Tom Bower

Tom Bower (86)

1938-01-03 - 2024-05-30 | 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.

On Movies

  • Double Down South
  • We Have a Ghost
  • Raymond & Ray
  • Two Ways Home
  • Fully Realized Humans
  • El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
  • Senior Love Triangle
  • Light of My Life
  • Making a Deal with the Devil
  • The Last Big Save
  • As You Like It
  • Lamb
  • Digging for Fire
  • Runoff
  • The Ever After
  • 13 Sins
  • Out of the Furnace
  • Dark Around the Stars
  • I Melt with You
  • Session
  • Black Limousine
  • The Killer Inside Me
  • After the Denim
  • Crazy Heart
  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
  • Appaloosa
  • Gospel Hill
  • Familiar Strangers
  • Undoing
  • Pain Within
  • Flannel Pajamas
  • Brothers of the Head
  • The Amateurs
  • The Hills Have Eyes
  • North Country
  • The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
  • The Badge
  • High Crimes
  • The Laramie Project
  • Hearts in Atlantis
  • Going Greek
  • Pollock
  • The Million Dollar Hotel
  • Malevolence
  • A Slipping Down Life
  • Monday After the Miracle
  • The Negotiator
  • Poodle Springs
  • Buffalo Soldiers
  • The Killing Jar
  • Follow Me Home
  • Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
  • Nixon
  • White Man's Burden
  • Georgia
  • The Avenging Angel
  • Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
  • Clear and Present Danger
  • Against the Wall
  • Shimmer
  • Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
  • The Ballad of Little Jo
  • Relentless 3
  • Love Can Be Murder
  • Revenge on the Highway
  • Raising Cain
  • Talent for the Game
  • Dillinger
  • Die Hard 2
  • Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
  • Wired
  • Nightbreaker
  • True Believer
  • Distant Thunder
  • Promised a Miracle
  • Lady in White
  • What Price Victory
  • Family Sins
  • Beverly Hills Cop II
  • River's Edge
  • The Lightship
  • Massive Retaliation
  • Wildrose
  • The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
  • Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
  • Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
  • When Hell Was in Session
  • The Winds of Kitty Hawk
  • The 3,000 Mile Chase
  • The Commitment
  • A Woman for All Men
  • Incident at Vichy

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