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