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Bill Erwin

Actor | * 12/02/1914 († 96, 12/29/2010) | Honey Grove, Texas (United States of America (USA))
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William Lindsey Erwin (December 2, 1914 – December 29, 2010) was an American film, stage and television actor and cartoonist with over 250 television and film credits. A veteran character actor, he is widely known for his 1993 Emmy Award-nominated performance on Seinfeld, portraying the embittered, irascible retiree Sid Fields. He also made notable appearances on shows such as I Love Lucy and Star Trek: The Next Generation. In cinema, his most recognized role is that of Arthur Biehl, a kindly bellman at the Grand Hotel, in Somewhere in Time (1980). Erwin was a self-taught cartoonist, published in The New Yorker, Playboy, and Los Angeles. He won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, four Drama-Logue Awards, Gilmore Brown Award for Career Achievement, Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters' Diamond Circle Award, and Distinguished Alumnus Award from Angelo State University. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sight ...

Home Alone

PG

1990 | 3.7/5 | 1h 43min
Comedy, Kids & Family
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Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous ...

Somewhere in Time

PG

1980 | 3.8/5 | 1h 43min
Drama, Fantasy, Romance / Love
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An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower ring curtain salesman, D ...

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

R

1987 | 3.6/5 | 1h 33min
Comedy
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Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly. ...

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

R

1995 | 3.2/5 | 1h 56min
Drama, Crime
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Movies with Bill Erwin as Actor(44)

as Wilcox (archive footage)2019 The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Harold2001 A Crack in the Floor
as Frenchy2001 Cahoots
as Murray1999 Forces of Nature
as Eli Hamilton1999 Inferno
as Monty1998 Art House
as Landers1998 Chairman of the Board
as Pops1996 Just Your Luck
as 70-Year-Old Man1995 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
as Chick1993 The Frightening Frammis
as Edward Little1993 Dennis the Menace
as Coco1991 Night of the Warrior
as Man in Airport1990 Home Alone
as Old Man1990 The Willies
as Priest1990 The Color of Evening
as Grandfather1988 She's Having a Baby
as Grandfather (voice)1988 The Land Before Time
as Dr. London1988 Silent Assassins
as Man on Plane1987 Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as Joe's Father1987 On Fire
as Gen. Garfield1984 Hard Knox
1984 Quest
as Walt Henderson1984 Invitation to Hell
as Joe Greyfeather1983 Ghost Dancing
as Dr. Tucker1982 Moonlight
as Grandpa1982 Drop-Out Father
as Reverend1981 The Brady Girls Get Married
as Arthur Biehl1980 Somewhere in Time
1979 Elvis
1977 Sixth and Main
as Mr. Schneider1977 Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
as Harvey Wilkes1975 Huckleberry Finn
as Principal1974 Candy Stripe Nurses
as Dr. Ames1970 How Awful About Allan
as Pastor1970 The Christine Jorgensen Story
1967 Counterpoint
as Teacher (uncredited)1963 Under the Yum-Yum Tree
as Mr. Wallace1958 The Cry Baby Killer
as Bartender (as William Erwin)1958 Gun Fever
as Newspaper Man1957 Fight for the Title
as Policeman (uncredited)1957 The Shadow on the Window
as Roy Higgens1956 Man from Del Rio
as Minor Role (uncredited)1949 Easy Living
as Howard Forman (as William L. Erwin)1948 The Velvet Touch

TV Shows/Series with Bill Erwin as Actor(113)

as Old Man playing Ping Pong2005 My Name Is Earl
as Ollie2002 Everwood
as Hiram Holling2002 Monk
as Mr. Flaherty2000 The Michael Richards Show
as Ronald Cruikshank1999 The West Wing
as Gus Hobbs (segment "The Bucket")1998 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Whitey1998 The King of Queens
as Mr. Bradbury1995 The Drew Carey Show
1993 The Mommies
1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 Fallen Angels
as Harold1993 Against the Grain
1992 Mad About You
as Mr. Deever1989 Quantum Leap
1989 Seinfeld
as Sidney Fields1989 Seinfeld
1988 High Mountain Rangers
as Gus1987 Second Chance
1987 Full House
as Doctor Dalen Quaice1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Mr. Hubbard1985 The Golden Girls
as Buzz1985 Growing Pains
as Janitor1985 Growing Pains
as Chester / Lester1985 Growing Pains
as Maurice1985 Growing Pains
as Lloyd1985 Growing Pains
as Bub1985 Growing Pains
as Edgar1985 Growing Pains
1985 Moonlighting
as Ben1984 Punky Brewster
1984 Who's the Boss?
1982 Voyagers
1981 Falcon Crest
1979 Struck by Lightning
1979 Hart to Hart
1979 Knots Landing
1975 The Jeffersons
1972 The Rookies
1972 The Waltons
1971 Cannon
1969 My World and Welcome to It
as Manager1967 The Invaders
1967 Mannix
1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Clerk1966 Shane
1965 Get Smart
as Paxton1965 The F.B.I.
as Manager1965 The F.B.I.
as Fire Marshal1963 Burke's Law
as Father Daley1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Bar patron1963 The Fugitive
as Man1963 The Fugitive
as Counterman1963 The Fugitive
1963 The Dakotas
as Bevers1962 The Virginian
1961 Ben Casey
1961 Mister Ed
1961 87th Precinct
1960 The Andy Griffith Show
1960 Peter Loves Mary
1960 Coronado 9
1959 Johnny Ringo
as Parker1959 Rawhide
as Dr. Palmer1959 Law of the Plainsman
as Peter Kramer1959 The Twilight Zone
as Wilcox (uncredited)1959 The Twilight Zone
as Man1959 The Twilight Zone
as Kelly1959 Black Saddle
1958 Sea Hunt
1958 The Texan
1958 Man with a Camera
1958 The Rifleman
1957 The Walter Winchell File
as Sgt. Riker1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 Have Gun, Will Travel
as A.J. Nelson - Paint Store Owner1957 Perry Mason
as Morrison Findlay1957 Perry Mason
as Superintendent1957 Perry Mason
as Autopsy Surgeon1957 Perry Mason
as Counterman1957 Perry Mason
as Hotel Clerk1957 Maverick
as Evans (uncredited)1957 Maverick
1957 Leave It to Beaver
1957 Trackdown
as Roger Jessop1957 M Squad
as Detective Gene1957 M Squad
1956 State Trooper
as Sam Townley1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Joshua Morgan1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Harper Bates1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Harte1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Reverend McIntire1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Clay Davis1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Fireman (uncredited)1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Preacher1955 Gunsmoke
as Rev Tucker1955 Gunsmoke
as Ned1955 Gunsmoke
as Townsman1955 Gunsmoke
as Captain1955 Gunsmoke
as Judge1955 Gunsmoke
as Juror1955 Gunsmoke
as Telegrapher1955 Gunsmoke
as Bailiff1955 Gunsmoke
as Mr. Jonas1955 Gunsmoke
as Snood1955 Gunsmoke
1955 Highway Patrol
1955 Cheyenne
1954 Lassie
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Bum (uncredited)1951 I Love Lucy
as Reporter1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Jens Nelson1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as Herman1948 The Philco Television Playhouse

Full Name: Bill Erwin
Born: Wednesday, 12/02 1914 (December) in Honey Grove, Texas (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 12/29 2010 (December) in Studio City (aged: 96)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Texas at Austin, Angelo State University
Bill Erwin frequently works together with these people:
John Anderson (59x, Actor)
Vaughn Taylor (54x, Actor)
J. Pat O'Malley (50x, Actor)
Dabbs Greer (49x, Actor)
William Schallert (45x, Actor)
Harry Harvey (45x, Actor)
Claude Akins (44x, Actor)
Denver Pyle (44x, Actor)
Robert Karnes (43x, Actor)
Harry Lauter (43x, Actor)
Karl Swenson (41x, Actor)
John Hughes (10x, Crew)
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