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.

Filmography

• 2019The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration — Wilcox (archive footage)
• My Name Is Earl — Old Man playing Ping Pong
• Everwood — Ollie
• Monk — Hiram Holling
• 2001A Crack in the Floor — Harold
• 2001Boycott — Loading Dock Man #2
• 2001Cahoots — Frenchy
• 2000Stanley's Gig — Jules
• The Michael Richards Show — Mr. Flaherty
• 1999Forces of Nature — Murray
• 1999Inferno — Eli Hamilton
• The West Wing — Ronald Cruikshank
• 1998Art House — Monty
• 1998Chairman of the Board — Landers
• The King of Queens — Whitey
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Gus Hobbs (segment "The Bucket")
• Just Shoot Me! — Mr. King
• 1997Menno's Mind — Mr. Lewis
• 1996Just Your Luck — Pops
• Suddenly Susan — Mr. Tidgely
• The Louie Show — Cheating Husband
• Cybill — Bill
• The Drew Carey Show — Mr. Bradbury
• The Naked Truth — Victor
• 1995Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead — 70-Year-Old Man
• Burke's Law — Noah Stark
• Madman of the People — William
• 1994Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult — Conductor
• Against the Grain — Harold
• 1993At Home with the Webbers — Horace
• 1993Dennis the Menace — Edward Little
• Fallen Angels — Chick
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Andy Tucker
• The John Larroquette Show — Man
• 1993The Magic Bubble — Old Man
• The Mommies
• Mad About You — Yankee Third Baseman
• Harry and the Hendersons — Guest #1
• 1991Night of the Warrior — Coco
• 1991The Entertainers — Sam
• 1990Home Alone — Man in Airport
• 1990The Color of Evening — Priest
• 1990The Willies — Old Man
• Quantum Leap — Mr. Deever
• Seinfeld — Sidney Fields
• High Mountain Rangers
• 1988She's Having a Baby — Grandfather
• 1988Silent Assassins — Dr. London
• 1988The Land Before Time — Grandfather (voice)
• Full House — Mr. Ferguson
• Married... with Children — Hiram Massey
• 1987On Fire — Joe's Father
• 1987Planes, Trains and Automobiles — Man on Plane
• Second Chance — Gus
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — Doctor Dalen Quaice
• 1986Stewardess School — Orchestra Conductor
• 1985Generation — John
• Growing Pains — Buzz, Janitor, Chester / Lester, Maurice, Lloyd, Bub, Edgar
• Moonlighting — Duncan Kennedy
• The Golden Girls — Mr. Hubbard
• 1984Hard Knox — Gen. Garfield
• Highway to Heaven — Santa
• 1984Invitation to Hell — Walt Henderson
• Punky Brewster — Ben
• 1984Quest
• Who's the Boss?
• 1983Ghost Dancing — Joe Greyfeather
• 1983Pardon and Peace — Old Man
• 1982Drop-Out Father — Grandpa
• 1982Moonlight — Dr. Tucker
• Voyagers! — Eisenhowers' Neighbor
• Falcon Crest — Night Editor
• 1981The Brady Girls Get Married — Reverend
• 1980Somewhere in Time — Arthur Biehl
• 1979Elvis
• Hart to Hart — Sir Gavin MacLaish
• Knots Landing — Mr. Wineke
• Struck by Lightning — Glenn Diamond
• 1978Huckleberry Finn — Harvey Wilkes
• Lou Grant — Old Man
• 1977Sixth and Main
• 1977Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo — Mr. Schneider
• The Jeffersons
• 1974Candy Stripe Nurses — Principal
• 1973Hunter — Sam Pickering
• The Rookies
• The Waltons — Senator Rogers
• Cannon — Dr. Samuel Calvert
• Dan August — Coroner
• 1970How Awful About Allan — Dr. Ames
• 1970The Christine Jorgensen Story — Pastor
• My World and Welcome to It
• Mayberry R.F.D. — Man at Convention
• 1967Counterpoint
• Mannix
• The Guns of Will Sonnett
• The Invaders — Manager
• The Second Hundred Years — Salesman #2
• Shane — Clerk
• Get Smart — Mr. Smith
• The F.B.I. — Paxton, Manager
• The Wild Wild West — Jury Foreman
• Arrest and Trial — Doctor
• Burke's Law — Fire Marshal
• Kraft Suspense Theatre — Father Daley
• The Dakotas
• The Fugitive — Bar patron, Man, Counterman
• The Greatest Show on Earth — Food Truck Cook
• 1963Under the Yum Yum Tree — Teacher (uncredited)
• 1962Terror At Black Falls — Hugh 'Squint' Edwards
• The Virginian — Bevers
• 87th Precinct — George
• Ben Casey
• Mister Ed — Mr. Wood
• Coronado 9
• My Three Sons — Joe Walters
• Peter Loves Mary — 1st Non-Com
• Stagecoach West — Teller (uncredited)
• The Andy Griffith Show — George Sapley
• Black Saddle — Kelly
• Johnny Ringo — Manners
• Law of the Plainsman — Dr. Palmer
• Rawhide — Parker
• The Twilight Zone — Peter Kramer, Wilcox (uncredited), Man
• The Untouchables — Auctioneer, Doctor
• 1958Cry Baby Killer — Mr. Wallace
• 1958Gun Fever — Bartender
• Man with a Camera
• Sea Hunt
• The Rifleman — Joe Flecker
• The Texan
• 1957Fight for the Title — Newspaper Man
• Have Gun, Will Travel
• 1957Jet Pilot
• Leave It to Beaver
• M Squad — Roger Jessop, Detective Gene
• Maverick — Hotel Clerk, Evans (uncredited), Pawn Shop Dealer (uncredited)
• Panic!
• Perry Mason — A.J. Nelson - Paint Store Owner, Morrison Findlay, Superintendent, Autopsy Surgeon, Counterman
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Sgt. Riker
• 1957The Night Runner — McDermott--Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
• 1957The Shadow on the Window — Policeman (uncredited)
• The Walter Winchell File — Bellem
• Trackdown — Man on Trail (uncredited)
• 1956Claire — Carl
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Sam Townley, Joshua Morgan, Harper Bates, Harte, Reverend McIntire, Clay Davis
• 1956Man from Del Rio — Roy Higgens
• State Trooper — Neal James
• The Man Called X
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Fireman (uncredited)
• Cheyenne
• Gunsmoke — Preacher, Rev Tucker, Ned, Townsman, Captain, Judge, Juror, Telegrapher, Bailiff, Mr. Jonas, Snood, Townsman (uncredited)
• Highway Patrol
• Lassie
• General Electric Theater
• Hallmark Hall of Fame
• I Love Lucy — Bum (uncredited)
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
• Lux Video Theatre — Reporter
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Jens Nelson
• 1949Easy Living — Minor Role (uncredited)
• The Philco Television Playhouse — Herman
• 1948The Velvet Touch — Howard Forman (as William L. Erwin)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2000Back To "Somewhere In Time" — Self