather
1982
- Moonlight as Dr. Tucker
- Voyagers! as Eisenhowers' Neighbor
- Drop-Out Father as Grandpa
1981
- Falcon Crest as Night Editor
- Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo as Mr. Schneider
- The Brady Girls Get Married as Reverend
1980
- Somewhere in Time as Arthur Biehl
1979
- Knots Landing as Mr. Wineke
- Hart to Hart as Sir Gavin MacLaish
- Elvis
- Struck by Lightning as Glenn Diamond
1978
- Huckleberry Finn as Harvey Wilkes
1977
- Lou Grant as Old Man
- Sixth and Main
1975
1974
- Candy Stripe Nurses as Principal
1973
- Hunter as Sam Pickering
1972
1971
1970
- Dan August as Coroner
- The Christine Jorgensen Story as Pastor
- How Awful About Allan as Dr. Ames
1968
- Mayberry R.F.D. as Man at Convention
1967
- Mannix
- The Invaders as Manager
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
- Counterpoint
- The Second Hundred Years as Salesman #2
1966
- Shane as Clerk
1965
- The Wild Wild West as Jury Foreman
- Get Smart
- The F.B.I. as Paxton
1963
- The Fugitive as Bar patron
- Burke's Law as Fire Marshal
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Father Daley
- Arrest and Trial as Doctor
- The Greatest Show on Earth as Food Truck Cook
- The Dakotas
- Under the Yum-Yum Tree as Teacher (uncredited)
1962
- The Virginian as Bevers
- Terror At Black Falls as Hugh 'Squint' Edwards
1961
- Ben Casey
- Mister Ed as Mr. Wood
- 87th Precinct as George
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as George Sapley
- My Three Sons as Joe Walters
- Stagecoach West as Teller (uncredited)
- Coronado 9
- Peter Loves Mary
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Peter Kramer
- The Untouchables as Auctioneer
- Rawhide as Parker
- Johnny Ringo as Manners
- Law of the Plainsman as Dr. Palmer
- Black Saddle as Kelly
- The Sunrise Gun as Harte
1958
- The Rifleman as Joe Flecker
- Gun Fever as Bartender
- Sea Hunt
- The Texan
- Man with a Camera
- Cry Baby Killer as Mr. Wallace
1957
- Perry Mason as A.J. Nelson - Paint Store Owner
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- Maverick as Hotel Clerk
- Leave It to Beaver
- M Squad as Roger Jessop
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Sgt. Riker
- Trackdown
- The Walter Winchell File as Bellem
- The Night Runner as McDermott--Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
- Panic!
- The Shadow on the Window as Policeman (uncredited)
- Fight for the Title as Newspaper Man
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sam Townley
- State Trooper
- Man from Del Rio as Roy Higgens
- Claire as Carl
- The Man Called X
1955
- Cheyenne
- Gunsmoke as Preacher
- Highway Patrol
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Fireman (uncredited)
1954
1951
- I Love Lucy as Bum (uncredited)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents as Jens Nelson
- Lux Video Theatre as Reporter
1949
- Easy Living as Minor Role (uncredited)
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse as Herman
- The Velvet Touch as Howard Forman (as William L. Erwin)