Acting
Tom 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.
Movies with Tom Bower
The Negotiator
1998
The Hills Have Eyes
2006
Clear and Present Danger
1994
Die Hard 2
1990
Crazy Heart
2009
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
13 Sins
2014
We Have a Ghost
2023
High Crimes
2002
Out of the Furnace
2013
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
North Country
2005
Hearts in Atlantis
2001
Appaloosa
2008
Light of My Life
2019
Raising Cain
1992
Poodle Springs
1998
River's Edge
1986
Nixon
1995
The Badge
2002
Raymond & Ray
2022
The Killer Inside Me
2010
True Believer
1989
The Amateurs
2006
Fathers and Sons
2005
Distant Thunder
1988
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
Pollock
2000
Lady in White
1988
Against the Wall
1994
I Melt with You
2011
Undoing
2007
Digging for Fire
2015
The Laramie Project
2002
Nightbreaker
1989
White Man's Burden
1995
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
1995
Feel
2006
Follow Me Home
1997
Flannel Pajamas
2006
Shimmer
1993
Lamb
2015
Gospel Hill
2008
Split Decisions
1988
Going Greek
2001
The Ever After
2015
Dark Around the Stars
2013
Runoff
2015
The Lightship
1985
The Killing Jar
1997
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
Family Sins
1987
Georgia
1995
Brothers of the Head
2006
The Avenging Angel
1995
When Hell Was in Session
1979
Session
2011
Riders of the Purple Sage
1996
A Woman for All Men
1975
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993
A Slipping Down Life
1999
Monday After the Miracle
1998
Talent for the Game
1991
Promised a Miracle
1988
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
1993
The Land of the Astronauts
2010
The Commitment
1976
Hurricanna
2025
Familiar Strangers
2008
The Last Big Save
2019
Massive Retaliation
1984
Double Down South
2024
Relentless 3
1993
As You Like It
2017
Revenge on the Highway
1992
Incident at Vichy
1973
What Price Victory
1988
Love Can Be Murder
1992
Dillinger
1991
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1982
Wired
1989
The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977
Making a Deal with the Devil
2019
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
In the Land of Milk and Money
2004
The Spittin' Image
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
Malevolence
1999
Fully Realized Humans
2020
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982
Pain Within
2007
The Road to Terror
1989
Two Ways Home
2020
Senior Love Triangle
2019
Wildrose
1984
After the Denim
2010
The Real Spies Among Friends
2022
TV Shows with Tom Bower
Law & Order
1990
NCIS
2003
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
The Office
2005
The X-Files
1993
Monk
2002
Dallas
1978
The West Wing
1999
Bosch
2015
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
Murder, She Wrote
1984
NYPD Blue
1993
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
Miami Vice
1984
The Waltons
1972
The Practice
1997
Goliath
2016
Battlestar Galactica
2004
Private Practice
2007
Ray Donovan
2013
The Rockford Files
1974
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Guardian
2001
The Division
2001
Lou Grant
1977
Roswell
1999
Kojak
1973
Baretta
1975
Barnaby Jones
1973
Crazy like a Fox
1984
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
American Playhouse
1982
China Beach
1988
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Ice
2016
Misfits of Science
1985
The Dain Curse
1978
Love, Lies and Murder
1991
Kingston: Confidential
1977