William Lindsey "Bill" Erwin (December 2, 1914 – December 29, 2010) was an American television, film, and stage actor. Bill Erwin has over 250 television shows and films to his credit. Erwin 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. He lived in North Hollywood and had two daughters, two sons and seven grandchildren.
Bill Erwin was born in Honey Grove, Texas. He attended San Angelo College before graduating from the University of Texas at Austin in 1935, earning a Bachelors degree in Journalism. He completed a Masters of Theater Arts degree in California at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1941. After serving as a Captain in the Army Air Force in World War II, Erwin returned to Hollywood to resume his acting career. His first film role was in 1942 in "You're in the Army Now", with Phil Silvers.
In the late 1950s, Bill Erwin was in such pictures as Man From Del Rio, The Night Runner, and The Cry Baby Killer. He played Jack Nicholson's father in "Cry Baby Killer," Nicholson's first starring role in 1958. The long out-of-print film was released on DVD on November 22, 2006. He would later co-star alongside Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour in the 1980 romantic fantasy Somewhere in Time, and attend annual reunions of cast, crew and fans of the movie at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan.
Bill Erwin has appeared in a number of films directed by John Hughes, with cameos in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, She's Having a Baby, Home Alone, and Dennis the Menace. Often, Hughes often paired him with Billie Bird as his wife.
However, his TV credits were even more numerous in the 1950s as Bill Erwin appeared in such television shows as Crusader, Trackdown, Colgate Theatre, "Perry Mason" and The Rifleman. In the 1960s, Erwin appeared in television shows such as: The Andy Griffith Show, Mister Ed, Maverick, The Twilight Zone, 87th Precinct, The Fugitive, and Mannix. Continuing his growing television stardom, Erwin, in the 1970s, was found in such television shows as: Barnaby Jones, Cannon, and Gunsmoke. Entering into the 1980s and 1990s, Erwin established his legacy on television by appearing in shows like ER, Highway to Heaven, Voyagers, Seinfeld, Dukes of Hazzard, Married With Children, Growing Pains, Full House, The Golden Girls, Moonlighting, My Name is Earl, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He had been on television continuously from 1948 to 2006.
In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Bill Erwin played Dr. Dalen Quaice, a friend and mentor of Dr. Beverly Crusher. He was the first character to disappear in the episode "Remember Me".
In the Seinfeld episode ("The Old Man"), Bill Erwin played Sid Fields ("Sid Fields" was the name of the writer for Abbott and Costello, and a person admired by Jerry Seinfeld), a member of the Foster-A-Grandpa Program. Erwin was Jerry's foster grandparent, and his aggressive character and sheer hatred for Jerry made the relationship fail. Furthermore, Erwin's character bit Kramer on the arm causing him to lose his dentures. He was nominated for an Emmy for his guest appearance in Seinfeld. Erwin was later reunited with Michael Richards when he guest starred on the short-lived The Michael Richards Show.
In the 2000s, Bill Erwin appeared on Monk, The West Wing, King of Queens, Everwood and My Name Is Earl.
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