Tom Bower
Acting
1938-01-03 · Denver, Colorado, USA
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.
Filmography
Hurricanna
2025 · Movie
Double Down South
2024 · Movie
We Have a Ghost
2023 · Movie
The Real Spies Among Friends
2022 · Movie
Raymond & Ray
2022 · Movie
Two Ways Home
2020 · Movie
Fully Realized Humans
2020 · Movie
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019 · Movie
Senior Love Triangle
2019 · Movie
Light of My Life
2019 · Movie
Making a Deal with the Devil
2019 · Movie
The Last Big Save
2019 · Movie
As You Like It
2017 · Movie
Ice
2016 · Series
Goliath
2016 · Series
Lamb
2015 · Movie
Digging for Fire
2015 · Movie
Runoff
2015 · Movie
The Ever After
2015 · Movie
Bosch
2015 · Series
13 Sins
2014 · Movie
Out of the Furnace
2013 · Movie
Dark Around the Stars
2013 · Movie
Ray Donovan
2013 · Series
I Melt with You
2011 · Movie
Session
2011 · Movie
The Land of the Astronauts
2010 · Movie
Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · Series
The Killer Inside Me
2010 · Movie
After the Denim
2010 · Movie
Crazy Heart
2009 · Movie
For Sale by Owner
2009 · Movie
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009 · Movie
Familiar Strangers
2008 · Movie
Appaloosa
2008 · Movie
Gospel Hill
2008 · Movie
Undoing
2007 · Movie
Private Practice
2007 · Series
Pain Within
2007 · Movie
Feel
2006 · Movie
Flannel Pajamas
2006 · Movie
Brothers of the Head
2006 · Movie
The Amateurs
2006 · Movie
The Hills Have Eyes
2006 · Movie
Criminal Minds
2005 · Series
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · Series
Fathers and Sons
2005 · Movie
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
The Office
2005 · Series
North Country
2005 · Movie
Battlestar Galactica
2004 · Series
In the Land of Milk and Money
2004 · Movie
NCIS
2003 · Series
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003 · Movie
The Badge
2002 · Movie
Monk
2002 · Series
High Crimes
2002 · Movie
The Laramie Project
2002 · Movie
Hearts in Atlantis
2001 · Movie
The Guardian
2001 · Series
Going Greek
2001 · Movie
The Division
2001 · Series
Pollock
2000 · Movie
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000 · Movie
Roswell
1999 · Series
The West Wing
1999 · Series
Malevolence
1999 · Movie
A Slipping Down Life
1999 · Movie
Monday After the Miracle
1998 · Movie
The Negotiator
1998 · Movie
Poodle Springs
1998 · Movie
Buffalo Soldiers
1997 · Movie
The Killing Jar
1997 · Movie
The Practice
1997 · Series
Follow Me Home
1997 · Movie
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996 · Movie
Riders of the Purple Sage
1996 · Movie
Nixon
1995 · Movie
White Man's Burden
1995 · Movie
Georgia
1995 · Movie
The Avenging Angel
1995 · Movie
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
1995 · Movie
Clear and Present Danger
1994 · Movie
Against the Wall
1994 · Movie
Shimmer
1993 · Movie
NYPD Blue
1993 · Series
The X-Files
1993 · Series
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
1993 · Movie
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993 · Movie
Relentless 3
1993 · Movie
Love Can Be Murder
1992 · Movie
Revenge on the Highway
1992 · Movie
Raising Cain
1992 · Movie
Talent for the Game
1991 · Movie
Love, Lies and Murder
1991 · Series
Dillinger
1991 · Movie
Law & Order
1990 · Series
Die Hard 2
1990 · Movie
The Road to Terror
1989 · Movie
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989 · Movie
Wired
1989 · Movie
Nightbreaker
1989 · Movie
True Believer
1989 · Movie
Distant Thunder
1988 · Movie
Split Decisions
1988 · Movie
Promised a Miracle
1988 · Movie
China Beach
1988 · Series
Lady in White
1988 · Movie
What Price Victory
1988 · Movie
Family Sins
1987 · Movie
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 · Movie
River's Edge
1986 · Movie
The Lightship
1985 · Movie
Misfits of Science
1985 · Series
Crazy like a Fox
1984 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Miami Vice
1984 · Series
Massive Retaliation
1984 · Movie
Wildrose
1984 · Movie
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 · Series
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983 · Movie
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1982 · Movie
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
When Hell Was in Session
1979 · Movie
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978 · Movie
The Dain Curse
1978 · Series
Dallas
1978 · Series
Lou Grant
1977 · Series
The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977 · Movie
Kingston: Confidential
1977 · Series
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Series
The Commitment
1976 · Movie
A Woman for All Men
1975 · Movie
Baretta
1975 · Series
The Rockford Files
1974 · Series
Incident at Vichy
1973 · Movie
Kojak
1973 · Series
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Series
The Waltons
1972 · Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
The Spittin' Image
Movie