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Tom Bower
Tom Bower

Tom Bower

ActingBorn January 3, 1938Died May 30, 2024 (age 86)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.

Filmography

2025
Hurricanna

as Dentist

Movie
2024Movie
2023
We Have a Ghost

as Ernest Scheller

Movie
2022
Raymond & Ray

as Harris

Movie
2020
Two Ways Home

as Walter

Movie
2020Movie
2019
Senior Love Triangle

as William Selig

Movie
2019Movie
2019Movie
2019Movie
2017Movie
2016
Ice

as Jonah Kreshman

TV
2016
Goliath

as Jim

TV
2015
Lamb

as Foster

Movie
2015
Digging for Fire

as Tom the Neighbor

Movie
2015
Runoff

as Scratch

Movie
2015
The Ever After

as Father O'Meara

Movie
2015
Bosch

as John Caffrey

TV
2014
13 Sins

as Father

Movie
2013
Out of the Furnace

as Dan Dugan

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Ray Donovan

as Judge Roger Wettick

TV
2011
I Melt with You

as Captain Bob

Movie
2011
Session

as Dr. Albert Solomon

Movie
2010Movie
2010
Rizzoli & Isles

as Redmond Jones

TV
2010
The Killer Inside Me

as Sheriff Bob Maples

Movie
2010
After the Denim

as James Packer

Movie
2009
Crazy Heart

as Bill Wilson

Movie
2008
Familiar Strangers

as Frank Worthington

Movie
2008
Appaloosa

as Abner Raines

Movie
2008
Gospel Hill

as Jack Herrod

Movie
2007
Undoing

as Don

Movie
2007
Private Practice

as Dennis Hoffman

TV
2007
Pain Within

as Joseph

Movie
2006
Feel

as Buck

Movie
2006Movie
2006
Brothers of the Head

as Eddie Pasqua

Movie
2006
The Amateurs

as Floyd

Movie
2006
The Hills Have Eyes

as Gas Station Attendant

Movie
2005
Criminal Minds

as Damon Miller

TV
2005
Fathers and Sons

as Vito (uncredited)

Movie
2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Mr. Schultz

TV
2005
The Office

as Heinrich

TV
2005
North Country

as Gray Suchett

Movie
2004Movie
2003
NCIS

as Miller Thompson

TV
2002
The Badge

as Bull Hardwick

Movie
2002
Monk

as Bennie Wentworth

TV
2002
High Crimes

as FBI Agent Mullins

Movie
2002
The Laramie Project

as Father Roger Schmit

Movie
2001
Hearts in Atlantis

as Len Files

Movie
2001
The Guardian

as Ray 'Rufus' Schmiel

TV
2001Movie
2001
The Division

as Bishop

TV
2000
Pollock

as Dan Miller

Movie
2000Movie
1999
Roswell

as Everett Hubble

TV
1999
The West Wing

as General Barrie

TV
1999
Malevolence

as Jim Bradley

Movie
1999Movie
1998Movie
1998
The Negotiator

as Omar (uncredited)

Movie
1998
Poodle Springs

as Arnie Burns

Movie
1997
Buffalo Soldiers

as Gen. Pike

Movie
1997
The Killing Jar

as Det. Jake Pestone

Movie
1997
The Practice

as John Pierce

TV
1997Movie
1996Movie
1996
Riders of the Purple Sage

as Judkins (uncredited)

Movie
1995
Nixon

as Frank Nixon

Movie
1995Movie
1995
Georgia

as Erwin Flood

Movie
1995
The Avenging Angel

as Bill Hickman

Movie
1994
Clear and Present Danger

as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)

Movie
1994Movie
1993
Shimmer

as Mr. Speck

Movie
1993
NYPD Blue

as Victor Ugo

TV
1993
The X-Files

as Sheriff Harden

TV
1993Movie
1993
The Ballad of Little Jo

as Lyle Hogg (uncredited)

Movie
1993
Relentless 3

as Captain Phelan

Movie
1992
Love Can Be Murder

as Mike Riordan

Movie
1992
Revenge on the Highway

as Officer Russell Yates

Movie
1992
Raising Cain

as Sgt, Cully

Movie
1991
Talent for the Game

as Rev. Bodeen

Movie
1991TV
1991
Dillinger

as Captain Matt Leach

Movie
1990
Law & Order

as Whitten

TV
1990
Die Hard 2

as Marvin

Movie
1989
The Road to Terror

as Himself - Reporter

Movie
1989Movie
1989
Wired

as Detective

Movie
1989
Nightbreaker

as Dan Cutter

Movie
1989
True Believer

as Cecil Skell

Movie
1988Movie
1988
Split Decisions

as Detective Walsh

Movie
1988
Promised a Miracle

as Michael Elliot

Movie
1988
China Beach

as Archie Winslow

TV
1988
Lady in White

as Sheriff Saunders

Movie
1988
What Price Victory

as Eldon Ray

Movie
1987
Family Sins

as Sheriff

Movie
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II

as Russ Fielding

Movie
1986
River's Edge

as Bennett

Movie
1985
The Lightship

as "Coop" Cooper

Movie
1985TV
1984TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Jonathan Bailey

TV
1984
Miami Vice

as C.I.A. Agent Carter

TV
1984
Massive Retaliation

as Kirk Fredericks

Movie
1984
Wildrose

as Rick

Movie
1983
Hardcastle and McCormick

as Marty Torrance

TV
1983Movie
1982Movie
1981
Hill Street Blues

as De Petrus

TV
1979
When Hell Was in Session

as Lt. Jim Norton

Movie
1978Movie
1978
The Dain Curse

as Sgt. O'Gar

TV
1978
Dallas

as Mancuso

TV
1977
Lou Grant

as Lind

TV
1977Movie
1977
Kingston: Confidential

as Vincent Ross

TV
1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Mr. Royce

TV
1976Movie
1975
A Woman for All Men

as Construction Worker

Movie
1975
Baretta

as Eddie Ryan

TV
1974
The Rockford Files

as Officer Hensley

TV
1974
The Rockford Files

as Jeff Cooperman

TV
1973
Incident at Vichy

as Police Guard

Movie
1973
Kojak

as Brenner

TV
1973
Barnaby Jones

as Baxter

TV
1972
The Waltons

as Dr. Curtis Willard

TV
1972
The Waltons

as Rex Barker

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 3, 1938
Day of DeathMay 30, 2024
Place of BirthDenver, Colorado, USA
Popularity1.1