
Tom Bower
Acting
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.

Hurricanna
Dentist

Double Down South
Old Nick

We Have a Ghost
Ernest Scheller

Raymond & Ray
Harris

Two Ways Home
Walter

Fully Realized Humans
Richard

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Lou

Senior Love Triangle
William Selig

Light of My Life
Tom

Making a Deal with the Devil
MacGivens

The Last Big Save
Robert

As You Like It
Jaques

Lamb
Foster

Digging for Fire
Tom the Neighbor

Runoff
Scratch

The Ever After
Father O'Meara

13 Sins
Father

Out of the Furnace
Dan Dugan

Dark Around the Stars
Silky

I Melt with You
Captain Bob

Session
Dr. Albert Solomon

The Land of the Astronauts
Mr. Esteridge

The Killer Inside Me
Sheriff Bob Maples

After the Denim
James Packer

Crazy Heart
Bill Wilson

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Pat McDonagh

Familiar Strangers

Appaloosa
Abner Raines

Gospel Hill
Jack Herrod

Undoing
Don

Pain Within
Joseph

Feel
Buck

Flannel Pajamas
Bill

Brothers of the Head
Eddie Pasqua

The Amateurs
Floyd

The Hills Have Eyes
Gas Station Attendant

North Country
Gray Suchett

In the Land of Milk and Money
Lenny Cochran

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Sheriff Fender

The Badge
Bull Hardwick

High Crimes
FBI Agent Mullins

The Laramie Project
Father Roger Schmit

Hearts in Atlantis
Len Files

Going Greek
Bill

Pollock
Dan Miller

The Million Dollar Hotel
Hector

Malevolence
Jim Bradley

A Slipping Down Life
Mr. Decker

Monday After the Miracle
Uncle Ed

The Negotiator
Omar (uncredited)

Poodle Springs
Arnie Burns

Buffalo Soldiers
Gen. Pike

The Killing Jar
Det. Jake Pestone

Follow Me Home
Larry

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
Marshall

Riders of the Purple Sage
Judkins (uncredited)

Nixon
Frank Nixon

White Man's Burden
Stanley

Georgia
Erwin Flood

The Avenging Angel
Bill Hickman

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
John Gale

Clear and Present Danger
Clark's Pilot (uncredited)

Against the Wall
Ed

Shimmer
Mr. Speck

Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
Peter Baker

The Ballad of Little Jo
Lyle Hogg (uncredited)

Relentless 3
Captain Phelan

Love Can Be Murder
Mike Riordan

Revenge on the Highway
Officer Russell Yates

Raising Cain
Sgt, Cully

Talent for the Game
Rev. Bodeen

Dillinger
Captain Matt Leach

Die Hard 2
Marvin

The Road to Terror
Himself - Reporter

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Billy Dobbs

Wired
Detective

Nightbreaker
Dan Cutter

True Believer
Cecil Skell

Distant Thunder
Louis

Promised a Miracle
Michael Elliot

Lady in White
Sheriff Saunders

What Price Victory
Eldon Ray

Family Sins
Sheriff

Beverly Hills Cop II
Russ Fielding

River's Edge
Bennett

The Lightship
"Coop" Cooper

Massive Retaliation
Kirk Fredericks

Wildrose
Rick

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Boone Chate
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
Tom

Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
Eli Nugent

When Hell Was in Session
Lt. Jim Norton

The Winds of Kitty Hawk
William Tate

The 3,000 Mile Chase
Richette

The Commitment
Abe

A Woman for All Men
Construction Worker

Incident at Vichy
Police Guard







