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