Tom Bower
Acting
Born: January 3, 1938 · Denver, Colorado, USA
Died: May 30, 2024 (aged 86)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Die Hard 2
1990
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
The Office
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
The X-Files
1993
The Hills Have Eyes
2006
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
NCIS
2003
The Negotiator
1998
Out of the Furnace
2013
Battlestar Galactica
2004
Photos (2)
Movies (98)
Die Hard 2
Marvin
Clear and Present Danger
Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
The Negotiator
Omar (uncredited)
Beverly Hills Cop II
Russ Fielding
Hearts in Atlantis
Len Files
The Hills Have Eyes
Gas Station Attendant
We Have a Ghost
Ernest Scheller
Crazy Heart
Bill Wilson
North Country
Gray Suchett
13 Sins
Father
High Crimes
FBI Agent Mullins
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Pat McDonagh
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Lou
Out of the Furnace
Dan Dugan
True Believer
Cecil Skell
River's Edge
Bennett
Raising Cain
Sgt, Cully
Light of My Life
Tom
Raymond & Ray
Harris
Nixon
Frank Nixon
The Killer Inside Me
Sheriff Bob Maples
Appaloosa
Abner Raines
The Million Dollar Hotel
Hector
White Man's Burden
Stanley
The Amateurs
Floyd
Lady in White
Sheriff Saunders
Talent for the Game
Reverend Bodeen
Digging for Fire
Tom the Neighbor
Riders of the Purple Sage
Judkins (uncredited)
I Melt with You
Captain Bob
Against the Wall
Ed
The Laramie Project
Father Roger Schmit
Fully Realized Humans
Richard
A Slipping Down Life
Mr. Decker
The Badge
Bull Hardwick
Distant Thunder
Louis
Pollock
Dan Miller
The 3,000 Mile Chase
Richette
Poodle Springs
Arnie Burns
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Boone Chate
As You Like It
Jaques
Brothers of the Head
Eddie Pasqua
Double Down South
Old Nick
Nightbreaker
Dan Cutter
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
John Gale
What Price Victory
Eldon Ray
Revenge on the Highway
Officer Russell Yates
Going Greek
Bill
Dillinger
Captain Matt Leach
The Killing Jar
Det. Jake Pestone
Follow Me Home
Larry
Split Decisions
Detective Walsh
Session
Dr. Albert Solomon
The Avenging Angel
Bill Hickman
The Lightship
"Coop" Cooper
Massive Retaliation
Kirk Fredericks
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
William Tate
Flannel Pajamas
Bill
The Commitment
Abe
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Sheriff Fender
The Ballad of Little Jo
Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
Gospel Hill
Jack Herrod
Dark Around the Stars
Silky
A Woman for All Men
Construction Worker
Feel
Buck
The Ever After
Father O'Meara
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
Marshall
Promised a Miracle
Michael Elliot
The Last Big Save
Robert
Making a Deal with the Devil
MacGivens
Relentless 3
Captain Phelan
Two Ways Home
Walter
Buffalo Soldiers
Gen. Pike
Fathers and Sons
Vito (uncredited)
Undoing
Don
When Hell Was in Session
Lt. Jim Norton
The Land of the Astronauts
Mr. Esteridge
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Billy Dobbs
Georgia
Erwin Flood
Familiar Strangers
Frank Worthington
For Sale by Owner
Sheriff O'Hare
Senior Love Triangle
William Selig
Love Can Be Murder
Mike Riordan
Family Sins
Sheriff
Shimmer
Mr. Speck
Incident at Vichy
Police Guard
Hurricanna
Dentist
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
Peter Baker
Monday After the Miracle
Uncle Ed
Lamb
Foster
Wildrose
Rick
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
Eli Nugent
Runoff
Scratch
Wired
Detective
After the Denim
James Packer
Malevolence
Jim Bradley
In the Land of Milk and Money
Lenny Cochran
Pain Within
Joseph
TV Shows (43)
Law & Order
Whitten · 1 eps
The Office
Heinrich · 1 eps
NCIS
Miller Thompson · 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Mr. Schultz · 1 eps
Criminal Minds
Damon Miller · 1 eps
Monk
Bennie Wentworth · 1 eps
The X-Files
Sheriff Harden · 1 eps
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Pop-Pop · 2 eps
The West Wing
General Barrie · 1 eps
Dallas
Mancuso · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Jonathan Bailey · 1 eps
Rizzoli & Isles
Redmond Jones · 1 eps
NYPD Blue
Victor Ugo · 1 eps
Bosch
John Caffrey · 1 eps
Miami Vice
C.I.A. Agent Carter · 1 eps
The Practice
John Pierce · 2 eps
The Rockford Files
Officer Hensley · 1 eps
The Rockford Files
Jeff Cooperman · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
De Petrus · 1 eps
Private Practice
Dennis Hoffman · 1 eps
The Waltons
Dr. Curtis Willard · 25 eps
The Waltons
Rex Barker · 1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
Mr. Royce · 1 eps
Battlestar Galactica
Joe · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Boone Choate · 1 eps
Lou Grant
Lind · 1 eps
Ray Donovan
Judge Roger Wettick · 1 eps
The Division
Bishop · 1 eps
The Guardian
Ray 'Rufus' Schmiel · 1 eps
Goliath
Jim · 1 eps
Kojak
Brenner · 1 eps
Roswell
Everett Hubble · 1 eps
Barnaby Jones
Baxter · 1 eps
Baretta
Eddie Ryan · 1 eps
China Beach
Archie Winslow · 1 eps
Hardcastle and McCormick
Marty Torrance · 1 eps
Crazy like a Fox
Trumble · 1 eps
Ice
Jonah Kreshman · 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Eli Nugent · 1 eps
Misfits of Science
Jeffries · 1 eps
Kingston: Confidential
Vincent Ross · 1 eps
The Dain Curse
Sgt. O'Gar · 3 eps
Love, Lies and Murder
Leverette · 2 eps
