Bill Erwin

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.

Cast

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

Wilcox (archive footage)

The Color of Evening

Silent Assassins

The Velvet Touch

Howard Forman (as William L. Erwin)

Somewhere in Time

Invitation to Hell

How Awful About Allan

Man from Del Rio

Joe Greyfeather

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

The Land Before Time

Grandfather (voice)

At Home with the Webbers

Stewardess School

Orchestra Conductor

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

Forces of Nature

The Brady Girls Get Married

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

70-Year-Old Man

Under the Yum-Yum Tree

Teacher (uncredited)

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

The Shadow on the Window

Policeman (uncredited)

Huckleberry Finn

The Night Runner

McDermott--Fingerprint Man (uncredited)

Fight for the Title

The Entertainers

Night of the Warrior

The Christine Jorgensen Story

She's Having a Baby

Drop-Out Father

Cry Baby Killer

Minor Role (uncredited)

Candy Stripe Nurses

Dennis the Menace

Chairman of the Board

A Crack in the Floor

Terror At Black Falls

Hugh 'Squint' Edwards

Back To "Somewhere In Time"

The Magic Bubble

The Sunrise Gun

Pardon and Peace