
Tom Bower
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 3, 1938
- Died
- May 30, 2024 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- Denver, Colorado, USA
Biography
Ralph Thomas Bower (January 3, 1938 – May 30, 2024) was an American actor who appeared in a wide variety of television and film roles from 1973 to 2023. On television, he played physician Curtis Willard (husband of Mary-Ellen) on The Waltons (1975 - 1978). Bower also appeared in numerous series in guest roles, including Hill Street Blues, The X-Files, The West Wing, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In film, he had prominent supporting roles in notable films such as River's Edge (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Die Hard 2 (1990), Nixon (1995), Pollock (2000), The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Appaloosa (2008), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), The Killer Inside Me (2010), and El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019). Bower was also an award-winning stage actor.
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Filmography
The Spittin' Image
Movie

Hurricanna
Movie · as Dentist

Double Down South
Movie · as Old Nick

We Have a Ghost
Movie · as Ernest Scheller

Raymond & Ray
Movie · as Harris

The Real Spies Among Friends
Movie · as Self

Fully Realized Humans
Movie · as Richard

Two Ways Home
Movie · as Walter

Light of My Life
Movie · as Tom

Making a Deal with the Devil
Movie · as MacGivens

The Last Big Save
Movie · as Robert

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Movie · as Lou

Senior Love Triangle
Movie · as William Selig

As You Like It
Movie · as Jaques

Ice
TV · as Jonah Kreshman · 2 eps

Goliath
TV · as Jim · 1 ep

Digging for Fire
Movie · as Tom the Neighbor

The Ever After
Movie · as Father O'Meara

Lamb
Movie · as Foster

Runoff
Movie · as Scratch

Bosch
TV · as John Caffrey · 1 ep

13 Sins
Movie · as Father

Out of the Furnace
Movie · as Dan Dugan

Dark Around the Stars
Movie · as Silky

Ray Donovan
TV · as Judge Roger Wettick · 1 ep

Session
Movie · as Dr. Albert Solomon

I Melt with You
Movie · as Captain Bob

The Killer Inside Me
Movie · as Sheriff Bob Maples

The Land of the Astronauts
Movie · as Mr. Esteridge

After the Denim
Movie · as James Packer

Rizzoli & Isles
TV · as Redmond Jones · 1 ep

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Movie · as Pat McDonagh

Crazy Heart
Movie · as Bill Wilson

For Sale by Owner
Movie · as Sheriff O'Hare

Gospel Hill
Movie · as Jack Herrod

Appaloosa
Movie · as Abner Raines

Familiar Strangers
Movie · as Frank Worthington

Undoing
Movie · as Don

Pain Within
Movie · as Joseph

Private Practice
TV · as Dennis Hoffman · 1 ep

The Hills Have Eyes
Movie · as Gas Station Attendant

Feel
Movie · as Buck

Brothers of the Head
Movie · as Eddie Pasqua

The Amateurs
Movie · as Floyd

Flannel Pajamas
Movie · as Bill

North Country
Movie · as Gray Suchett

Fathers and Sons
Movie · as Vito (uncredited)

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
TV · as Pop-Pop · 2 eps

Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Mr. Schultz · 1 ep

The Office
TV · as Heinrich · 1 ep

Criminal Minds
TV · as Damon Miller · 1 ep

In the Land of Milk and Money
Movie · as Lenny Cochran

Battlestar Galactica
TV · as Joe · 1 ep

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Movie · as Sheriff Fender

NCIS
TV · as Miller Thompson · 1 ep

The Badge
Movie · as Bull Hardwick

High Crimes
Movie · as FBI Agent Mullins

The Laramie Project
Movie · as Father Roger Schmit

Monk
TV · as Bennie Wentworth · 1 ep

Hearts in Atlantis
Movie · as Len Files

Going Greek
Movie · as Bill

The Guardian
TV · as Ray 'Rufus' Schmiel · 1 ep

The Division
TV · as Bishop · 1 ep

The Million Dollar Hotel
Movie · as Hector

Pollock
Movie · as Dan Miller

A Slipping Down Life
Movie · as Mr. Decker

Malevolence
Movie · as Jim Bradley

The West Wing
TV · as General Barrie · 1 ep

Roswell
TV · as Everett Hubble · 1 ep

Poodle Springs
Movie · as Arnie Burns

The Negotiator
Movie · as Omar (uncredited)

Monday After the Miracle
Movie · as Uncle Ed

Follow Me Home
Movie · as Larry

Buffalo Soldiers
Movie · as Gen. Pike

The Killing Jar
Movie · as Det. Jake Pestone

The Practice
TV · as John Pierce · 2 eps

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
Movie · as Marshall

Riders of the Purple Sage
Movie · as Judkins (uncredited)

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
Movie · as John Gale

The Avenging Angel
Movie · as Bill Hickman

White Man's Burden
Movie · as Stanley

Nixon
Movie · as Frank Nixon

Georgia
Movie · as Erwin Flood

Against the Wall
Movie · as Ed

Clear and Present Danger
Movie · as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)

The Ballad of Little Jo
Movie · as Lyle Hogg (uncredited)

Relentless 3
Movie · as Captain Phelan

Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
Movie · as Peter Baker

Shimmer
Movie · as Mr. Speck

The X-Files
TV · as Sheriff Harden · 1 ep

NYPD Blue
TV · as Victor Ugo · 1 ep

Love Can Be Murder
Movie · as Mike Riordan

Raising Cain
Movie · as Sgt, Cully

Revenge on the Highway
Movie · as Officer Russell Yates

Dillinger
Movie · as Captain Matt Leach

Talent for the Game
Movie · as Reverend Bodeen

Love, Lies and Murder
TV · as Leverette · 2 eps

Die Hard 2
Movie · as Marvin

Law & Order
TV · as Whitten · 1 ep

Nightbreaker
Movie · as Dan Cutter

Wired
Movie · as Detective

True Believer
Movie · as Cecil Skell

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Movie · as Billy Dobbs

The Road to Terror
Movie · as Himself - Reporter

Promised a Miracle
Movie · as Michael Elliot

What Price Victory
Movie · as Eldon Ray

Lady in White
Movie · as Sheriff Saunders

Distant Thunder
Movie · as Louis

Split Decisions
Movie · as Detective Walsh

China Beach
TV · as Archie Winslow · 1 ep

Family Sins
Movie · as Sheriff

Beverly Hills Cop II
Movie · as Russ Fielding

River's Edge
Movie · as Bennett

The Lightship
Movie · as "Coop" Cooper

Misfits of Science
TV · as Jeffries · 1 ep

Massive Retaliation
Movie · as Kirk Fredericks

Wildrose
Movie · as Rick

Crazy like a Fox
TV · as Trumble · 1 ep

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Jonathan Bailey · 1 ep

Miami Vice
TV · as C.I.A. Agent Carter · 1 ep

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Movie · as Boone Chate

Hardcastle and McCormick
TV · as Marty Torrance · 1 ep
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
Movie · as Tom

Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
Movie · as Eli Nugent

American Playhouse
TV · as Boone Choate · 1 ep

Hill Street Blues
TV · as De Petrus · 1 ep

When Hell Was in Session
Movie · as Lt. Jim Norton

The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Movie · as William Tate

Dallas
TV · as Mancuso · 1 ep

The Dain Curse
TV · as Sgt. O'Gar · 3 eps

The 3,000 Mile Chase
Movie · as Richette

Lou Grant
TV · as Lind · 1 ep

Kingston: Confidential
TV · as Vincent Ross · 1 ep

The Commitment
Movie · as Abe

Quincy, M.E.
TV · as Mr. Royce · 1 ep

A Woman for All Men
Movie · as Construction Worker

Baretta
TV · as Eddie Ryan · 1 ep

The Rockford Files
TV · as Officer Hensley, Jeff Cooperman · 1 ep

Incident at Vichy
Movie · as Police Guard

Kojak
TV · as Brenner · 1 ep

Barnaby Jones
TV · as Baxter · 1 ep

The Waltons
TV · as Dr. Curtis Willard, Rex Barker · 25 eps

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Eli Nugent · 1 ep

