Bill Erwin
Bill Erwin | |
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Erwin in The Optimist (1983) | |
| Born | William Lindsey Erwin December 2, 1914 Honey Grove, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 29, 2010 (aged 96) Studio City, California, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1941–2006 |
| Spouse |
Fran MacLachlan
(m. 1948; died 1995) |
| Children | 4 |
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William Lindsey Erwin (December 2, 1914 – December 29, 2010) was an American film, stage and television actor 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.