Tom 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.

Cast

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