Tom Bower
Acting
Born January 3, 1938 · 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.
Films (97)
Hurricanna
2025
Double Down South
2024
We Have a Ghost
2023
Raymond & Ray
2022
Two Ways Home
2020
Fully Realized Humans
2020
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
Senior Love Triangle
2019
Light of My Life
2019
Making a Deal with the Devil
2019
The Last Big Save
2019
As You Like It
2017
Lamb
2015
Digging for Fire
2015
Runoff
2015
The Ever After
2015
13 Sins
2014
Out of the Furnace
2013
Dark Around the Stars
2013
I Melt with You
2011
Session
2011
The Land of the Astronauts
2010
The Killer Inside Me
2010
After the Denim
2010
Crazy Heart
2009
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
Familiar Strangers
2008
Appaloosa
2008
Gospel Hill
2008
Undoing
2007
Pain Within
2007
Feel
2006
Flannel Pajamas
2006
Brothers of the Head
2006
The Amateurs
2006
The Hills Have Eyes
2006
North Country
2005
In the Land of Milk and Money
2004
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
The Badge
2002
High Crimes
2002
The Laramie Project
2002
Hearts in Atlantis
2001
Going Greek
2001
Pollock
2000
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
Malevolence
1999
A Slipping Down Life
1999
Monday After the Miracle
1998
The Negotiator
1998
Poodle Springs
1998
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
The Killing Jar
1997
Follow Me Home
1997
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
Riders of the Purple Sage
1996
Nixon
1995
White Man's Burden
1995
Georgia
1995
The Avenging Angel
1995
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
1995
Clear and Present Danger
1994
Against the Wall
1994
Shimmer
1993
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
1993
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993
Relentless 3
1993
Love Can Be Murder
1992
Revenge on the Highway
1992
Raising Cain
1992
Talent for the Game
1991
Dillinger
1991
Die Hard 2
1990
The Road to Terror
1989
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
Wired
1989
Nightbreaker
1989
True Believer
1989
Distant Thunder
1988
Promised a Miracle
1988
Lady in White
1988
What Price Victory
1988
Family Sins
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
River's Edge
1986
The Lightship
1985
Massive Retaliation
1984
Wildrose
1984
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1982
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982
When Hell Was in Session
1979
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977
The Commitment
1976
A Woman for All Men
1975
Incident at Vichy
1973