
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 · Senior Love Triangle as William Selig
- 2019 · Light of My Life as Tom
- 2015 · Lamb as Foster
- 2015 · Digging for Fire as Tom the Neighbor
- 2013 · Dark Around the Stars as Silky
- 2010 · Black Limousine as Mr. Esteridge
- 2010 · The Killer Inside Me as Sheriff Bob Maples
- 2010 · After the Denim as James Packer
- 2009 · Crazy Heart as Bill Wilson
- 2008 · Appaloosa as Abner Raines
- 2008 · Gospel Hill as Jack Herrod
- 2008 · Familiar Strangers as
- 2006 · Brothers of the Head as Eddie Pasqua
- 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
- 2000 · The Million Dollar Hotel as Hector
- 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
- 1992 · Love Can Be Murder as Mike Riordan
- 1991 · Talent for the Game as Rev. Bodeen
- 1991 · Dillinger as Captain Matt Leach
- 1989 · Desperado: The Outlaw Wars as Billy Dobbs
- 1989 · True Believer as Cecil Skell
- 1988 · Distant Thunder as Louis
- 1988 · Promised a Miracle as Michael Elliot
- 1988 · What Price Victory as Eldon Ray
- 1985 · Misfits of Science as Jeffries
- 1984 · Massive Retaliation as Kirk Fredericks
- 1984 · Wildrose as Rick
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Eli Nugent
- Future · The Spittin' Image as
- 2019 · Making a Deal with the Devil as MacGivens
- 2019 · The Last Big Save as Robert
- 2017 · As You Like It as Jaques
- 2016 · Ice as Jonah Kreshman
- 2016 · Goliath as
- 2015 · Runoff as Scratch
- 2015 · The Ever After as Father O'Meara
- 2015 · Bosch as John Caffrey
- 2014 · 13 Sins as Father
- 2013 · Out of the Furnace as Dan Dugan
- 2013 · Ray Donovan as Judge Roger Wettick
- 2011 · I Melt with You as Captain Bob
- 2011 · Session as Dr. Albert Solomon
- 2010 · Rizzoli & Isles as Redmond Jones
- 2009 · Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans as Pat McDonagh
- 2007 · Undoing as Don
- 2007 · Private Practice as Dennis Hoffman
- 2007 · Pain Within as Joseph
- 2006 · Feel as Buck
- 2006 · Flannel Pajamas as Bill
- 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 · Going Greek as Bill
- 2001 · The Division as Bishop
- 2000 · Pollock as Dan Miller
- 1999 · Roswell as Everett Hubble
- 1999 · The West Wing as General Barrie
- 1999 · Malevolence as Jim Bradley
- 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
- 1995 · Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog as John Gale
- 1994 · Clear and Present Danger as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
- 1994 · Against the Wall as Ed
- 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
- 1993 · The Ballad of Little Jo as Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
- 1993 · Relentless 3 as Captain Phelan
- 1992 · Revenge on the Highway as Officer Russell Yates
- 1992 · Raising Cain as Sgt, Cully
- 1991 · Love, Lies and Murder as Leverette
- 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 · China Beach as Archie Winslow
- 1988 · Lady in White as Sheriff Saunders
- 1987 · Family Sins as Sheriff
- 1987 · Beverly Hills Cop II as Russ Fielding
- 1986 · River's Edge as Bennett
- 1985 · The Lightship as "Coop" Cooper
- 1984 · Crazy like a Fox as Trumble
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Jonathan Bailey
- 1984 · Miami Vice as C.I.A. Agent Carter
- 1983 · Hardcastle and McCormick as Marty Torrance
- 1983 · The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez as Boone Chate
- 1982 · Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice as Tom
- 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 · Hurricanna as Dentist
- 1976 · The Commitment as Abe
- 1975 · A Woman for All Men as Construction Worker
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Officer Hensley
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Jeff Cooperman
- 1973 · Incident at Vichy as Police Guard
- 1973 · Kojak as Brenner
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Baxter
- 1972 · The Waltons as Dr. Curtis Willard
- 1972 · The Waltons as Rex Barker