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Bill Erwin

Actor

Bill Erwin

2 December 1914† 29 December 2010 (aged 96) Honey Grove, Texas, USA
Movies
59
Shows
105

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.

IMDb

Known For

Home Alone

7.51990

The Land Before Time

7.21988

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

6.51994

Seinfeld

8.31989

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

7.31987

Star Trek: The Next Generation

8.41987

Dennis the Menace

5.91993

Monk

7.92002

Married... with Children

7.71987

My Name Is Earl

7.62005

Full House

7.51987

The Twilight Zone

8.51959

Quantum Leap

8.01989

The King of Queens

7.21998

Somewhere in Time

7.51980

The West Wing

8.31999

Forces of Nature

5.51999

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

6.91993

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

6.41995

Get Smart

8.01965

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

10.02019

A Crack in the Floor

3.62001

Boycott

6.72001

Cahoots

4.32001

Back To "Somewhere In Time"

8.02000

Stanley's Gig

6.22000

Inferno

6.21999

Forces of Nature

5.51999

Chairman of the Board

3.61998

Art House

4.71998

Menno's Mind

5.11997

Just Your Luck

4.31996

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

6.41995

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

6.51994

Dennis the Menace

5.91993

At Home with the Webbers

4.31993

The Magic Bubble

3.11993

The Entertainers

9.01991

Night of the Warrior

4.81991

The Willies

5.61990

Home Alone

7.51990

The Color of Evening

6.01990

The Land Before Time

7.21988

Silent Assassins

5.41988

She's Having a Baby

6.01988

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

7.31987

On Fire

9.01987

Stewardess School

5.01986

Generation

5.31985

Quest

6.91984

Hard Knox

6.51984

Invitation to Hell

5.11984

Pardon and Peace

5.01983

Ghost Dancing

6.01983

Drop-Out Father

4.21982

Moonlight

7.51982

The Brady Girls Get Married

5.41981

Somewhere in Time

7.51980

Elvis

6.91979

Huckleberry Finn

6.21978

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

5.01977

Sixth and Main

8.01977

Candy Stripe Nurses

4.51974

Hunter

10.01973

The Christine Jorgensen Story

4.01970

How Awful About Allan

6.01970

Counterpoint

6.21967

Under the Yum Yum Tree

6.11963

Terror At Black Falls

6.01962

Cry Baby Killer

5.71958

Gun Fever

5.21958

Jet Pilot

5.51957

The Night Runner

5.41957

Fight for the Title

1957

The Shadow on the Window

5.91957

Man from Del Rio

6.51956

Claire

7.01956

Easy Living

5.71949

The Velvet Touch

6.21948