Tom Bower
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 3, 1938
- Died
- May 30, 2024 (aged 86)
- Place of birth
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Credits
- 143
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.
Known for
Filmography
Hurricanna
2025Movie
Dentist
Double Down South
2024Movie
Old Nick
We Have a Ghost
2023Movie
Ernest Scheller
The Real Spies Among Friends
2022Movie
Self
Raymond & Ray
2022Movie
Harris
Two Ways Home
2020Movie
Walter
Fully Realized Humans
2020Movie
Richard
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019Movie
Lou
Senior Love Triangle
2019Movie
William Selig
Light of My Life
2019Movie
Tom
Making a Deal with the Devil
2019Movie
MacGivens
The Last Big Save
2019Movie
Robert
As You Like It
2017Movie
Jaques
Ice
2016TV
Jonah Kreshman
Goliath
2016TV
Jim
Lamb
2015Movie
Foster
Digging for Fire
2015Movie
Tom the Neighbor
Runoff
2015Movie
Scratch
The Ever After
2015Movie
Father O'Meara
Bosch
2015TV
John Caffrey
13 Sins
2014Movie
Father
Out of the Furnace
2013Movie
Dan Dugan
Dark Around the Stars
2013Movie
Silky
Ray Donovan
2013TV
Judge Roger Wettick
I Melt with You
2011Movie
Captain Bob
Session
2011Movie
Dr. Albert Solomon
The Land of the Astronauts
2010Movie
Mr. Esteridge
Rizzoli & Isles
2010TV
Redmond Jones
The Killer Inside Me
2010Movie
Sheriff Bob Maples
After the Denim
2010Movie
James Packer
Crazy Heart
2009Movie
Bill Wilson
For Sale by Owner
2009Movie
Sheriff O'Hare
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009Movie
Pat McDonagh
Familiar Strangers
2008Movie
Frank Worthington
Appaloosa
2008Movie
Abner Raines
Gospel Hill
2008Movie
Jack Herrod
Undoing
2007Movie
Don
Private Practice
2007TV
Dennis Hoffman
Pain Within
2007Movie
Joseph
Feel
2006Movie
Buck
Flannel Pajamas
2006Movie
Bill
Brothers of the Head
2006Movie
Eddie Pasqua
The Amateurs
2006Movie
Floyd
The Hills Have Eyes
2006Movie
Gas Station Attendant
Criminal Minds
2005TV
Damon Miller
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005TV
Pop-Pop
Fathers and Sons
2005Movie
Vito (uncredited)
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
Mr. Schultz
The Office
2005TV
Heinrich
North Country
2005Movie
Gray Suchett
Battlestar Galactica
2004TV
Joe
In the Land of Milk and Money
2004Movie
Lenny Cochran
NCIS
2003TV
Miller Thompson
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003Movie
Sheriff Fender
The Badge
2002Movie
Bull Hardwick
Monk
2002TV
Bennie Wentworth
High Crimes
2002Movie
FBI Agent Mullins
The Laramie Project
2002Movie
Father Roger Schmit
Hearts in Atlantis
2001Movie
Len Files
The Guardian
2001TV
Ray 'Rufus' Schmiel
Going Greek
2001Movie
Bill
The Division
2001TV
Bishop
Pollock
2000Movie
Dan Miller
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000Movie
Hector
Roswell
1999TV
Everett Hubble
The West Wing
1999TV
General Barrie
Malevolence
1999Movie
Jim Bradley
A Slipping Down Life
1999Movie
Mr. Decker
Monday After the Miracle
1998Movie
Uncle Ed
The Negotiator
1998Movie
Omar (uncredited)
Poodle Springs
1998Movie
Arnie Burns
Buffalo Soldiers
1997Movie
Gen. Pike
The Killing Jar
1997Movie
Det. Jake Pestone
The Practice
1997TV
John Pierce
Follow Me Home
1997Movie
Larry
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996Movie
Marshall
Riders of the Purple Sage
1996Movie
Judkins (uncredited)
Nixon
1995Movie
Frank Nixon
White Man's Burden
1995Movie
Stanley
Georgia
1995Movie
Erwin Flood
The Avenging Angel
1995Movie
Bill Hickman
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
1995Movie
John Gale
Clear and Present Danger
1994Movie
Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
Against the Wall
1994Movie
Ed
Shimmer
1993Movie
Mr. Speck
NYPD Blue
1993TV
Victor Ugo
The X-Files
1993TV
Sheriff Harden
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
1993Movie
Peter Baker
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993Movie
Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
Relentless 3
1993Movie
Captain Phelan
Love Can Be Murder
1992Movie
Mike Riordan
Revenge on the Highway
1992Movie
Officer Russell Yates
Raising Cain
1992Movie
Sgt, Cully
Talent for the Game
1991Movie
Reverend Bodeen
Love, Lies and Murder
1991TV
Leverette
Dillinger
1991Movie
Captain Matt Leach
Law & Order
1990TV
Whitten
Die Hard 2
1990Movie
Marvin
The Road to Terror
1989Movie
Himself - Reporter
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989Movie
Billy Dobbs
Wired
1989Movie
Detective
Nightbreaker
1989Movie
Dan Cutter
True Believer
1989Movie
Cecil Skell
Distant Thunder
1988Movie
Louis
Split Decisions
1988Movie
Detective Walsh
Promised a Miracle
1988Movie
Michael Elliot
China Beach
1988TV
Archie Winslow
Lady in White
1988Movie
Sheriff Saunders
What Price Victory
1988Movie
Eldon Ray
Family Sins
1987Movie
Sheriff
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987Movie
Russ Fielding
River's Edge
1986Movie
Bennett
The Lightship
1985Movie
"Coop" Cooper
Misfits of Science
1985TV
Jeffries
Crazy like a Fox
1984TV
Trumble
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Jonathan Bailey
Miami Vice
1984TV
C.I.A. Agent Carter
Massive Retaliation
1984Movie
Kirk Fredericks
Wildrose
1984Movie
Rick
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983TV
Marty Torrance
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983Movie
Boone Chate
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1982Movie
Tom
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982Movie
Eli Nugent
American Playhouse
1982TV
Boone Choate
Hill Street Blues
1981TV
De Petrus
When Hell Was in Session
1979Movie
Lt. Jim Norton
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978Movie
William Tate
The Dain Curse
1978TV
Sgt. O'Gar
Dallas
1978TV
Mancuso
Lou Grant
1977TV
Lind
The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977Movie
Richette
Kingston: Confidential
1977TV
Vincent Ross
Quincy, M.E.
1976TV
Mr. Royce
The Commitment
1976Movie
Abe
A Woman for All Men
1975Movie
Construction Worker
Baretta
1975TV
Eddie Ryan
The Rockford Files
1974TV
Officer Hensley, Jeff Cooperman
Incident at Vichy
1973Movie
Police Guard
Kojak
1973TV
Brenner
Barnaby Jones
1973TV
Baxter
The Waltons
1972TV
Dr. Curtis Willard, Rex Barker
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Eli Nugent
The Spittin' Image
Movie