Tom Bower
ActingAlso Known As
톰 바우어, تام باور, Tim Bower, Ralph Thomas 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
(98 total)
Die Hard 2
as Marvin
The Hills Have Eyes
as Gas Station Attendant
Beverly Hills Cop II
as Russ Fielding
The Negotiator
as Omar (uncredited)
Out of the Furnace
as Dan Dugan
Clear and Present Danger
as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
as Pat McDonagh
13 Sins
as Father
Crazy Heart
as Bill Wilson
Appaloosa
as Abner Raines
High Crimes
as FBI Agent Mullins
North Country
as Gray Suchett
We Have a Ghost
as Ernest Scheller
The Killer Inside Me
as Sheriff Bob Maples
Hearts in Atlantis
as Len Files
Light of My Life
as Tom
Nixon
as Frank Nixon
Raising Cain
as Sgt, Cully
The Million Dollar Hotel
as Hector
TV Shows
(41 total)
Grey's Anatomy
as Mr. Schultz
The Office
as Heinrich
Criminal Minds
as Damon Miller
The X-Files
as Sheriff Harden
NCIS
as Miller Thompson
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Pop-Pop
Monk
as Bennie Wentworth
Ray Donovan
as Judge Roger Wettick
Bosch
as John Caffrey
Law & Order
as Whitten
The West Wing
as General Barrie
Miami Vice
as C.I.A. Agent Carter
Roswell
as Everett Hubble
Rizzoli & Isles
as Redmond Jones
Goliath
as Jim
Murder, She Wrote
as Jonathan Bailey
Private Practice
as Dennis Hoffman
Dallas
as Mancuso
NYPD Blue
as Victor Ugo