
Bill Erwin
Born December 2, 1914 · Honey Grove, Texas, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Dennis the Menace
★ 5.91993

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
★ 6.51994

The Land Before Time
★ 7.21988

Inferno
★ 6.21999

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
★ 7.31987

Somewhere in Time
★ 7.51980

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
★ 6.51995

Boycott
★ 6.72001

She's Having a Baby
★ 6.01988

Forces of Nature
★ 5.51999

Elvis
★ 6.81979

Home Alone
★ 7.51990

Counterpoint
★ 6.21967

The Willies
★ 5.71990

Chairman of the Board
★ 3.61998

Stewardess School
★ 4.91986

Hard Knox
★ 6.51984

On Fire
★ 9.01987

Claire
★ 0.01956

Generation
★ 5.31985

Under the Yum Yum Tree
★ 6.01963

Menno's Mind
★ 5.11997

Easy Living
★ 5.71949

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
★ 5.01977

A Crack in the Floor
★ 3.62001

Man from Del Rio
★ 6.51956

Invitation to Hell
★ 5.11984

Candy Stripe Nurses
★ 4.41974

At Home with the Webbers
★ 4.31993

Just Your Luck
★ 4.81996

Cry Baby Killer
★ 5.81958

The Color of Evening
★ 6.01990

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
★ 10.02019

The Shadow on the Window
★ 5.91957

The Velvet Touch
★ 6.31948

How Awful About Allan
★ 6.01970

The Magic Bubble
★ 3.11993

Stanley's Gig
★ 6.22000

Cahoots
★ 4.32001

Huckleberry Finn
★ 6.21978

The Entertainers
★ 9.01991

Drop-Out Father
★ 4.21982

Gun Fever
★ 5.21958

Art House
★ 4.71998

The Night Runner
★ 5.41957

Sixth and Main
★ 8.01977

Terror At Black Falls
★ 6.01962

Night of the Warrior
★ 5.01991

The Brady Girls Get Married
★ 5.41981

Quest
★ 6.71984

Moonlight
★ 7.51982

Silent Assassins
★ 5.41988

Hunter
★ 10.01973

The Christine Jorgensen Story
★ 3.91970

The Sunrise Gun
★ 0.01959

Pardon and Peace
★ 5.01983

Back To "Somewhere In Time"
★ 8.02000
TV Shows

Star Trek: The Next Generation
★ 8.41987

The West Wing
★ 8.31999

Married... with Children
★ 7.71987

The Andy Griffith Show
★ 7.61960

Falcon Crest
★ 5.71981

The King of Queens
★ 7.11998

Knots Landing
★ 6.91979

Mannix
★ 6.81967

The Fugitive
★ 7.31963

Full House
★ 7.51987

The Waltons
★ 7.21972

Maverick
★ 6.91957

Robert Montgomery Presents
★ 6.01950

Quantum Leap
★ 8.01989

The Rifleman
★ 7.11958

The Drew Carey Show
★ 6.51995

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
★ 6.91993

The Twilight Zone
★ 8.51959

The Golden Girls
★ 7.61985

Lassie
★ 6.21954

The Virginian
★ 6.51962

Mad About You
★ 6.71992

Have Gun, Will Travel
★ 7.31957

The Philco Television Playhouse
★ 6.61948

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
★ 6.21956

Get Smart
★ 7.91965

My Name Is Earl
★ 7.72005

My Three Sons
★ 6.61960

Cheyenne
★ 6.11955

Highway to Heaven
★ 7.41984

Leave It to Beaver
★ 7.01957

The Wild Wild West
★ 7.61965

Hart to Hart
★ 6.91979

I Love Lucy
★ 7.91951

The Untouchables
★ 7.91959

Cannon
★ 6.71971

Rawhide
★ 7.21959

Ben Casey
★ 5.91961

The F.B.I.
★ 5.61965

Moonlighting
★ 7.51985

Just Shoot Me!
★ 6.61997

Gunsmoke
★ 6.71955

Who's the Boss?
★ 7.41984

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
★ 7.21997

The Invaders
★ 6.81967

Burke's Law
★ 6.31963

The Jeffersons
★ 7.31975

Lou Grant
★ 7.31977

The Rookies
★ 6.91972

Cybill
★ 5.91995

The John Larroquette Show
★ 6.81993

Highway Patrol
★ 6.11955

Sea Hunt
★ 6.71958

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
★ 7.81955

Mister Ed
★ 6.81961

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
★ 6.81957

Growing Pains
★ 6.51985
More TV Shows

Fallen Angels
★ 6.21993

Kraft Suspense Theatre
★ 6.51963

The Naked Truth
★ 6.51995

M Squad
★ 5.41957

The Texan
★ 6.01958

Punky Brewster
★ 7.31984

Mayberry R.F.D.
★ 6.21968

Harry and the Hendersons
★ 5.91991

Trackdown
★ 6.91957

Black Saddle
★ 6.21959

Burke's Law
★ 6.81994

Arrest and Trial
★ 8.31963

The Guns of Will Sonnett
★ 6.31967

Suddenly Susan
★ 5.91996

Law of the Plainsman
★ 7.31959

Johnny Ringo
★ 5.91959

Stagecoach West
★ 6.71960

87th Precinct
★ 7.81961

Voyagers!
★ 7.51982

The Dakotas
★ 6.51963

Coronado 9
★ 6.71960

Shane
★ 6.21966

Dan August
★ 7.21970

Man with a Camera
★ 5.51958

My World and Welcome to It
★ 6.31969

Hallmark Hall of Fame
★ 8.81951

The Mommies
★ 6.71993

Panic!
★ 8.01957

The Second Hundred Years
★ 6.51967

The Michael Richards Show
★ 5.72000

Madman of the People
★ 6.51994

The Walter Winchell File
★ 7.51957

Second Chance
★ 6.01987

The Man Called X
★ 10.01956

General Electric Theater
★ 6.81953

Against the Grain
★ 6.51993

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
★ 7.21951

The Louie Show
★ 10.01996

High Mountain Rangers
★ 8.01988

Struck by Lightning
★ 6.51979



