Tom Bower

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

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The Spittin' Image

The Spittin' Image

Movie

2027
Hurricanna poster

Hurricanna

Movie · as Dentist

2024
Double Down South poster

Double Down South

Movie · as Old Nick

2023
We Have a Ghost poster

We Have a Ghost

Movie · as Ernest Scheller

2022
Raymond & Ray poster

Raymond & Ray

Movie · as Harris

2022
The Real Spies Among Friends poster

The Real Spies Among Friends

Movie · as Self

2020
Fully Realized Humans poster

Fully Realized Humans

Movie · as Richard

2020
Two Ways Home poster

Two Ways Home

Movie · as Walter

2019
Light of My Life poster

Light of My Life

Movie · as Tom

2019
Making a Deal with the Devil poster

Making a Deal with the Devil

Movie · as MacGivens

2019
The Last Big Save poster

The Last Big Save

Movie · as Robert

2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie poster

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Movie · as Lou

2019
Senior Love Triangle poster

Senior Love Triangle

Movie · as William Selig

2017
As You Like It poster

As You Like It

Movie · as Jaques

2016
Ice poster

Ice

TV · as Jonah Kreshman · 2 eps

2016
Goliath poster

Goliath

TV · as Jim · 1 ep

2015
Digging for Fire poster

Digging for Fire

Movie · as Tom the Neighbor

2015
The Ever After poster

The Ever After

Movie · as Father O'Meara

2015
Lamb poster

Lamb

Movie · as Foster

2015
Runoff poster

Runoff

Movie · as Scratch

2015
Bosch poster

Bosch

TV · as John Caffrey · 1 ep

2014
13 Sins poster

13 Sins

Movie · as Father

2013
Out of the Furnace poster

Out of the Furnace

Movie · as Dan Dugan

2013
Dark Around the Stars poster

Dark Around the Stars

Movie · as Silky

2013
Ray Donovan poster

Ray Donovan

TV · as Judge Roger Wettick · 1 ep

2011
Session poster

Session

Movie · as Dr. Albert Solomon

2011
I Melt with You poster

I Melt with You

Movie · as Captain Bob

2010
The Killer Inside Me poster

The Killer Inside Me

Movie · as Sheriff Bob Maples

2010
The Land of the Astronauts poster

The Land of the Astronauts

Movie · as Mr. Esteridge

2010
After the Denim poster

After the Denim

Movie · as James Packer

2010
Rizzoli & Isles poster

Rizzoli & Isles

TV · as Redmond Jones · 1 ep

2009
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans poster

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Movie · as Pat McDonagh

2009
Crazy Heart poster

Crazy Heart

Movie · as Bill Wilson

2009
For Sale by Owner poster

For Sale by Owner

Movie · as Sheriff O'Hare

2008
Gospel Hill poster

Gospel Hill

Movie · as Jack Herrod

2008
Appaloosa poster

Appaloosa

Movie · as Abner Raines

2008
Familiar Strangers poster

Familiar Strangers

Movie · as Frank Worthington

2007
Undoing poster

Undoing

Movie · as Don

2007
Pain Within poster

Pain Within

Movie · as Joseph

2007
Private Practice poster

Private Practice

TV · as Dennis Hoffman · 1 ep

2006
The Hills Have Eyes poster

The Hills Have Eyes

Movie · as Gas Station Attendant

2006
Feel poster

Feel

Movie · as Buck

2006
Brothers of the Head poster

Brothers of the Head

Movie · as Eddie Pasqua

2006
The Amateurs poster

The Amateurs

Movie · as Floyd

2006
Flannel Pajamas poster

Flannel Pajamas

Movie · as Bill

2005
North Country poster

North Country

Movie · as Gray Suchett

2005
Fathers and Sons poster

Fathers and Sons

Movie · as Vito (uncredited)

2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia poster

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

TV · as Pop-Pop · 2 eps

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Mr. Schultz · 1 ep

2005
The Office poster

The Office

TV · as Heinrich · 1 ep

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Damon Miller · 1 ep

2004
In the Land of Milk and Money poster

In the Land of Milk and Money

Movie · as Lenny Cochran

2004
Battlestar Galactica poster

Battlestar Galactica

TV · as Joe · 1 ep

2003
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story poster

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

Movie · as Sheriff Fender

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Miller Thompson · 1 ep

2002
The Badge poster

The Badge

Movie · as Bull Hardwick

2002
High Crimes poster

High Crimes

Movie · as FBI Agent Mullins

2002
The Laramie Project poster

The Laramie Project

Movie · as Father Roger Schmit

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as Bennie Wentworth · 1 ep

2001
Hearts in Atlantis poster

Hearts in Atlantis

Movie · as Len Files

2001
Going Greek poster

Going Greek

Movie · as Bill

2001
The Guardian poster

The Guardian

TV · as Ray 'Rufus' Schmiel · 1 ep

2001
The Division poster

The Division

TV · as Bishop · 1 ep

2000
The Million Dollar Hotel poster

The Million Dollar Hotel

Movie · as Hector

2000
Pollock poster

Pollock

Movie · as Dan Miller

1999
A Slipping Down Life poster

A Slipping Down Life

Movie · as Mr. Decker

1999
Malevolence poster

Malevolence

Movie · as Jim Bradley

1999
The West Wing poster

The West Wing

TV · as General Barrie · 1 ep

1999
Roswell poster

Roswell

TV · as Everett Hubble · 1 ep

1998
Poodle Springs poster

Poodle Springs

Movie · as Arnie Burns

1998
The Negotiator poster

The Negotiator

Movie · as Omar (uncredited)

1998
Monday After the Miracle poster

Monday After the Miracle

Movie · as Uncle Ed

1997
Follow Me Home poster

Follow Me Home

Movie · as Larry

1997
Buffalo Soldiers poster

Buffalo Soldiers

Movie · as Gen. Pike

1997
The Killing Jar poster

The Killing Jar

Movie · as Det. Jake Pestone

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as John Pierce · 2 eps

1996
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal poster

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal

Movie · as Marshall

1996
Riders of the Purple Sage poster

Riders of the Purple Sage

Movie · as Judkins (uncredited)

1995
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog poster

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

Movie · as John Gale

1995
The Avenging Angel poster

The Avenging Angel

Movie · as Bill Hickman

1995
White Man's Burden poster

White Man's Burden

Movie · as Stanley

1995
Nixon poster

Nixon

Movie · as Frank Nixon

1995
Georgia poster

Georgia

Movie · as Erwin Flood

1994
Against the Wall poster

Against the Wall

Movie · as Ed

1994
Clear and Present Danger poster

Clear and Present Danger

Movie · as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)

1993
The Ballad of Little Jo poster

The Ballad of Little Jo

Movie · as Lyle Hogg (uncredited)

1993
Relentless 3 poster

Relentless 3

Movie · as Captain Phelan

1993
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde poster

Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde

Movie · as Peter Baker

1993
Shimmer poster

Shimmer

Movie · as Mr. Speck

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Sheriff Harden · 1 ep

1993
NYPD Blue poster

NYPD Blue

TV · as Victor Ugo · 1 ep

1992
Love Can Be Murder poster

Love Can Be Murder

Movie · as Mike Riordan

1992
Raising Cain poster

Raising Cain

Movie · as Sgt, Cully

1992
Revenge on the Highway poster

Revenge on the Highway

Movie · as Officer Russell Yates

1991
Dillinger poster

Dillinger

Movie · as Captain Matt Leach

1991
Talent for the Game poster

Talent for the Game

Movie · as Reverend Bodeen

1991
Love, Lies and Murder poster

Love, Lies and Murder

TV · as Leverette · 2 eps

1990
Die Hard 2 poster

Die Hard 2

Movie · as Marvin

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Whitten · 1 ep

1989
Nightbreaker poster

Nightbreaker

Movie · as Dan Cutter

1989
Wired poster

Wired

Movie · as Detective

1989
True Believer poster

True Believer

Movie · as Cecil Skell

1989
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars poster

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

Movie · as Billy Dobbs

1989
The Road to Terror poster

The Road to Terror

Movie · as Himself - Reporter

1988
Promised a Miracle poster

Promised a Miracle

Movie · as Michael Elliot

1988
What Price Victory poster

What Price Victory

Movie · as Eldon Ray

1988
Lady in White poster

Lady in White

Movie · as Sheriff Saunders

1988
Distant Thunder poster

Distant Thunder

Movie · as Louis

1988
Split Decisions poster

Split Decisions

Movie · as Detective Walsh

1988
China Beach poster

China Beach

TV · as Archie Winslow · 1 ep

1987
Family Sins poster

Family Sins

Movie · as Sheriff

1987
Beverly Hills Cop II poster

Beverly Hills Cop II

Movie · as Russ Fielding

1986
River's Edge poster

River's Edge

Movie · as Bennett

1985
The Lightship poster

The Lightship

Movie · as "Coop" Cooper

1985
Misfits of Science poster

Misfits of Science

TV · as Jeffries · 1 ep

1984
Massive Retaliation poster

Massive Retaliation

Movie · as Kirk Fredericks

1984
Wildrose poster

Wildrose

Movie · as Rick

1984
Crazy like a Fox poster

Crazy like a Fox

TV · as Trumble · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Jonathan Bailey · 1 ep

1984
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

TV · as C.I.A. Agent Carter · 1 ep

1983
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez poster

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

Movie · as Boone Chate

1983
Hardcastle and McCormick poster

Hardcastle and McCormick

TV · as Marty Torrance · 1 ep

1982
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice

Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice

Movie · as Tom

1982
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang poster

Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

Movie · as Eli Nugent

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Boone Choate · 1 ep

1981
Hill Street Blues poster

Hill Street Blues

TV · as De Petrus · 1 ep

1979
When Hell Was in Session poster

When Hell Was in Session

Movie · as Lt. Jim Norton

1978
The Winds of Kitty Hawk poster

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

Movie · as William Tate

1978
Dallas poster

Dallas

TV · as Mancuso · 1 ep

1978
The Dain Curse poster

The Dain Curse

TV · as Sgt. O'Gar · 3 eps

1977
The 3,000 Mile Chase poster

The 3,000 Mile Chase

Movie · as Richette

1977
Lou Grant poster

Lou Grant

TV · as Lind · 1 ep

1977
Kingston: Confidential poster

Kingston: Confidential

TV · as Vincent Ross · 1 ep

1976
The Commitment poster

The Commitment

Movie · as Abe

1976
Quincy, M.E. poster

Quincy, M.E.

TV · as Mr. Royce · 1 ep

1975
A Woman for All Men poster

A Woman for All Men

Movie · as Construction Worker

1975
Baretta poster

Baretta

TV · as Eddie Ryan · 1 ep

1974
The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files

TV · as Officer Hensley, Jeff Cooperman · 1 ep

1973
Incident at Vichy poster

Incident at Vichy

Movie · as Police Guard

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Brenner · 1 ep

1973
Barnaby Jones poster

Barnaby Jones

TV · as Baxter · 1 ep

1972
The Waltons poster

The Waltons

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

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Eli Nugent · 1 ep