Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 03, 1938
Died
May 30, 2024
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, USA
Credits
143 titles
Tom 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.
Known For
Filmography
Hurricanna
Dentist
Double Down South
Old Nick
We Have a Ghost
Ernest Scheller
The Real Spies Among Friends
Self
Raymond & Ray
Harris
Two Ways Home
Walter
Fully Realized Humans
Richard
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Lou
Senior Love Triangle
William Selig
Light of My Life
Tom
Making a Deal with the Devil
MacGivens
The Last Big Save
Robert
As You Like It
Jaques
Ice
Jonah Kreshman
Goliath
Jim
Lamb
Foster
Digging for Fire
Tom the Neighbor
Runoff
Scratch
The Ever After
Father O'Meara
Bosch
John Caffrey
13 Sins
Father
Out of the Furnace
Dan Dugan
Dark Around the Stars
Silky
Ray Donovan
Judge Roger Wettick
I Melt with You
Captain Bob
Vegas Baby!
Production Design
Session
Dr. Albert Solomon
The Land of the Astronauts
Mr. Esteridge
Rizzoli & Isles
Redmond Jones
The Killer Inside Me
Sheriff Bob Maples
After the Denim
James Packer
Crazy Heart
Bill Wilson
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Pat McDonagh
Familiar Strangers
Frank Worthington
Appaloosa
Abner Raines
Gospel Hill
Jack Herrod
Undoing
Don
Private Practice
Dennis Hoffman
Pain Within
Joseph
Feel
Buck
Flannel Pajamas
Bill
Brothers of the Head
Eddie Pasqua
The Amateurs
Floyd
The Hills Have Eyes
Gas Station Attendant
Criminal Minds
Damon Miller
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Pop-Pop
Fathers and Sons
Vito (uncredited)
Grey's Anatomy
Mr. Schultz
The Office
Heinrich
North Country
Gray Suchett