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Bill Erwin
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.
BODY OF WORK
Bill Erwin's Filmography
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The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Wilcox (archive footage)
A Crack in the Floor
as Harold
Boycott
as Loading Dock Man #2
Cahoots
as Frenchy
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
as Self
Stanley's Gig
as Jules
Inferno
as Eli Hamilton
Forces of Nature
as Murray
Chairman of the Board
as Landers
Art House
as Monty
Menno's Mind
as Mr. Lewis
Just Your Luck
as Pops
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
as 70-Year-Old Man
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Conductor
Dennis the Menace
as Edward Little
At Home with the Webbers
as Horace
The Magic Bubble
as Old Man
The Entertainers
as Sam
Night of the Warrior
as Coco
The Willies
as Old Man
Home Alone
as Man in Airport
The Color of Evening
as Priest
The Land Before Time
as Grandfather (voice)
Silent Assassins
as Dr. London
She's Having a Baby
as Grandfather
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as Man on Plane
On Fire
as Joe's Father
Stewardess School
as Orchestra Conductor
Generation
as John
Quest
Hard Knox
as Gen. Garfield
Invitation to Hell
as Walt Henderson
Pardon and Peace
as Old Man
No Poster
Ghost Dancing
as Joe Greyfeather
Drop-Out Father
as Grandpa
Moonlight
as Dr. Tucker
The Brady Girls Get Married
as Reverend
Somewhere in Time
as Arthur Biehl
Elvis
Huckleberry Finn
as Harvey Wilkes
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
as Mr. Schneider
Sixth and Main
Candy Stripe Nurses
as Principal
Hunter
as Sam Pickering
The Christine Jorgensen Story
as Pastor
How Awful About Allan
as Dr. Ames
Counterpoint
Under the Yum Yum Tree
as Teacher (uncredited)
Terror At Black Falls
as Hugh 'Squint' Edwards
Cry Baby Killer
as Mr. Wallace
Gun Fever
as Bartender
Jet Pilot
The Night Runner
as McDermott--Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
No Poster
Fight for the Title
as Newspaper Man
The Shadow on the Window
as Policeman (uncredited)
Man from Del Rio
as Roy Higgens
Claire
as Carl
Easy Living
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Velvet Touch
as Howard Forman (as William L. Erwin)