Drummond Erskine

Drummond Erskine (April 7, 1919 – March 21, 2009) was an American character actor. He appeared in more than 75 films during his decades long acting career, which spanned over 50 years. Erskine became known in his later life for a series of cameo appearances on various television shows, including a running gag on The Late Show with David Letterman in which he parodied an aging Regis Philbin beginning in 2008. Erskine was born James Drummond Erskine III in 1919 in Manhattan. He attended private schools before enrolling at the University of Virginia. Erskine left college at the beginning of World War II in order to enlist in the United States Army. He volunteered to serve in the Army's first airborne unit beginning in 1942. He was trained...