Tom Bower
Known for: Acting
Born: January 3, 1938
Died: May 30, 2024
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
102 movies · 41 TV shows, newest first
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Hurricanna
2025
6.1
Double Down South
2024
6.4
We Have a Ghost
2023
8.0
The Real Spies Among Friends
2022
6.2
Raymond & Ray
2022
5.8
Two Ways Home
2020
5.2
Fully Realized Humans
2020
7.0
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
4.3
Senior Love Triangle
2019
6.5
Light of My Life
2019
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Making a Deal with the Devil
2019
5.8
The Last Big Save
2019
3.5
As You Like It
2017
6.4
Ice
2016
7.6
Goliath
2016
6.1
Lamb
2015
5.2
Digging for Fire
2015
5.8
Runoff
2015
5.7
The Ever After
2015
7.9
Bosch
2015
6.3
13 Sins
2014
6.6
Out of the Furnace
2013
5.5
Dark Around the Stars
2013
7.5
Ray Donovan
2013
5.3
I Melt with You
2011
4.2
Session
2011
6.3
The Land of the Astronauts
2010
7.9
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
5.8
The Killer Inside Me
2010
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After the Denim
2010
6.9
Crazy Heart
2009
3.4
For Sale by Owner
2009
6.2
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
6.2
Familiar Strangers
2008
6.6
Appaloosa
2008
4.8
Gospel Hill
2008
5.3
Undoing
2007
7.5
Private Practice
2007
9.0
Pain Within
2007
4.8
Feel
2006
5.4
Flannel Pajamas
2006
5.5
Brothers of the Head
2006
5.6
The Amateurs
2006
6.5
The Hills Have Eyes
2006
8.3
Criminal Minds
2005
8.3
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
5.1
Fathers and Sons
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
8.6
The Office
2005
7.3
North Country
2005
8.2
Battlestar Galactica
2004
8.3
In the Land of Milk and Money
2004
7.6
NCIS
2003
5.2
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
5.7
The Badge
2002
7.9
Monk
2002
6.3
High Crimes
2002
6.2
The Laramie Project
2002
6.8
Hearts in Atlantis
2001
7.0
The Guardian
2001
4.9
Going Greek
2001
7.1
The Division
2001
6.7
Pollock
2000
5.9
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
7.7
Roswell
1999
8.3
The West Wing
1999
7.3
Malevolence
1999
4.4
A Slipping Down Life
1999
9.0
Monday After the Miracle
1998
7.1
The Negotiator
1998
5.5
Poodle Springs
1998
5.5
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
4.4
The Killing Jar
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
5.0
Follow Me Home
1997
7.0
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
6.0
Riders of the Purple Sage
1996
6.8
Nixon
1995
5.1
White Man's Burden
1995
5.7
Georgia
1995
5.0
The Avenging Angel
1995
6.2
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
1995
6.6
Clear and Present Danger
1994
6.2
Against the Wall
1994
7.8
Shimmer
1993
7.0
NYPD Blue
1993
8.4
The X-Files
1993
6.2
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
1993
6.1
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993
4.8
Relentless 3
1993
7.0
Love Can Be Murder
1992
4.2
Revenge on the Highway
1992
6.0
Raising Cain
1992
7.0
Talent for the Game
1991
4.9
Love, Lies and Murder
1991
5.6
Dillinger
1991
7.3
Law & Order
1990
7.0
Die Hard 2
1990
7.0
The Road to Terror
1989
9.0
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
3.6
Wired
1989
6.7
Nightbreaker
1989
6.2
True Believer
1989
5.8
Distant Thunder
1988
5.1
Split Decisions
1988
5.3
Promised a Miracle
1988
7.4
China Beach
1988
6.1
Lady in White
1988
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What Price Victory
1988
5.7
Family Sins
1987
6.5
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
6.5
River's Edge
1986
5.3
The Lightship
1985
7.1
Misfits of Science
1985
7.2
Crazy like a Fox
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.4
Miami Vice
1984
4.0
Massive Retaliation
1984
4.5
Wildrose
1984
6.5
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
7.0
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
19838.5
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1982
4.5
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.5
When Hell Was in Session
1979
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The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
6.5
The Dain Curse
1978
6.9
Dallas
1978
7.4
Lou Grant
1977
7.0
The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977
7.0
Kingston: Confidential
1977
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
10.0
The Commitment
1976
4.9
A Woman for All Men
1975
6.5
Baretta
1975
7.6
The Rockford Files
1974
10.0
Incident at Vichy
1973
7.2
Kojak
1973
7.1
Barnaby Jones
1973
7.2
The Waltons
1972
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
195410.0
The Spittin' Image
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