Acting

Tom Bower

Born 1938-01-03 · Denver, Colorado, USA

Died 2024-05-30

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.

Credits

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Hurricanna
as Dentist
2025
Double Down South
as Old Nick
2024
We Have a Ghost
as Ernest Scheller
2023
The Real Spies Among Friends
as Self
2022
Raymond & Ray
as Harris
2022
Two Ways Home
as Walter
2020
Fully Realized Humans
as Richard
2020
Fully Realized Humans
Additional Dialogue
2020
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Lou
2019
Senior Love Triangle
as William Selig
2019
Light of My Life
as Tom
2019
Making a Deal with the Devil
as MacGivens
2019
The Last Big Save
as Robert
2019
As You Like It
as Jaques
2017
Ice
as Jonah Kreshman
2016
Goliath
as Jim
2016
Lamb
as Foster
2015
Digging for Fire
as Tom the Neighbor
2015
Runoff
as Scratch
2015
The Ever After
as Father O'Meara
2015
Bosch
as John Caffrey
2015
13 Sins
as Father
2014
Out of the Furnace
as Dan Dugan
2013
Dark Around the Stars
as Silky
2013
Ray Donovan
as Judge Roger Wettick
2013
I Melt with You
as Captain Bob
2011
Session
as Dr. Albert Solomon
2011
The Land of the Astronauts
as Mr. Esteridge
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
as Redmond Jones
2010
The Killer Inside Me
as Sheriff Bob Maples
2010
After the Denim
as James Packer
2010
Crazy Heart
as Bill Wilson
2009
For Sale by Owner
as Sheriff O'Hare
2009
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
as Pat McDonagh
2009
Familiar Strangers
as Frank Worthington
2008
Appaloosa
as Abner Raines
2008
Gospel Hill
as Jack Herrod
2008
Undoing
as Don
2007
Private Practice
as Dennis Hoffman
2007
Pain Within
as Joseph
2007
Feel
as Buck
2006
Flannel Pajamas
as Bill
2006
Brothers of the Head
as Eddie Pasqua
2006
The Amateurs
as Floyd
2006
The Hills Have Eyes
as Gas Station Attendant
2006
Criminal Minds
as Damon Miller
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Pop-Pop
2005
Fathers and Sons
as Vito (uncredited)
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Mr. Schultz
2005
The Office
as Heinrich
2005
North Country
as Gray Suchett
2005
Battlestar Galactica
as Joe
2004
In the Land of Milk and Money
as Lenny Cochran
2004
NCIS
as Miller Thompson
2003
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as Sheriff Fender
2003
The Badge
as Bull Hardwick
2002
Monk
as Bennie Wentworth
2002
High Crimes
as FBI Agent Mullins
2002
The Laramie Project
as Father Roger Schmit
2002
Hearts in Atlantis
as Len Files
2001
The Guardian
as Ray 'Rufus' Schmiel
2001
Going Greek
as Bill
2001
The Division
as Bishop
2001
Pollock
as Dan Miller
2000
The Million Dollar Hotel
as Hector
2000
Roswell
as Everett Hubble
1999
The West Wing
as General Barrie
1999
Malevolence
as Jim Bradley
1999
A Slipping Down Life
as Mr. Decker
1999
Monday After the Miracle
as Uncle Ed
1998
The Negotiator
as Omar (uncredited)
1998
Poodle Springs
as Arnie Burns
1998
Buffalo Soldiers
as Gen. Pike
1997
The Killing Jar
as Det. Jake Pestone
1997
The Practice
as John Pierce
1997
Follow Me Home
as Larry
1997
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
as Marshall
1996
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Judkins (uncredited)
1996
Nixon
as Frank Nixon
1995
White Man's Burden
as Stanley
1995