Tom Bower
Birthday: 1938-01-03
Deathday: 2024-05-30
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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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The Spittin' Image | ||
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2025-06-11 | Hurricanna | Dentist |
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2024-01-19 | Double Down South | Old Nick |
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2023-02-24 | We Have a Ghost | Ernest Scheller |
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2022-10-14 | Raymond & Ray | Harris |
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2020-12-29 | Two Ways Home | Walter |
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2020-08-08 | Fully Realized Humans | Richard |
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2019-10-11 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Lou |
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2019-09-08 | Senior Love Triangle | William Selig |
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2019-08-09 | Light of My Life | Tom |
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2019-06-20 | Making a Deal with the Devil | MacGivens |
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2019-05-18 | The Last Big Save | Robert |
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2017-09-15 | As You Like It | Jaques |
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2015-10-20 | Lamb | Foster |
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2015-08-21 | Digging for Fire | Tom the Neighbor |
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2015-06-26 | Runoff | Scratch |
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2015-02-13 | The Ever After | Father O'Meara |
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2014-04-11 | 13 Sins | Father |
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2013-11-12 | Out of the Furnace | Dan Dugan |
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2013-09-13 | Dark Around the Stars | Silky |
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2011-12-09 | I Melt with You | Captain Bob |
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2011-01-20 | Session | Dr. Albert Solomon |
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2010-10-19 | The Land of the Astronauts | Mr. Esteridge |
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2010-02-19 | The Killer Inside Me | Sheriff Bob Maples |
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2010-01-02 | After the Denim | James Packer |
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2009-12-16 | Crazy Heart | Bill Wilson |
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2009-09-11 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans | Pat McDonagh |
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2008-11-14 | Familiar Strangers | |
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2008-09-19 | Appaloosa | Abner Raines |
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2008-02-09 | Gospel Hill | Jack Herrod |
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2007-12-05 | Undoing | Don |
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2007-03-30 | Pain Within | Joseph |
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2006-12-01 | Feel | Buck |
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2006-11-15 | Flannel Pajamas | Bill |
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2006-07-28 | Brothers of the Head | Eddie Pasqua |
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2006-04-22 | The Amateurs | Floyd |
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2006-03-10 | The Hills Have Eyes | Gas Station Attendant |
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2005-02-12 | North Country | Gray Suchett |
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2004-01-01 | In the Land of Milk and Money | Lenny Cochran |
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2003-07-18 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story | Sheriff Fender |
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2002-09-07 | The Badge | Bull Hardwick |
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2002-04-05 | High Crimes | FBI Agent Mullins |
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2002-01-10 | The Laramie Project | Father Roger Schmit |
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2001-09-28 | Hearts in Atlantis | Len Files |
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2001-08-04 | Going Greek | Bill |
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2000-09-06 | Pollock | Dan Miller |
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2000-02-09 | The Million Dollar Hotel | Hector |
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1999-02-01 | Malevolence | Jim Bradley |
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1999-01-22 | A Slipping Down Life | Mr. Decker |
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1998-11-15 | Monday After the Miracle | Uncle Ed |
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1998-07-29 | The Negotiator | Omar (uncredited) |
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1998-07-25 | Poodle Springs | Arnie Burns |
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1997-12-07 | Buffalo Soldiers | Gen. Pike |
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1997-05-27 | The Killing Jar | Det. Jake Pestone |
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1997-02-28 | Follow Me Home | Larry |
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1996-06-20 | Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal | Marshall |
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1996-01-21 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Judkins (uncredited) |
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1995-12-22 | Nixon | Frank Nixon |
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1995-12-01 | White Man's Burden | Stanley |
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1995-05-19 | Georgia | Erwin Flood |
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1995-01-22 | The Avenging Angel | Bill Hickman |
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1995-01-13 | Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog | John Gale |
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1994-08-03 | Clear and Present Danger | Clark's Pilot (uncredited) |
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1994-03-26 | Against the Wall | Ed |
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1993-10-01 | Shimmer | Mr. Speck |
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1993-08-27 | Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde | Peter Baker |
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1993-08-20 | The Ballad of Little Jo | Lyle Hogg (uncredited) |
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1993-08-18 | Relentless 3 | Captain Phelan |
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1992-12-14 | Love Can Be Murder | Mike Riordan |
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1992-12-06 | Revenge on the Highway | Officer Russell Yates |
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1992-08-07 | Raising Cain | Sgt, Cully |
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1991-04-26 | Talent for the Game | Rev. Bodeen |
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1991-01-06 | Dillinger | Captain Matt Leach |
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1990-07-03 | Die Hard 2 | Marvin |
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1989-10-10 | Desperado: The Outlaw Wars | Billy Dobbs |
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1989-08-25 | Wired | Detective |
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1989-03-08 | Nightbreaker | Dan Cutter |
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1989-02-17 | True Believer | Cecil Skell |
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1988-11-11 | Distant Thunder | Louis |
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1988-05-19 | Promised a Miracle | Michael Elliot |
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1988-04-22 | Lady in White | Sheriff Saunders |
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1988-01-18 | What Price Victory | Eldon Ray |
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1987-10-25 | Family Sins | Sheriff |
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1987-05-18 | Beverly Hills Cop II | Russ Fielding |
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1986-10-10 | River's Edge | Bennett |
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1985-12-14 | The Lightship | "Coop" Cooper |
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1984-09-01 | Massive Retaliation | Kirk Fredericks |
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1984-05-04 | Wildrose | Rick |
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1983-08-19 | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | Boone Chate |
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1982-09-29 | Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice | Tom |
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1982-01-16 | Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang | Eli Nugent |
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1979-10-08 | When Hell Was in Session | Lt. Jim Norton |
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1978-12-17 | The Winds of Kitty Hawk | William Tate |
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1977-06-16 | The 3,000 Mile Chase | Richette |
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1976-01-01 | The Commitment | Abe |
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1975-08-01 | A Woman for All Men | Construction Worker |
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1973-12-06 | Incident at Vichy | Police Guard |