Bill Erwin died on December 29 in Studio City. California. has died of natural causes aged 96.n 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.Read more
