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