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