Bill Erwin

Bill Erwin
Erwin in The Optimist (1983)
Born
William Lindsey Erwin

(1914-12-02)December 2, 1914
DiedDecember 29, 2010(2010-12-29) (aged 96)
Other namesWilliam Erwin
William L. Erwin
Occupation(s)Actor, cartoonist
Years active1941–2006
Spouse
Fran MacLachlan
(m. 1948; died 1995)
Children4
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William Lindsey Erwin (December 2, 1914 – December 29, 2010) was an American film, stage and television actor and cartoonist 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).[1]

Erwin was a self-taught cartoonist, published in The New Yorker, Playboy, and Los Angeles. He won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award,[1] four Drama-Logue Awards, Gilmore Brown Award for Career Achievement, Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters' Diamond Circle Award, and Distinguished Alumnus Award from Angelo State University.

  1. ^ a b "Character actor got Emmy Nod". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. January 1, 2011. p. 21. Retrieved July 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon