Acting
Tom Bower
EN, TR cinema · 102 credits
Born
3 January 1938
Died
30 May 2024 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Denver, Colorado, USA
Also known as 톰 바우어 · تام باور · Tim Bower · Ralph Thomas Bower
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.
Known for
Filmography
Hurricanna
as Dentist
Double Down South
as Old Nick
We Have a Ghost
as Ernest Scheller
Raymond & Ray
as Harris
Fully Realized Humans
as Richard, Additional Dialogue
Two Ways Home
as Walter
Making a Deal with the Devil
as MacGivens
The Last Big Save
as Robert
Senior Love Triangle
as William Selig
As You Like It
as Jaques
Digging for Fire
as Tom the Neighbor
The Ever After
as Father O'Meara
Lamb
as Foster
Runoff
as Scratch
13 Sins
as Father
Out of the Furnace
as Dan Dugan
Session
as Dr. Albert Solomon
I Melt with You
as Captain Bob
The Killer Inside Me
as Sheriff Bob Maples
The Land of the Astronauts
as Mr. Esteridge
After the Denim
as James Packer
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
as Pat McDonagh
Crazy Heart
as Bill Wilson
For Sale by Owner
as Sheriff O'Hare
Gospel Hill
as Jack Herrod
Appaloosa
as Abner Raines
Familiar Strangers
as Frank Worthington
Undoing
as Don
Pain Within
as Joseph
The Hills Have Eyes
as Gas Station Attendant
Feel
as Buck
Brothers of the Head
as Eddie Pasqua
The Amateurs
as Floyd
Flannel Pajamas
as Bill
North Country
as Gray Suchett
Fathers and Sons
as Vito (uncredited)
In the Land of Milk and Money
as Lenny Cochran
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as Sheriff Fender
The Badge
as Bull Hardwick
High Crimes
as FBI Agent Mullins
The Laramie Project
as Father Roger Schmit
Hearts in Atlantis
as Len Files
Going Greek
as Bill
The Million Dollar Hotel
as Hector
Pollock
as Dan Miller
A Slipping Down Life
as Mr. Decker
Malevolence
as Jim Bradley
Poodle Springs
as Arnie Burns
The Negotiator
as Omar (uncredited)
Monday After the Miracle
as Uncle Ed
Follow Me Home
as Larry
Buffalo Soldiers
as Gen. Pike
The Killing Jar
as Det. Jake Pestone
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
as Marshall
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Judkins (uncredited)
The Avenging Angel
as Bill Hickman
White Man's Burden
as Stanley
Nixon
as Frank Nixon
Georgia
as Erwin Flood
Clear and Present Danger
as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
The Ballad of Little Jo
as Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
Relentless 3
as Captain Phelan
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
as Peter Baker
Shimmer
as Mr. Speck
Love Can Be Murder
as Mike Riordan
Raising Cain
as Sgt, Cully
Revenge on the Highway
as Officer Russell Yates
Dillinger
as Captain Matt Leach
Talent for the Game
as Reverend Bodeen
Die Hard 2
as Marvin
Nightbreaker
as Dan Cutter
Wired
as Detective
True Believer
as Cecil Skell
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
as Billy Dobbs
The Road to Terror
as Himself - Reporter
Promised a Miracle
as Michael Elliot
What Price Victory
as Eldon Ray
Lady in White
as Sheriff Saunders
Distant Thunder
as Louis
Split Decisions
as Detective Walsh
Family Sins
as Sheriff
Beverly Hills Cop II
as Russ Fielding
River's Edge
as Bennett
The Lightship
as "Coop" Cooper
Massive Retaliation
as Kirk Fredericks
Wildrose
as Rick
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
as Boone Chate
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1982
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
as Tom
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
as Eli Nugent
When Hell Was in Session
as Lt. Jim Norton
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
as William Tate
The 3,000 Mile Chase
as Richette
A Woman for All Men
as Construction Worker
Incident at Vichy
as Police Guard