Bill Erwin
Department: 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.
Known For
Home Alone
1990
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
Inferno
1999
The Color of Evening
1990
Silent Assassins
1988
The Velvet Touch
1948
Somewhere in Time
1980
Invitation to Hell
1984
How Awful About Allan
1970
Man from Del Rio
1956
Ghost Dancing
1983
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
Generation
1985
Counterpoint
1967
The Land Before Time
1988
At Home with the Webbers
1993
Stewardess School
1986
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
1981
Forces of Nature
1999
The Brady Girls Get Married
1981
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
On Fire
1987
Moonlight
1982
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
1963
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
The Shadow on the Window
1957
Elvis
1979
Stanley's Gig
2000
Huckleberry Finn
1978
The Night Runner
1957
Fight for the Title
1957
The Entertainers
1991
Hard Knox
1984
Night of the Warrior
1991
The Willies
1990
The Christine Jorgensen Story
1970
She's Having a Baby
1988
Gun Fever
1958
Drop-Out Father
1982
Just Your Luck
1996
Quest
1984
Cry Baby Killer
1958
Easy Living
1949
Sixth and Main
1977
Candy Stripe Nurses
1974
Dennis the Menace
1993
Chairman of the Board
1998
Art House
1998
A Crack in the Floor
2001
Cahoots
2001
Terror At Black Falls
1962
Hunter
1973
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
2000
Claire
1956
Menno's Mind
1997
The Magic Bubble
1993
The Sunrise Gun
1959
Pardon and Peace
1983
Boycott
2001
Growing Pains
1985
Falcon Crest
1981
The Drew Carey Show
1995
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Mad About You
1992
Burke's Law
1963
Cheyenne
1955
My World and Welcome to It
1969
Trackdown
1957
The Rookies
1972
Who's the Boss?
1984
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The F.B.I.
1965
Monk
2002
My Name Is Earl
2005
Everwood
2002
The Jeffersons
1975
Moonlighting
1985
Punky Brewster
1984
Mannix
1967
Knots Landing
1979
Quantum Leap
1989
Perry Mason
1957
Gunsmoke
1955
The King of Queens
1998
Full House
1987
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
Lassie
1954
Cannon
1971
Man with a Camera
1958
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Get Smart
1965
The Twilight Zone
1959
Fallen Angels
1993
The Waltons
1972
Sea Hunt
1958
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Rawhide
1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Mommies
1993
Highway Patrol
1955
The Fugitive
1963
The Virginian
1962
High Mountain Rangers
1988
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Fugitive
1963
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
The Fugitive
1963
M Squad
1957
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Black Saddle
1959
The Dakotas
1963
Ben Casey
1961
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Law of the Plainsman
1959
The Texan
1958
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Johnny Ringo
1959
The Michael Richards Show
2000
State Trooper
1956
Coronado 9
1960
Panic!
1957
Shane
1966
The Man Called X
1956
Peter Loves Mary
1960
Struck by Lightning
1979
Maverick
1957
The West Wing
1999
Seinfeld
1989
Married... with Children
1987
Growing Pains
1985
Growing Pains
1985
Growing Pains
1985
Growing Pains
1985
Growing Pains
1985
Growing Pains
1985
The F.B.I.
1965
M Squad
1957
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
The Twilight Zone
1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
The Twilight Zone
1959
Perry Mason
1957
The Wild Wild West
1965
Maverick
1957
Maverick
1957
Against the Grain
1993
Second Chance
1987
Burke's Law
1994
My Three Sons
1960
Madman of the People
1994
The Naked Truth
1995
Suddenly Susan
1996
The John Larroquette Show
1993
Harry and the Hendersons
1991
The Invaders
1967
I Love Lucy
1951
Dan August
1970
General Electric Theater
1953
Peter Loves Mary
1960
Trackdown
1957
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
87th Precinct
1961
Lou Grant
1977
The Golden Girls
1985
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Just Shoot Me!
1997
The Untouchables
1959
The Waltons
1972
The Rifleman
1958
The Walter Winchell File
1957
State Trooper
1956
Arrest and Trial
1963
Gunsmoke
1955
Stagecoach West
1960
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Hart to Hart
1979
Voyagers!
1982
The Untouchables
1959
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Second Hundred Years
1967
Mister Ed
1961
Cybill
1995
The Louie Show
1996