Bill Erwin
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One of show-businesses busiest grandfatherly figures, actor Bill Erwin has been appearing in film and television since the early '40s, and as of 2003, he's shown no signs of slowing. His consistently reliable performances in such high-profile efforts as Somewhere in Time (1980), Home Alone (1990), and Forces of Nature (1999) have found Erwin enduring to become one of the most in-demand supporting players around. A Honey Grove, TX, native who earned his bachelor's in journalism at the University of Texas in Austin in 1935, Erwin went on to California to complete his Masters of Theater Arts at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1941. Though a stint in World War II would momentarily put his acting career on hold, Erwin returned stateside to make his film debut in, appropriately enough, the 1941 Phil Silvers comedy You're in the Army Now. Throughout the years, Erwin has appeared in numerous stage productions on both coasts, and repeat performances on such television classics as Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, Growing Pains, and Seinfeld have ensured Erwin's popularity with many generations of television viewers. His role in Seinfeld earned him an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1993. From high-profile releases like Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) to edgy, low-budget sci-fi movies like Menno's Mind (1996), Erwin has done it all, and equally well. Outside of his film work, Erwin spends his time writing and illustrating cartoons in his North Hollywood home.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | A Crack in the Floor |
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— | 2001 |
0% | Desert Heat |
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— | 1999 |
45% | Forces of Nature |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Passing Glory |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Art House |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Menno's Mind |
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— | 1997 |
13% | Chairman of the Board |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Just Your Luck |
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— | 1996 |
33% | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead |
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— | 1995 |
27% | Dennis the Menace |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | The Magic Bubble |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | The Entertainers |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Night of the Warrior |
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— | 1991 |
67% | Home Alone |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | The Willies |
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— | 1990 |
70% | The Land Before Time |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Silent Assassins |
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— | 1988 |
41% | She's Having a Baby |
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— | 1988 |
92% | Planes, Trains and Automobiles |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Invitation to Hell |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | Hard Knox |
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— | 1984 |
61% | Somewhere in Time |
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— | 1980 |
No Score Yet | Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | Huckleberry Finn |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | The Christine Jorgensen Story |
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— | 1970 |
17% | Under the Yum Yum Tree |
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— | 1963 |
No Score Yet | Cry Baby Killer |
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— | 1958 |
60% | Jet Pilot |
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— | 1957 |
No Score Yet | Double Dynamite (It's Only Money) |
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— | 1951 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
The King of Queens
1998-2007
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91% |
Monk
2002-2009
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75% |
The West Wing
1999-2006
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0% |
The Michael Richards Show
2000
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No Score Yet |
Mad About You
1992-1999
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No Score Yet |
The Drew Carey Show
1995-2004
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No Score Yet |
Living Single
1993-1998
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86% |
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993-1997
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89% |
Seinfeld
1989-1998
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No Score Yet |
The Golden Girls
1985-1992
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No Score Yet |
Full House
1987-1995
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No Score Yet |
Quantum Leap
1989-1993
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No Score Yet |
Growing Pains
1985-1992
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91% |
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987-1994
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97% |
Moonlighting
1985-1989
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No Score Yet |
Married...With Children
1987-1997
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No Score Yet |
Highway to Heaven
1984-1989
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No Score Yet |
Who's the Boss?
1984-1992
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No Score Yet |
The Jeffersons
1975-1985
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No Score Yet |
Dukes of Hazzard
1979-1985
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No Score Yet |
The Waltons
1972-1981
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No Score Yet |
Gunsmoke
1955-1975
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No Score Yet |
The Fugitive
1963-1967
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No Score Yet |
Perry Mason
1957-1966
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No Score Yet |
Maverick
1957-1962
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82% |
The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
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No Score Yet |
Leave It to Beaver
1957-1963
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Quotes from Bill Erwin's Characters
Littlefoot's Mother: | Now, you be careful, my Littlefoot. |
Littlefoot: | [yawns] |
Grandfather: | Ha ha. |
Littlefoot's Mother: | Beautiful Littlefoot. |