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.
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Films (102)
Hurricanna
2027 · Dentist
Double Down South
2024 · Old Nick
Nous avons un fantôme
2023 · Ernest Scheller
The Real Spies Among Friends
2022 · Self
Raymond & Ray
2022 · Harris
Two Ways Home
2020 · Walter
Fully Realized Humans
2020 · Richard, Additional Dialogue
El Camino : Un film "Breaking Bad"
2019 · Lou
Senior Love Triangle
2019 · William Selig
Light of My Life
2019 · Tom
Making a Deal with the Devil
2019 · MacGivens
The Last Big Save
2019 · Robert
As You Like It
2017 · Jaques
Lamb
2015 · Foster
En Busca de Nosotros
2015 · Tom the Neighbor
Runoff
2015 · Scratch
The Ever After
2015 · Father O'Meara
Les Jeux de la Mort
2014 · Father
Les Brasiers de la colère
2013 · Dan Dugan
Dark Around the Stars
2013 · Silky
I Melt with You
2011 · Captain Bob
Session
2011 · Dr. Albert Solomon
The Land of the Astronauts
2010 · Mr. Esteridge
Le tueur en moi
2010 · Sheriff Bob Maples
After the Denim
2010 · James Packer
Loco Corazón
2009 · Bill Wilson
For Sale by Owner
2009 · Sheriff O'Hare
Bad Lieutenant : Escale à la Nouvelle-Orléans
2009 · Pat McDonagh
Familiar Strangers
2008 · Frank Worthington
Entre la vida y la muerte
2008 · Abner Raines
Gospel Hill
2008 · Jack Herrod
Undoing
2007 · Don
Pain Within
2007 · Joseph
Feel
2006 · Buck
Flannel Pajamas
2006 · Bill
Brothers of the Head
2006 · Eddie Pasqua
The Amateurs
2006 · Floyd
La colline a des yeux
2006 · Gas Station Attendant
Fathers and Sons
2005 · Vito (uncredited)
L'Affaire Josey Aimes
2005 · Gray Suchett
In the Land of Milk and Money
2004 · Lenny Cochran
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003 · Sheriff Fender
En eaux troubles
2002 · Bull Hardwick
Crimes et pouvoir
2002 · FBI Agent Mullins
Le Projet Laramie
2002 · Father Roger Schmit
Cœurs Perdus en Atlantide
2001 · Len Files
Going Greek
2001 · Bill
Pollock: La vida de un creador
2000 · Dan Miller
El hotel del millón de dólares
2000 · Hector
Malevolence
1999 · Jim Bradley
A Slipping Down Life
1999 · Mr. Decker
Monday After the Miracle
1998 · Uncle Ed
Négociateur
1998 · Omar (uncredited)
Embrouille à Poodle Springs
1998 · Arnie Burns
Buffalo Soldiers
1997 · Gen. Pike
Mémoires meurtrières
1997 · Det. Jake Pestone
Follow Me Home
1997 · Larry
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996 · Marshall
Les Cavaliers de la mort
1996 · Judkins (uncredited)
Nixon
1995 · Frank Nixon
White Man
1995 · Stanley
Georgia
1995 · Erwin Flood
The Avenging Angel
1995 · Bill Hickman
Loin de la maison
1995 · John Gale
Danger immédiat
1994 · Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
La Révolte d'Attica
1994 · Ed
Shimmer
1993 · Mr. Speck
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
1993 · Peter Baker
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993 · Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
Relentless III - Le Mutilateur
1993 · Captain Phelan
La belle et le fantôme
1992 · Mike Riordan
Silent Thunder: Le volant de la mort
1992 · Officer Russell Yates
L'Esprit de Caïn
1992 · Sgt, Cully
Talent for the Game
1991 · Reverend Bodeen
Dillinger
1991 · Captain Matt Leach
58 minutes pour vivre
1990 · Marvin
The Road to Terror
1989 · Himself - Reporter
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989 · Billy Dobbs
Wired
1989 · Detective
Nightbreaker
1989 · Dan Cutter
True Believer
1989 · Cecil Skell
Distant Thunder
1988 · Louis
Split Decisions
1988 · Detective Walsh
Promised a Miracle
1988 · Michael Elliot
Lady in White
1988 · Sheriff Saunders
What Price Victory
1988 · Eldon Ray
Family Sins
1987 · Sheriff
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 · Russ Fielding
River's Edge
1986 · Bennett
The Lightship
1985 · "Coop" Cooper
Massive Retaliation
1984 · Kirk Fredericks
Wildrose
1984 · Rick
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983 · Boone Chate
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1982 · Tom
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982 · Eli Nugent
When Hell Was in Session
1979 · Lt. Jim Norton
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978 · William Tate
The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977 · Richette
The Commitment
1976 · Abe
A Woman for All Men
1975 · Construction Worker
Incident at Vichy
1973 · Police Guard
The Spittin' Image
Séries (41)
Ice
2016 · Jonah Kreshman
Goliath
2016 · Jim
Bosch
2015 · John Caffrey
Ray Donovan
2013 · Judge Roger Wettick
Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · Redmond Jones
Private Practice
2007 · Dennis Hoffman
Esprits criminels
2005 · Damon Miller
Philadelphia
2005 · Pop-Pop
Dre Grey, leçons d'anatomie
2005 · Mr. Schultz
La Oficina
2005 · Heinrich
Battlestar Galactica
2004 · Joe
NCIS : Enquêtes Spéciales
2003 · Miller Thompson
Monk
2002 · Bennie Wentworth
Le Protecteur
2001 · Ray 'Rufus' Schmiel
Division d'élite
2001 · Bishop
Roswell
1999 · Everett Hubble
À la Maison Blanche
1999 · General Barrie
The Practice : Bobby Donnell & Associés
1997 · John Pierce
New York Police Blues
1993 · Victor Ugo
X-Files : Aux frontières du réel
1993 · Sheriff Harden
Love, Lies and Murder
1991 · Leverette
New York Police Judiciaire
1990 · Whitten
China Beach
1988 · Archie Winslow
Misfits of Science
1985 · Jeffries
Crazy like a Fox
1984 · Trumble
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Jonathan Bailey
Miami Vice
1984 · C.I.A. Agent Carter
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 · Marty Torrance
American Playhouse
1982 · Boone Choate
Hill Street Blues
1981 · De Petrus
The Dain Curse
1978 · Sgt. O'Gar
Dallas
1978 · Mancuso
Lou Grant
1977 · Lind
Kingston: Confidential
1977 · Vincent Ross
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Mr. Royce
Baretta
1975 · Eddie Ryan
The Rockford Files
1974 · Officer Hensley, Jeff Cooperman
Kojak
1973 · Brenner
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Baxter
The Waltons
1972 · Dr. Curtis Willard, Rex Barker
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Eli Nugent