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Tom Bower
Born · January 3, 1938
Died · May 30, 2024 (86 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, USA
Bio
Tom Bower (born January 1938) is an American actor who has appeared in a wide variety of television and film roles from 1973 to present. He played physician-husband Curt on The Waltons. He has held a number of prominent supporting roles including Dan Miller in the 2000 film Pollock and the gas station attendant in the 2006 film The Hills Have Eyes. He also plays the barkeep in the Battlestar Galactica episode, "Taking a Break from All Your Worries". He has also had many notable roles in films such as River's Edge, Beverly Hills Cop II, Die Hard 2, Clear and Present Danger, Nixon, and The Negotiator. His 2008-09 roles include Appaloosa, with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen, Gospel Hill, with Danny Glover and Angela Bassett, as well as playing Pat McDonough, the father of Nicolas Cage's character, in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Sheriff Bob Maples in The Killer Inside Me, with Casey Affleck, and Crazy Heart with Jeff Bridges. Bower is also an award-winning stage actor.
Double Down South
Old Nick
5.5
2024
We Have a Ghost
Ernest Scheller
6.5
2023
Raymond & Ray
Harris
6.3
2022
Two Ways Home
Walter
6.3
2020
Fully Realized Humans
Richard
4.8
2020
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Lou
7.0
2019
Senior Love Triangle
William Selig
4.3
2019
Light of My Life
Tom
6.4
2019
Making a Deal with the Devil
MacGivens
0.0
2019
The Last Big Save
Robert
7.3
2019
As You Like It
Jaques
3.5
2017
Ice
Jonah Kreshman · (2 episodes)
6.5
2016
Goliath
(1 episode)
7.6
2016
Lamb
Foster
6.0
2015
Digging for Fire
Tom the Neighbor
5.1
2015
Runoff
Scratch
5.8
2015
The Ever After
Father O'Meara
5.8
2015
Bosch
John Caffrey · (1 episode)
7.9
2015
13 Sins
Father
6.3
2014
Out of the Furnace
Dan Dugan
6.6
2013
Dark Around the Stars
Silky
10.0
2013
Ray Donovan
Judge Roger Wettick · (1 episode)
7.5
2013
I Melt with You
Captain Bob
5.3
2011
Mr. Sunshine
General Mitch Tompkins · (1 episode)
6.3
2011
Session
Dr. Albert Solomon
4.2
2011
Black Limousine
Mr. Esteridge
6.9
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
Redmond Jones · (1 episode)
7.9
2010
The Killer Inside Me
Sheriff Bob Maples
5.8
2010
After the Denim
James Packer
0.0
2010
Crazy Heart
Bill Wilson
6.9
2009
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Pat McDonagh
6.2
2009
Appaloosa
Abner Raines
6.6
2008
Gospel Hill
Jack Herrod
4.7
2008
Familiar Strangers
6.2
2008
Undoing
Don
3.5
2007
Private Practice
Dennis Hoffman · (1 episode)
7.6
2007
Pain Within
Joseph
0.0
2007
Feel
Buck
5.2
2006
Flannel Pajamas
Bill
5.3
2006
Brothers of the Head
Eddie Pasqua
5.7
2006
The Amateurs
Floyd
5.6
2006
The Hills Have Eyes
Gas Station Attendant
6.4
2006
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Pop-Pop · (2 episodes)
8.3
2005
Grey's Anatomy
Mr. Schultz · (1 episode)
8.2
2005
The Office
Heinrich · (1 episode)
8.6
2005
North Country
Gray Suchett
7.2
2005
Battlestar Galactica
Joe · (1 episode)
8.2
2004
NCIS
Miller Thompson · (1 episode)
7.6
2003
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Tom Fender
5.3
2003
The Badge
Bull Hardwick
5.9
2002
Monk
Bennie Wentworth · (1 episode)
7.9
2002
High Crimes
FBI Agent Mullins
6.4
2002
The Laramie Project
Father Roger Schmit
6.4
2002
Hearts in Atlantis
Len Files
6.7
2001
Going Greek
Bill
4.8
2001
Pollock
Dan Miller
6.7
2000
The Million Dollar Hotel
Hector
5.9
2000
Roswell
Everett Hubble · (1 episode)
7.7
1999
The West Wing
General Barrie · (1 episode)
8.3
1999
Malevolence
Jim Bradley
6.0
1999
A Slipping Down Life
Mr. Decker
4.3
1999
Monday After the Miracle
Uncle Ed
0.0
1998
The Negotiator
Omar (uncredited)
7.1
1998
Poodle Springs
Arnie Burns
5.4
1998
Buffalo Soldiers
Gen. Pike
5.1
1997
The Killing Jar
Det. Jake Pestone
4.5
1997
Follow Me Home
Larry
6.0
1997
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
Marshall
0.0
1996
Nixon
Frank Nixon
6.9
1995
White Man's Burden
Stanley
5.1
1995
Georgia
Erwin Flood
5.9
1995
The Avenging Angel
Bill Hickman
5.2
1995
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
John Gale
6.1
1995
Against the Wall
Ed
6.1
1994
Shimmer
Mr. Speck
7.5
1993
The X-Files
Sheriff Harden · (1 episode)
8.4
1993
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
Peter Baker
6.0
1993
The Ballad of Little Jo
Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
5.8
1993
Relentless 3
Captain Phelan
4.8
1993
Love Can Be Murder
Mike Riordan
6.0
1992
Revenge on the Highway
Officer Russell Yates
3.2
1992
Raising Cain
Sgt, Cully
6.1
1992
Talent for the Game
Rev. Bodeen
6.0
1991
Love, Lies and Murder
Leverette · (2 episodes)
5.2
1991
Dillinger
Captain Matt Leach
4.5
1991
Law & Order
Whitten · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
Die Hard 2
Marvin
7.0
1990
The Road to Terror
Himself - Reporter
7.0
1989
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Billy Dobbs
9.5
1989
Wired
Detective
3.4
1989
Nightbreaker
Dan Cutter
7.1
1989
True Believer
Cecil Skell
6.2
1989
Distant Thunder
Louis
5.6
1988
Promised a Miracle
Michael Elliot
5.0
1988
Lady in White
Sheriff Saunders
6.1
1988
What Price Victory
Eldon Ray
0.0
1988
Family Sins
Sheriff
3.5
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II
Russ Fielding
6.5
1987
River's Edge
Bennett
6.5
1986
The Lightship
5.3
1985
Misfits of Science
Jeffries · (1 episode)
6.6
1985
Crazy like a Fox
Trumble · (1 episode)
7.1
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Jonathan Bailey · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Massive Retaliation
Kirk Fredericks
3.0
1984
Wildrose
Rick
0.0
1984
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Boone Chate
6.8
1983
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
Tom
9.0
1982
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
Eli Nugent
2.0
1982
Hill Street Blues
De Petrus · (1 episode)
7.6
1981
When Hell Was in Session
Lt. Jim Norton
7.0
1979
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
William Tate
0.0
1978
The Dain Curse
Sgt. O'Gar · (3 episodes)
6.2
1978
Dallas
Mancuso · (1 episode)
6.8
1978
The 3,000 Mile Chase
Richette
0.0
1977
The Commitment
Abe
0.0
1976
A Woman for All Men
Construction Worker
5.5
1975
Incident at Vichy
Police Guard
0.0
1973
The Spittin' Image
0.0
Hurricanna
Dentist
0.0
The Rockford Files
Officer Hensley · (1 episode)
7.5
1974
The Rockford Files
Jeff Cooperman · (1 episode)
7.5
1974
Kojak
Brenner · (1 episode)
6.9
1973
The Waltons
Dr. Curtis Willard · (8 episodes)
7.1
1972