Bill Erwin
Known for: Acting
Born: December 2, 1914
Died: December 29, 2010
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
59 movies · 105 TV shows, newest first
10.0
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
7.6
My Name Is Earl
2005
7.6
Everwood
2002
7.9
Monk
2002
3.6
A Crack in the Floor
2001
6.7
Boycott
2001
4.3
Cahoots
2001
8.0
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
2000
5.7
The Michael Richards Show
2000
6.2
Stanley's Gig
2000
6.2
Inferno
1999
8.3
The West Wing
1999
5.5
Forces of Nature
1999
7.1
The King of Queens
1998
3.6
Chairman of the Board
1998
4.7
Art House
1998
5.1
Menno's Mind
1997
7.2
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
6.6
Just Shoot Me!
1997
4.8
Just Your Luck
1996
6.0
Suddenly Susan
1996
10.0
The Louie Show
1996
6.4
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
6.5
The Drew Carey Show
1995
6.5
The Naked Truth
1995
5.9
Cybill
1995
6.5
Madman of the People
1994
6.5
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
6.8
Burke's Law
1994
6.5
Against the Grain
1993
6.7
The Mommies
1993
6.9
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
6.8
The John Larroquette Show
1993
6.6
Fallen Angels
1993
5.9
Dennis the Menace
1993
4.3
At Home with the Webbers
1993
3.1
The Magic Bubble
1993
6.8
Mad About You
1992
9.0
The Entertainers
1991
4.8
Night of the Warrior
1991
5.8
Harry and the Hendersons
1991
5.7
The Willies
1990
7.5
Home Alone
1990
6.0
The Color of Evening
1990
8.3
Seinfeld
1989
8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
7.2
The Land Before Time
1988
5.4
Silent Assassins
1988
5.9
She's Having a Baby
1988
8.0
High Mountain Rangers
1988
7.3
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
6.0
Second Chance
1987
7.5
Full House
1987
7.7
Married... with Children
1987
9.0
On Fire
1987
4.9
Stewardess School
1986
6.5
Growing Pains
1985
7.6
The Golden Girls
1985
5.3
Generation
1985
7.5
Moonlighting
1985
6.8
Quest
1984
7.4
Who's the Boss?
1984
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.2
Punky Brewster
1984
6.5
Hard Knox
1984
5.1
Invitation to Hell
1984
5.0
Pardon and Peace
19836.0
Ghost Dancing
1983
7.6
Voyagers!
1982
4.2
Drop-Out Father
1982
7.5
Moonlight
1982
5.5
Falcon Crest
1981
5.4
The Brady Girls Get Married
1981
7.5
Somewhere in Time
1980
7.0
Knots Landing
1979
6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
6.5
Struck by Lightning
1979
6.9
Elvis
1979
6.2
Huckleberry Finn
1978
5.0
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
1977
7.4
Lou Grant
1977
8.0
Sixth and Main
1977
7.3
The Jeffersons
1975
4.5
Candy Stripe Nurses
1974
10.0
Hunter
1973
7.2
The Waltons
1972
6.9
The Rookies
1972
6.7
Cannon
1971
4.0
The Christine Jorgensen Story
1970
7.2
Dan August
1970
6.0
How Awful About Allan
1970
6.3
My World and Welcome to It
1969
6.2
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
6.2
Counterpoint
1967
6.8
Mannix
1967
6.5
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
6.5
The Second Hundred Years
1967
6.9
The Invaders
1967
6.2
Shane
1966
5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
8.0
Get Smart
1965
7.5
The Wild Wild West
1965
6.1
Under the Yum Yum Tree
1963
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
7.3
The Fugitive
19637.5
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
8.3
Arrest and Trial
1963
6.5
The Dakotas
1963
6.5
The Virginian
1962
6.0
Terror At Black Falls
1962
5.9
Ben Casey
1961
7.8
87th Precinct
1961
6.8
Mister Ed
1961
6.5
Peter Loves Mary
1960
6.7
Stagecoach West
1960
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
6.6
My Three Sons
1960
6.7
Coronado 9
1960
8.0
The Untouchables
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
5.9
Johnny Ringo
1959
7.3
Law of the Plainsman
1959
6.2
Black Saddle
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
5.5
Man with a Camera
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
1958
6.0
The Texan
1958
5.8
Cry Baby Killer
1958
6.7
Sea Hunt
1958
5.2
Gun Fever
1958
5.5
Jet Pilot
1957
6.9
Trackdown
1957
6.9
Leave It to Beaver
1957
7.5
The Walter Winchell File
1957
7.0
Maverick
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
5.4
M Squad
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
6.8
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
5.4
The Night Runner
1957NR
Fight for the Title
1957
5.9
The Shadow on the Window
1957
8.0
Panic!
1957
6.5
Man from Del Rio
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
19565.7
State Trooper
1956
7.0
Claire
1956
10.0
The Man Called X
1956
6.2
Highway Patrol
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
6.2
Cheyenne
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
6.3
Lassie
1954
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
7.9
I Love Lucy
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
19516.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.7
Easy Living
1949
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.2
The Velvet Touch
1948