Tom Bower
100 movies · 41 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 3, 1938
- Died
- May 30, 2024 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Also known as
- 톰 바우어 · تام باور · Tim Bower · Ralph Thomas Bower
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Tom Bower: movies and TV shows
Acting (141)
- Upcoming
- 2025 Hurricanna
as Dentist
- 2024 Double Down South
as Old Nick
- 2023 We Have a Ghost
as Ernest Scheller
- 2022 Raymond & Ray
as Harris
- 2020 Two Ways Home
as Walter
- 2020 Fully Realized Humans
as Richard
- 2019
- 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
- 2017 As You Like It
as Jaques
- 2016
- 2016
- 2015 Lamb
as Foster
- 2015 Digging for Fire
as Tom the Neighbor
- 2015 Runoff
as Scratch
- 2015 The Ever After
as Father O'Meara
- 2015
- 2014 13 Sins
as Father
- 2013 Out of the Furnace
as Dan Dugan
- 2013 Dark Around the Stars
as Silky
- 2013
- 2011 I Melt with You
as Captain Bob
- 2011 Session
as Dr. Albert Solomon
- 2010 The Land of the Astronauts
as Mr. Esteridge
- 2010
- 2010 The Killer Inside Me
as Sheriff Bob Maples
- 2010 After the Denim
as James Packer
- 2009 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
- 2008 Familiar Strangers
as Frank Worthington
- 2008 Appaloosa
as Abner Raines
- 2008 Gospel Hill
as Jack Herrod
- 2007 Undoing
as Don
- 2007
- 2007 Pain Within
as Joseph
- 2006 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
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 Fathers and Sons
as Vito (uncredited)
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 North Country
as Gray Suchett
- 2004
- 2004 In the Land of Milk and Money
as Lenny Cochran
- 2003
- 2003 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as Sheriff Fender
- 2002 The Badge
as Bull Hardwick
- 2002
- 2002 High Crimes
as FBI Agent Mullins
- 2002 The Laramie Project
as Father Roger Schmit
- 2001 Hearts in Atlantis
as Len Files
- 2001
- 2001 Going Greek
as Bill
- 2001
- 2000 Pollock
as Dan Miller
- 2000 The Million Dollar Hotel
as Hector
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999 Malevolence
as Jim Bradley
- 1999 A Slipping Down Life
as Mr. Decker
- 1998 Monday After the Miracle
as Uncle Ed
- 1998 The Negotiator
as Omar (uncredited)
- 1998 Poodle Springs
as Arnie Burns
- 1997 Buffalo Soldiers
as Gen. Pike
- 1997 The Killing Jar
as Det. Jake Pestone
- 1997
- 1997 Follow Me Home
as Larry
- 1996 Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
as Marshall
- 1996 Riders of the Purple Sage
as Judkins (uncredited)
- 1995 Nixon
as Frank Nixon
- 1995 White Man's Burden
as Stanley
- 1995 Georgia
as Erwin Flood
- 1995 The Avenging Angel
as Bill Hickman
- 1995 Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
as John Gale
- 1994 Clear and Present Danger
as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
- 1994 Against the Wall
as Ed
- 1993 Shimmer
as Mr. Speck
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993 Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
as Peter Baker
- 1993 The Ballad of Little Jo
as Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
- 1993 Relentless 3
as Captain Phelan
- 1992 Love Can Be Murder
as Mike Riordan
- 1992 Revenge on the Highway
as Officer Russell Yates
- 1992 Raising Cain
as Sgt, Cully
- 1991 Talent for the Game
as Reverend Bodeen
- 1991
- 1991 Dillinger
as Captain Matt Leach
- 1990
- 1990 Die Hard 2
as Marvin
- 1989 Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
as Billy Dobbs
- 1989 Wired
as Detective
- 1989 Nightbreaker
as Dan Cutter
- 1989 True Believer
as Cecil Skell
- 1988 Distant Thunder
as Louis
- 1988 Split Decisions
as Detective Walsh
- 1988 Promised a Miracle
as Michael Elliot
- 1988
- 1988 Lady in White
as Sheriff Saunders
- 1988 What Price Victory
as Eldon Ray
- 1987 Family Sins
as Sheriff
- 1987 Beverly Hills Cop II
as Russ Fielding
- 1986 River's Edge
as Bennett
- 1985 The Lightship
as "Coop" Cooper
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984 Massive Retaliation
as Kirk Fredericks
- 1984 Wildrose
as Rick
- 1983
- 1983 The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
as Boone Chate
- 1982
- 1982 Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
as Eli Nugent
- 1982
- 1981
- 1979 When Hell Was in Session
as Lt. Jim Norton
- 1978 The Winds of Kitty Hawk
as William Tate
- 1978
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977 The 3,000 Mile Chase
as Richette
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976 The Commitment
as Abe
- 1975 A Woman for All Men
as Construction Worker
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973 Incident at Vichy
as Police Guard
- 1973
- 1973
- 1972
- 1954
Behind the camera (1)
- 2020 Fully Realized Humans
Additional Dialogue
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2022
- 1989