
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

The Land Before Time

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Dennis the Menace

Inferno

Somewhere in Time

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Counterpoint

Forces of Nature

She's Having a Baby

Cahoots

Night of the Warrior

Elvis

The Willies

Man from Del Rio

Home Alone

Quest

Jet Pilot

The Velvet Touch

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

Cry Baby Killer

Under the Yum Yum Tree

Easy Living

A Crack in the Floor

Invitation to Hell

The Shadow on the Window

Chairman of the Board

Stewardess School

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

Claire

Boycott

How Awful About Allan

At Home with the Webbers

The Christine Jorgensen Story

Candy Stripe Nurses

The Night Runner

Art House

Menno's Mind

Gun Fever

Hard Knox

Generation

Pardon and Peace

Just Your Luck

The Magic Bubble

Terror At Black Falls

Back To "Somewhere In Time"

Stanley's Gig

Silent Assassins

Hunter

The Color of Evening

The Brady Girls Get Married

Drop-Out Father

Huckleberry Finn

Moonlight

The Entertainers

On Fire

Sixth and Main
TV Shows

The West Wing

Married... with Children

Lassie

The Andy Griffith Show

Falcon Crest

The King of Queens

Knots Landing

The Drew Carey Show

The Fugitive

The Waltons

Full House

Mad About You

Quantum Leap

Have Gun, Will Travel

Mannix

Maverick

My Name Is Earl

My Three Sons

Get Smart

The Twilight Zone

The Philco Television Playhouse

Everwood

The Virginian

The Rifleman

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Robert Montgomery Presents

I Love Lucy

Cannon

Leave It to Beaver

The Golden Girls

Who's the Boss?

The Wild Wild West

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Hart to Hart

Highway to Heaven

The Untouchables

Cheyenne

Ben Casey

The Jeffersons

Just Shoot Me!

Rawhide

Lou Grant

Burke's Law

Moonlighting

The F.B.I.

Gunsmoke

The Rookies

Cybill

Highway Patrol

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

The John Larroquette Show

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Mister Ed

Sea Hunt

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Invaders

Growing Pains
More TV Shows

Punky Brewster

The Texan

M Squad

State Trooper

Mayberry R.F.D.

Trackdown

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

The Naked Truth

Harry and the Hendersons

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Suddenly Susan

Lux Video Theatre

Black Saddle

Arrest and Trial

Burke's Law

Voyagers!

Fallen Angels

Law of the Plainsman

Johnny Ringo

Stagecoach West

Dan August

The Walter Winchell File

Coronado 9

87th Precinct

The Man Called X

The Second Hundred Years

Boys Will Be Boys

Madman of the People

My World and Welcome to It

The Dakotas

Peter Loves Mary

Panic!

The Mommies

Shane

Man with a Camera

The Michael Richards Show

General Electric Theater

The Louie Show

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Against the Grain

High Mountain Rangers




