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
- 2020 · Fully Realized Humans as Richard
- 2019 · El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Lou
- 2019 · Light of My Life as Tom
- 2016 · Ice as Jonah Kreshman
- 2016 · Goliath as Jim
- 2015 · Lamb as Foster
- 2015 · Digging for Fire as Tom the Neighbor
- 2015 · Runoff as Scratch
- 2015 · Bosch as John Caffrey
- 2014 · 13 Sins as Father
- 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 · Crazy Heart as Bill Wilson
- 2009 · Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans as Pat McDonagh
- 2008 · Familiar Strangers as
- 2008 · Gospel Hill as Jack Herrod
- 2007 · Private Practice as Dennis Hoffman
- 2007 · Pain Within as Joseph
- 2006 · Feel as Buck
- 2006 · Flannel Pajamas as Bill
- 2006 · Brothers of the Head as Eddie Pasqua
- 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
- 2005 · North Country as Gray Suchett
- 2004 · Battlestar Galactica as Joe
- 2003 · NCIS as Miller Thompson
- 2002 · The Badge as Bull Hardwick
- 2002 · Monk as Bennie Wentworth
- 2002 · High Crimes as FBI Agent Mullins
- 2001 · The Guardian as Ray 'Rufus' Schmiel
- 2001 · The Division as Bishop
- 1999 · Roswell as Everett Hubble
- 1999 · The West Wing as General Barrie
- 1999 · Malevolence as Jim Bradley
- 1999 · A Slipping Down Life as Mr. Decker
- 1998 · The Negotiator as Omar (uncredited)
- 1998 · Poodle Springs as Arnie Burns
- 1997 · The Practice as John Pierce
- 1995 · Nixon as Frank Nixon
- 1994 · Clear and Present Danger as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Victor Ugo
- 1993 · The X-Files as Sheriff Harden
- 1993 · Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde as Peter Baker
- 1990 · Law & Order as Whitten
- 1990 · Die Hard 2 as Marvin
- 1989 · Desperado: The Outlaw Wars as Billy Dobbs
- 1989 · Wired as Detective
- 1988 · Distant Thunder as Louis
- 1988 · China Beach as Archie Winslow
- 1987 · Family Sins as Sheriff
- 1987 · Beverly Hills Cop II as Russ Fielding
- 1985 · The Lightship as "Coop" Cooper
- 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
- 1983 · Hardcastle and McCormick as Marty Torrance
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as De Petrus
- 1978 · Dallas as Mancuso
- 1977 · Lou Grant as Lind
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as Mr. Royce
- 1976 · The Commitment as Abe
- 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
- Future · The Spittin' Image as
- 2019 · Senior Love Triangle as William Selig
- 2019 · Making a Deal with the Devil as MacGivens
- 2019 · The Last Big Save as Robert
- 2017 · As You Like It as Jaques
- 2015 · The Ever After as Father O'Meara
- 2011 · I Melt with You as Captain Bob
- 2011 · Session as Dr. Albert Solomon
- 2010 · The Land of the Astronauts as Mr. Esteridge
- 2010 · The Killer Inside Me as Sheriff Bob Maples
- 2008 · Appaloosa as Abner Raines
- 2007 · Undoing as Don
- 2006 · The Amateurs as Floyd
- 2004 · In the Land of Milk and Money as Lenny Cochran
- 2003 · The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story as Sheriff Fender
- 2002 · The Laramie Project as Father Roger Schmit
- 2001 · Hearts in Atlantis as Len Files
- 2001 · Going Greek as Bill
- 2000 · Pollock as Dan Miller
- 2000 · The Million Dollar Hotel as Hector
- 1998 · Monday After the Miracle as Uncle Ed
- 1997 · Buffalo Soldiers as Gen. Pike
- 1997 · The Killing Jar as Det. Jake Pestone
- 1997 · Follow Me Home as Larry
- 1996 · Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal as Marshall
- 1996 · Riders of the Purple Sage as Judkins (uncredited)
- 1995 · White Man's Burden as Stanley
- 1995 · Georgia as Erwin Flood
- 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 · Shimmer as Mr. Speck
- 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
- 1992 · Raising Cain as Sgt, Cully
- 1991 · Talent for the Game as Rev. Bodeen
- 1991 · Love, Lies and Murder as Leverette
- 1991 · Dillinger as Captain Matt Leach
- 1989 · The Road to Terror as Himself - Reporter
- 1989 · Nightbreaker as Dan Cutter
- 1989 · True Believer as Cecil Skell
- 1988 · Promised a Miracle as Michael Elliot
- 1988 · Lady in White as Sheriff Saunders
- 1988 · What Price Victory as Eldon Ray
- 1986 · River's Edge as Bennett
- 1984 · Wildrose as Rick
- 1983 · The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez as Boone Chate
- Future · Hurricanna as Dentist
- 1982 · Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice as Tom
- 1982 · Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang as Eli Nugent
- 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
- 1977 · The 3,000 Mile Chase as Richette
- 1977 · Kingston: Confidential as Vincent Ross
- 1975 · A Woman for All Men as Construction Worker
- 1973 · Incident at Vichy as Police Guard