Highlights of Bill Erwin's
Acting Career

Table of Contents:

• Feature Films
• TV Films
• Situation and Series
• Kid Shows
• Notable TV Guest Appearances
• Equity Theatre
• Equity Waiver
• Radio
• Awards and Achievements
• Management

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• Boycott (an HBO Original Movie) (2001) .... Man on loading dock
• Cahoots (2000) .... Frenchie
• Down and Dirty (2000) .... Janitor
• The Crack in the Floor (2000) .... Harold
• Stanley's Gig (2000) .... Jules
• Desert Heat (1999) .... Eli Hamilton
• Forces of Nature (1999) .... Murray
• Every Night and Twice on Sundays (1998) .... Leon Prinz
• Chairman of the Board (1998) .... Landers
• Art House (1997) .... Monty
• Menno's Mind (1996) .... Mr. Lewis
• Just Your Luck .... aka Whiskey Down (1996) .... Pops
• Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) .... 70 Year Old Man
• Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) .... Conductor
• The Color of Evening (1994) .... Priest
• Silent Victim (1993)
• Dennis the Menace (1993) .... Edward Little
• The Webbers (1993) .... Horace
• The Magic Bubble (1992) .... Old Man.. (1992)
• Night of the Warrior (1991) .... Coco
• The Willies (1991) .... Old Man
• Home Alone (1990) .... Man in Airport
• The Land Before Time (1988) (voice) .... Grandfather
• She's Having a Baby (1988) .... Grandfather
• Silent Assassins (1988) .... Dr. London
• Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) .... Man on Plane
• Stewardess School .... Conductor (1987)
• Henry Hamilton, Graduate Ghost .... Specter Inspector (1984)
• The Bear (Paul "Bear" Bryant).... Alabama alumni (1984)
• Somewhere in Time (1980) .... Arthur Beals
• Tough Men .... Pappy (1979)
• Sixth and Main (1977)
• Candy Stripe Nurses (1974) .... Principal
• The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970) .... Pastor
• Counterpoint (1968) .... Trumpet player
• Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963) .... Teacher
• Terror at Black Falls (1962) ... Hugh "Squint" Edwards
• Gun Fever (1958) .... Bartender
• The Cry Baby Killer (1958) .... Mr. Wallace
• Man from Del Rio (1956) .... Roy Higgens
• Jet Pilot (1957) .... Sergeant
• Shadow on the Window (1957) .... Policeman
• Fight for the Title (1957) .... Newspaper Man
• The Buccaneer (1958) .... Civilian
• The Night Runner (1958) .... McDermott
• Holiday for Sinners (1952) (uncredited) .... Usher
• Double Dynamite (1951) (uncredited) .... Man
• Battleground (1949) (uncredited)
• Easy Living (1949) (uncredited) .... Man
• The Velvet Touch (1948) .... Howard Forman
• You're in the Army Now (1942). (uncredited?)

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TV Films:

• Fire Company 132 (1997)
• Search and Rescue 3/27/94
• Silent Victim (1993)
• "Fallen Angels" (The Frightening Frammis) (9/5/93) TV Series .... Chick
• The Entertainers (1991) .... Sam
• Lone Star (1987).... Ezra Holloway
• On Fire (1987) .... "Joe's father"
• Generation .... John (1985)
• Hard Knox .... General Garfield (1984)
• Invitation to Hell .... Walt Henderson (1984)
• The Taming of the Shrew .... Vincentio (1983)
• Ghost Dancing .... Joe Greyfeather (1983)
• Moonlight .... Dr. Tucker (1982)
• Drop Out Father (1982)
• The Brady Girls Get Married (1981) .... Reverend
• Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977) .... Mr. Schneider
• Huckleberry Finn (1975) (as Bill Erwin) .... Harvey Wilks
• Hunter (1973)
• How Awful About Allan (1970).... Dr. Ames

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Other Situation and Series:

• "Madman of the People"
• "The Mommies"
• "Santa Barbara"
• "The Stu Erwin Show"
• "The Young and the Restless"

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Kid Shows:

• "The Rainbow Patch" starred as "Patch" (NBC)
• "Punky Brewster"
• "Wake Rattle and Roll"
• "Bigfoot and Wildboy" (Sid and Marty Krofft) playing "Old Dan" in episode "Black Box" Summer 1979

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Notable TV Guest Appearances:

• "My Name is Earl" in episode "Van Hickey" playing "old man playing ping pong" 10/19/06
• "Everwood" in episode "Sick" playing "Ollie" 4/19/04
• "King of Queens"  in episode "Tank Heaven" playing "Whitey" 4/7/04
• "Monk" in episode "Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man" playing "Hiram Holling" 7/25/03
• "Thanksgiveaways" (Comedy Central) in multiple short episodes playing "Grandfather Pilgrim" 11/28/02
• "So Little Time" in episode "The Volunteer" playing "George" 3/2/02
• "West Wing" in episode "The Women of Qumar" playing "Ronald Cruikshank" 11/28/01
• "Just Shoot Me" in episode "Where's Poppa?" playing "Mr. King" 03/15/01
• "Back to 'Somewhere in Time'" (2000)
• "The Michael Richards Show" playing "Mr. Flaherty" in episode "The Nursing Home" 11/28/00
• "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" playing "Florida poll worker, Lewis Trumbor" 11/8/00
• "Beyond Belief" playing "Gus Hobbs, the milkman" in episode "The Milk Bucket" 4/17/98
• "Mad About You" playing "Yankee 3rd baseman" in episode "The 2nd Mrs. Buchman" 3/17/98
• "Naked Truth" playing "Victor Hazeldine, Titanic survivor" in episode "The Unsinkable Nora Wilde 12/15/97
• "Drew Carey" playing "Mr. Bradbury" in episode: "Drew vs. Mimi: Part 2," 4/30/97
• "Grace Under Fire" playing "old poet in cafe" in episode "Quentin Gets His Gun" 3/26/97
• "Suddenly Susan" playing "Mr. Tidgely" in episode "What a Card" 3/6/97
• "Dave's World" playing in episode "Daveberry, R.F.D." 10/18/96
• "Cybill" playing "Bill" in episode "An Officer and a Thespian" 3/17/96
• "The Louie Show" playing "Cheating husband"  in episode "Louie Gets Suspended" 2/7/96
• "The Jeff Foxworthy Show" playing "Santa" in episode "Foxworthy Family Feud" 12/16/95
• "Live Shot" playing "Vernon Hopper" in episode: "Towering Infernos" 10/2/95
• "High Sierra" in episode "If You Have to Ask the Price" 6/11/95
• "Living Single" playing "Mr. Foster" in episode "The Shake-Up" 5/18/95
• "Pig Sty" playing "Jenkins" in episode "May I Borrow a Cup of Death?" 3/20/95
• "Pig Sty" playing "Jenkins" in episode "Iowa vs. New York?" 2/6/95
• "Lois and Clark" playing "Andy Tucker" in episode "Operation Blackout" 10/30/94
• "The John Larroquette Show" in episode: "Jumping Off the Wagon" 10/12/93
• "Seinfeld" playing "Sid Fields" in episode: "The Pilot" 5/20/93
• "Seinfeld" playing "Sid Fields" in episode: "The Old Man" 2/18/93
• "Harry and the Hendersons" playing "Guest #1" in episode "The Outing" 11/13/92
• "Knot's Landing" playing "Mr. Wineke" in episode "House of Cards" 11/21/91
• "Full House" playing "Ferguson" in episode "The Volunteer" 10/29/91
• "Star Trek: The Next Generation" playing "Dr. Dalen Quaice" in episode: "Remember Me"  10/22/90
• "Quantum Leap" playing "Joe Deever" in episode "Hurricane" (episode 55; Leapdate: August 17, 1969) 10/2/91
• "Growing Pains" playing "Edgar" in episode "Viva Las Vegas" 4/24/91
• "Growing Pains" playing "Bub" in episode "Meet the Seavers" 3/6/91
• "Uncle Buck" playing "Ed Hartley" in episode 12, 1/26/91
• "Growing Pains" playing "Lloyd" in episode "Weekend at Mike's" 4/4/90
• "Just the Ten of Us" in episode "Snow Job, Part 1 playing "Barker" 2/1/90
• "Just the Ten of Us" in episode "Simple Gifts" playing "Mr. Pruitt" 10/18/89
• "Just the Ten of Us" in episode "Who Cut the Cheese?" playing "Mr. Pruitt" 10/5/89
• "Growing Pains" playing "Maurice" in episode "Mike and Julie's Wedding" 9/27/89
• "Moonlighting" playing "Duncan Kennedy" in episode "Perfetc" 4/9/89
• "Just the Ten of Us" in episode "A Christmas Story" playing "Ralphie" 12/15/88
• "Growing Pains" playing "the janitor" in episode "Dance Fever" (Parts 1 & 2) 3/2/88
• "Highway to Heaven" in episode "With Love, the Claus" playing "Santa Claus" 12/23/87
• "Punky Brewster" in episode "Hands Across the Hall" playing "Ben Frank" 11/6/87
• "Married... With Children" playing "Hiram Massey" in episode "Master the Possibilities" 2/7/87
• "Who's the Boss?" playing "Leon" in episode "Yellow Submarine" 4/4/87
• "Highway to Heaven" playing "Clarence Kelly" in episode "Love and Marriage" 11/12/86
• "Growing Pains" playing "Buzz" in episode "The Anniversary That Never Was" 3/4/86
• "Silver Spoons" as "Senator Platt" in "The Barbarians" 12/8/85
• "Who's the Boss?" playing "Santa Claus" in episode "Thanksgiving at Mrs. Rossini's " 2/7/85
• "E/R" playing "Mr. Williams" in episode: "Only A Nurse" (episode # 1.10) 11/7/84
• "Who's the Boss?" playing "Ted" in episode "Mona Gets Pinned" 1/11/84
• "Falcon Crest" playing "Night Editor" in episode "Power Play" 2/3/84
• "Hart to Hart" playing "Sir Gavin MacLaish" in episode "Highland Fling" (episode 97) 11/29/83
• "The Jeffersons" playing "T.J. Wheeler" in episode "Death Smiles on the Dry Cleaner" 11/21/82
• "Dallas" playing "Abel Greeley" in episode "The Prodigal" 3/5/82
• "Dukes of Hazzard", in episode "The Great Bank Robbery" 11/6/81
• "The Waltons" in episode "The Carousel" playing "Dr. Grover" 2/12/81
• "Struck By Lightning" (1979) playing "Glenn Diamond" in 13 episodes shot at Paramount in 1980 but only three episodes aired. 1979
• "Lou Grant" playing "Old Man" in episode "Scoop" 11/7/77
• "Eight is Enough" playing "Cal Fitzpatrick" in episode: "Bradfordgate" (episode # 5.9) 1980
• "The Rookies" playing "Cook" in episode "Cliffy" 3/3/75
• "Cannon" in episode "The Dead Samaritan" (episode 39) 10/26/73
• "Gunsmoke" playing "Snood" in episode: "In Performance of Duty" 11/18/74
• "The Waltons" in episode "The Conflict" playing "Senator Rogers" 9/12/74
• "Cannon" in episode "The Death of a Hunter" (episode 68) 2/13/74
• "Gunsmoke" playing "Mr. Jonas" in episode: "Shadler" (episode # 18.17) 1/15/73
• "Barnaby Jones" playing "Atken's defense counselor" in episode "Echo of a Murder" 9/20/73
• "Barnaby Jones" playing "customs officer" in episode "A Little Glory, A Little Death" 4/29/73
• "Gunsmoke" playing "Bailiff" in episode: "Alias Festus Haggin" (episode # 17.23) 3/6/72
• "Cannon" in episode "The Girl in the Electric Coffin" (episode 7) 10/26/71
• "The F.B.I." playing "Manager" in episode:  "The Deadly Gift" 10/3/71
• "Dan August" playing "Coroner" in episode:  "The Assassin" 1/14/71
• "Gunsmoke" playing "Telegrapher" in episode: "Snow Train" 10/26/70
• "Here Come the Brides" in episode: "The Last Winter" 3/27/70
• "Gunsmoke" playing "Businessman" in episode: "Hackett" (episode #15.25) 3/6/70
• "Mayberry R.F.D" playing "Man at Convention" in episode: "The Mynah Bird" (episode # 2.16) 1/19/70
• "Mannix" playing "the prop man" in episode "The Playground" 10/18/69
• "Gunsmoke" playing "Juror" in episode: "Coreyville" (episode # 15.3) 10/6/69
• "My World and Welcome to It" playing "the American Conductor" in episode: "Nobody Ever Kills Dragons Any More" 1969
• "Get Smart" playing "Mr. Smith" in episode: "The Mysterious Dr. T" (episode # 3.13) 12/30/68
• "Gunsmoke" playing "Judge" in episode: "Slocum" (episode # 14.5) 10/21/68
• "Gunsmoke" playing "Captain" in episode: "The First People" (episode # 13.23) 2/19/68
• "The Fugitive" playing "Counterman" in episode: "Breaking the Habit"(episode 4.19) 1/31/67
• "The Invaders" playing "Manager" in episode: "Genesis" (episode # 1.4) 2/7/67
• "The Wild, Wild West" playing "Jury foreman" in episode: "The Night of the Legion of Death" (episode # 3.12) 11/24/67
• "Gunsmoke" playing "Townsman" in episode: "A Hat" (episode # 13.6) 10/16/67
• "The Guns of Will Sonnett" in episode: "Of Lasting Summers and Jim Sonnett" 10/16/67
• "The F.B.I." playing "Paxton" in episode:  "The Plunderers" (episode # 1.30) 4/24/66
• "Perry Mason" playing "Counterman" in episode: "The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise" (episode # 9.19) 2/13/66
• "The Fugitive" playing "man" in episode "Death is the Door Prize" 9/20/66
• "My Three Sons" playing "steward" in episode "The Sure Thing" 3/25/65
• "The Fugitive" playing "bar patron" in episode "Scapegoat" 2/2/65
• "Death Valley Days" as "Jury Foreman" in "Tribute to the Dog" 12/24/64
• "Kraft Suspense Theatre" playing "Father Daley" in episode "Their Own Executioners" 4/23/64
• "Gunsmoke" playing "Ned Wright" in episode: "Bently" (episode # 9.28) 4/11/64
• "The Virginian" playing "Bevers" in episode: "A Matter of Destiny" (episode # 2.21) 2/19/64
• "Burke's Law" playing "Fire Marshal" in episode: "Who Killed Purity Mather?" (episode # 1.11)12/6/63
• "Ben Casey" in episode: "If There Were Dreams to Sell?" (episode # 3.5)10/9/63
• "The Untouchables" playing "Foreman" in episode: "The Butcher Boy" 5/12/63
• "The Dakotas" in episode: "Sanctuary at Crystal Springs" (episode # 1.18) 5/6/63
• "My Three Sons" playing "Joe Walters" in episode: "Let's Take Stock" 5/2/63
• "The Twilight Zone" playing "man in flashback" in episode: "Mute" 1/31/63
• "The Untouchables" playing "Doctor" in episode: "Blues for a Gone Goose" 1/29/63
• "The Untouchables" playing "Auctioneer" in episode: "The Cooker in the Sky" 10/2/62
• "My Three Sons" playing "Joe Walters" in episode: "The Kibitzers" 6/7/62
• "Ben Casey" in episode: "When You See an Evil Man" (episode # 1.32) 5/28/62
• "87th Precinct" playing "George" in episode: "Girl in the Case" (episode # 1.30) 4/30/62
• "My Three Sons" playing "Joe Walters" in episode: "Le Petit Stowaway" 2/15/62
• "Gunsmoke" playing "Ron Tucker" in episode: "The Squaw/I" (episode # 7.7) 11/11/61
• "Perry Mason" playing "Autopsy Surgeon" in episode: "The Case of the Pathetic Patient" (episode # 5.7) 10/28/61
• "The Twilight Zone" playing "Peter Kramer" in episode: "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" 5/26/61
• "Perry Mason" playing "Superintendent" in episode: "The Case of the Violent Vest" (episode # 4.24) 4/29/61
• "Maverick" playing "Hotel Clerk" in episode: "The Forbidden City" (episode # 4.28) 3/26/61
• "Zane Grey Theater" playing "Clay Davis" in episode: "A Warm Day in Heaven" (episode # 5.23) 3/23/61
• "Mr. Ed." playing "Mr. Wood" in episode "The Missing Statue" (episode # 1.10) 3/9/61
• "Rawhide" in episode "Incident of the New Start" (episode # 3.17) 3/3/61
• "Michael Shayne" playing "Luke" in episode "The Ancient Art of Murder" 2/24/61
• "The Andy Griffith Show" playing "an investor" in episode: "Mayberry on Record" (episode # 1.19) 2/13/61
• "The Andy Griffith Show" playing "George Sapley" in episode: "Stranger in Town" (episode # 1.10) 12/26/60
• "Zane Grey Theater" (as William Erwin) playing "Minister" in episode: "The Ox" (episode # 5.4) 11/3/60
• "Coronado 9" playing "Joe" in episode: "I Want to Be Hated" 10/25/60
• "The Texan" playing "Sheriff Rand" in episode: "The Invisible Noose" (episode # 2.35) 5/16/60
• "Rescue 8" playing "Justin" in episode: "School for Violence" 4/7/60
• "Perry Mason" playing "Morrison Findlay" in episode: "The Case of the Mythical Monkeys" (episode # 3.17) 2/27/60
• "Lassie" in playing "Bob Thomas" in episode: "Judas Goat" 1/3/60
• "The Walter Winchell File" playing "Bellem" 10/2/59
• "Law of the Plainsman" playing "Dr. Palmer" in episode: "The Gibbet" (episode # 1.9) 11/26/59
• "M-Squad" playing "Gene Lasanick" in episode "Death By Adoption" 11/26/59
• "The Twilight Zone" playing "Wilcox" in episode: "Walking Distance" 10/30/59
• "The Twilight Zone" playing "Man" in episode: "Mr. Denton on Doomsday" 10/16/59
• "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" in "Six Guns for Donegan" 10/16/59
• "The Texan" playing "Les Cosby" in "The Dishonest Posse" 10/5/59
• "Johnny Ringo" playing "Manners" in episode "The Arrival" (episode # 1.1) 10/1/59
• "Markham" playing "Arthur Brookman" in episode "We Are All Suspect" (episode #1.14) 8/1/59
• "Black Saddle" in episode: "Client: Brand" (episode # 1.18) 5/16/59
• "Bat Masterson" in episode: "Lottery of Death" (episode # 1.27) 5/13/59
• "The David Niven Show" playing "Cashier" in "Fortune's Folly" 4/7/59
• "Leave it to Beaver" playing "park maintenance man" in episode: "The Price of Fame" (episode #65) 3/26/59
• "Perry Mason" playing "Paint Store Clerk" in episode: "The Case of the Caretaker's Cat" (episode # 2.19) 3/7/59
•  "Tales of Wells Fargo" playing "Justin Peevy" in "The Town That Wouldn't Talk" 2/9/1959
•  "Wagon Train" playing "Clegg" in episode: "The Hunter Malloy Story" (episode # 2.16) 1/21/59
• "Zane Grey Theater" playing "Harte" in episode: "The Sunrise Gun" (episode # 3.26) 4/16/59
• "Have Gun - Will Travel" playing "Clerk" in episode: "The Wager" 1/3/59
• "The Rifleman" playing "Joe Flecker" in episode: "The Pet" (episode # 1.15) 1/6/59
• "Zane Grey Theater" playing "Harper Bates" in "Let the Man Die" 12/18/1958
• "Flight" in "The Final Approach" 11/11/58
• "Sugarfoot" playing "Jones (as William Erwin)" in episode: "The Ghost" (episode # 2.4) 10/28/1958
• "Man with a Camera" in episode: "The Warning" 10/17/58
• "M-Squad" playing "Roger Jessup" in episode "Dead or Alive" 9/26/58
• "Colgate Theatre" in episode: "MacGreedy's Woman" 9/23/58
• "Sea Hunt" in episode: "The Big Dive" 8/9/58
• "The Walter Winchell File" as "Bellam" in "A Thing of Beauty" 7/23/58
• "Have Gun - Will Travel" playing "Citizen" in episode "Birds of a Feather" 3/8/58
• "Make Room for Daddy" in episode: "Pardon My Accent" 2/17/58
• "Trackdown" in episode: "The Toll Road" (episode # 1.17) 1/31/58
• "Bachelor Father" in episode: "Bentley and the Babysitter" 12/22/57
• "Zane Grey Theater" playing "Joshua Morgan" in episode: "Episode in Darkness" (episode # 2.7) 11/15/57
• "Gunsmoke" playing "Preacher" in episode: "Romeo" (episode # 3.9) 11/9/57
• "Code 3" playing "Doctor" in episode: "Bail Out" 11/5/57
• "State Trooper" playing "Neal James" in episode: "Madman of the Mountain" (episode # 2.3) 9/22/57
• "Panic!" playing "McGilbert" in episode: "The Vigilantes" 5/21/57
• "Zane Grey Theater" playing "Sam Townley" in episode: "Time of Decision" (episode # 1.16) 1/18/57
• "I Love Lucy" playing "Bum" in episode: "Lucy and the Loving Cup" (episode # 6.11) 1/7/57
• "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" playing "Sgt. Riker" in "Hit and Run" 8/5/57
• "The Crusader" (with Brian Keith); playing "Brenner" in episode "The Girl Across the Hall" (episode #43) 10/26/56
• "Science Fiction Theatre"  in episode "The Man Who Didn't Know" (episode #51)  6/30/56
• "Science Fiction Theatre" playing "Mike" in episode "The Long Sleep" (episode #41)  4/13/56
• "Cheyenne" playing "Poinsett" in episode "West of the River"  3/10/56
• "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" playing "fireman" in episode "A Bullet for Baldwin" (episode #14)  1/1/56
• "Screen Directors Playhouse" playing "Carl" (as William Erwin) in episode: "Claire" (episode # 1.24) 4/25/56
• "Sheriff of Cochise" playing "Doctor" in episode: "Tough Guy" 1956
• "Highway Patrol" playing "Artie" in episode: "Phony Insurance" 12/55
• Screen Directors Playhouse" playing "1st Gambler" (as William Erwin) in episode: "Arroyo" (episode # 1.4) 10/26/55
• "Your Lucky Strike Theatre" as "Jens Nelson" in "P.J. Martin and Son" 12/8/55
• "Hallmark Hall of Fame" in episode: "Crown of Wings" 2/15/53
• "Lux Video Theater" playing "reporter" in episode: "The Face of Autumn" (written by Rod Serling) 11/3/52
• "Silver Theatre" in episode: "Coals of Fire" 4/3/50

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Other:

• "Dick Powell Star Theater" westerns
• "The Alan Young Show"
• "Fireside Theatre"
• "The Red Skelton Show"
• "Amos'n'Andy" Bill Erwin as a policeman.
• "Divorce Court" as "Elwood Pack" in episode "Pack versus Pack"

Equity Theatre:

• "Guys and Dolls" w/ Milton Berle, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
• "The Pleasure of His Company" with Efrem Zimbalist (tour)
• "Member of The Wedding" with Ethel Waters / Pasadena Playhouse
• "As Husbands Go" with Caesar Romero / Geary Theater San Francisco
• "The Professor's Love Story" by J.M. Barrie (July 1940) Pasadena Playhouse
• "The Merchant of Yonkers" by Thornton Wilder (October 1940) Pasadena Playhouse
• "Across the Board on Tomorrow Morning"  by William Saroyan (February 1941) Pasadena Playhouse
• "Angels Amongst Us" by Frantisek Langer (May 1946) Pasadena Playhouse
• "Love's Old Sweet Song" by William Saroyan (June 1946) Pasadena Playhouse
• "Blind Alley" (July 1946) Laguna Beach Playhouse
• "20th Century" by Ben Hecht/Charles McArthur (July 1946) Laguna Beach Playhouse
• "Dear Ruth" by Norman Krasna (August 1946) Laguna Beach Playhouse
• "Ten Nights in a Barroom" (August 1946) Laguna Beach Playhouse
• "20th Century" by Ben Hecht/Charles McArthur (October 1946) El Patio Theater, Hollywood
• "Arsenic and Old Lace" (July 1950) La Jolla Playhouse
• "Summer and Smoke" with Dorothy Maguire (July 1950) La Jolla Playhouse
• "Summer and Smoke" with Dorothy Maguire (October 1950) Biltmore Theater, Los Angeles
• "Wind Without Rain" by Ivan Tors (April 1951) Circle Theater, Los Angeles
• "Light Up the Sky"
• "Strictly Dishonorable"
• "Clutterbuck" by Benn W. Levy (July 1951) Laguna Beach Playhouse
• "Room Service" (August 1951) La Jolla Playhouse
• "Broadway Jones" by George M. Cohan (August 1951) Pasadena Playhouse
• "A Streetcar Named Desire"
• "All the Way Home" adapted from the James Agee novel (November 1962) Pasadena Playhouse

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Equity Waiver:

• "The Ladies Of The Camellias"
• "Another Part of The Forrest"
• "A Gown For His Mistress"
• "Hungry Mother Mountain"
• "I Never Sang For My Father"
• "You Can't Take It With You"
• "Conversations With A Spanish Lady" by Robert Schenkkan
• "Twisted Twain" (written by and starring Bill Erwin)

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Radio:

• The California Arts Radio Theatre Company : Member/Performer
• "Diary of a Hometown Boy" Hollywood Star Theater, 9/12/48

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Other interesting facts about Bill's career:

• Bill began his theatrical career as ventriloquist Edgar Bergen's stage manager for Bergen's 1941 tour of the country. Bill dryly recalls, "I was in charge of the dummies."
   
• Bill relates that his first job in show business was when he was 4 or 5 years old, as a children's underwear model for Munsingwear. The company put on a "traveling fashion shows" in small towns and he won his first starring role.

Awards and Achievements:

• Emmy Award Nominee: Guest Star / Comedy Series for "Seinfeld" in "The Old Man" 1993.
• Gilmor Brown Award (Career Achievement) Pasadena Playhouse Alumni.
• Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award "Old Friends" / Actors Forum.
• Drama-Logue Awards (Four).
• Southern California Motion Picture Council / Award for Contribution to Picture Industry and Performing Arts.
• Silver Medal Cannes International Commercial Competition (Dreyer's Ice Cream "Grampa Break Dancing for Dessert").

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Theatrical:

Jerome-Siegle Associates
(David Sacks)
1680 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 669-2836

Commercials:

Talent Group Incorporated (TGI)
6300 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 852-9559

Voice Over:

Tisherman Agency
6167 Forest Lawn Dr.
Hollywood, California 90068
(323) 850-6767

Print:

Bobby Ball Agency
4342 Lankershim Blvd.
Universal City, CA 91602
(818) 506-8188

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updated 1/6/07