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Bill Erwin
Born: 1914-12-02 in 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.
Rated Filmography (57)
Sorted by Score10.0
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
10.0
Hunter
1973
9.0
On Fire
1987
9.0
The Entertainers
1991
8.0
Sixth and Main
1977
8.0
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
2000
7.5
Somewhere in Time
1980
7.5
Moonlight
1982
7.5
Home Alone
1990
7.3
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
7.2
The Land Before Time
1988
7.0
Claire
1956
6.9
Elvis
1979
6.8
Quest
1984
6.7
Boycott
2001
6.5
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
6.5
Man from Del Rio
1956
6.5
Hard Knox
1984
6.4
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
6.2
The Velvet Touch
1948
6.2
Counterpoint
1967
6.2
Stanley's Gig
2000
6.2
Inferno
1999
6.2
Huckleberry Finn
1978
6.1
Under the Yum Yum Tree
1963
6.0
The Color of Evening
1990
6.0
Terror At Black Falls
1962
6.0
How Awful About Allan
1970
5.9
She's Having a Baby
1988
5.9
The Shadow on the Window
1957
5.9
Dennis the Menace
1993
5.8
Cry Baby Killer
1958
5.7
Easy Living
1949
5.7
The Willies
1990
5.5
Jet Pilot
1957
5.5
Forces of Nature
1999
5.4
Silent Assassins
1988
5.4
The Brady Girls Get Married
1981
5.4
The Night Runner
1957
5.3
Generation
1985
5.2
Gun Fever
1958
5.1
Invitation to Hell
1984
5.1
Menno's Mind
1997
5.0
Pardon and Peace
1983
5.0
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
1977
4.9
Stewardess School
1986
4.8
Night of the Warrior
1991
4.8
Just Your Luck
1996
4.7
Art House
1998
4.5
Candy Stripe Nurses
1974
4.3
Cahoots
2001
4.3
At Home with the Webbers
1993
4.2
Drop-Out Father
1982
4.0
The Christine Jorgensen Story
1970
3.6
Chairman of the Board
1998
3.6
A Crack in the Floor
2001
3.1
The Magic Bubble
1993