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Tom Bower

Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born January 3, 1938Died May 30, 2024 (86 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Negotiator
  • The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
  • 13 Sins
  • The Million Dollar Hotel
  • I Melt with You
  • The Badge
  • The Last Time I Committed Suicide
  • Ice (2016)
  • Valley of the Heart's Delight
  • Massive Retaliation

Known For

  • El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
  • The Hills Have Eyes
  • Crazy Heart
  • Out of the Furnace
  • 13 Sins
  • The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
  • Pollock
  • The Killer Inside Me
  • High Crimes
  • Hearts in Atlantis
  • We Have a Ghost
  • Light of My Life
  • The Laramie Project
  • Two Ways Home
  • Raising Cain
  • River's Edge
  • The Million Dollar Hotel
  • Raymond & Ray
  • White Man's Burden
  • True Believer
  • Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
  • I Melt with You
  • Thr3e
  • The Badge

Filmography

2023
We Have a Ghost · as Ernest Scheller
2023
Lucky Hank (TV Series) · as Henry Devereaux Sr.
2022
Double Down South · as Old Nick
2022
Raymond & Ray · as Harris
2020
Fully Realized Humans · as Richard
2019
Two Ways Home · as Walter
2019
2019
Senior Love Triangle · as William Selig
2019
2019
2019
The Last Big Save · as Robert
2019
As You Like It · as Jaques
2016
Ice (2016) (TV Series) · as Jonah Kreshman
2016
Goliath (TV Series)
2016
In Embryo · as Ben
2015
Lamb · as Foster
2015
Digging for Fire · as Tom The Neighbor
2014
Runoff · as Scratch
2014
The Ever After · as Father O'meara
2014
13 Sins · as Father
2014
Bosch (TV Series) · as John Caffrey
2013
Out of the Furnace · as Dan Dugan
2013
2013
Ray Donovan (TV Series) · as Judge Roger Wettick
2011
I Melt with You · as Captain Bob
2011
Session · as Dr. Albert Solomon
2011
Low Fidelity · as Ralph
2011
Mr. Sunshine (TV Series) · as General Mitch Tompkins
2010
Black Limousine · as Mr. Esteridge
2010
Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) · as Redmond Jones
2010
The Killer Inside Me · as Sheriff Bob Maples
2010
Futurestates (TV Series) · as Grandfather
2009
Crazy Heart · as Bill Wilson
2009
For Sale by Owner · as Sheriff O'hare
2009
2008
Misconceptions · as Judge Transome
2008
Little Britain USA (TV Series) · as Pastor
2008
Appaloosa · as Abner Raines
2008
The Cleaner (TV Series) · as Cast
2008
Gospel Hill · as Jack Herrod
2008
2007
Private Practice (TV Series) · as Dennis Hoffman
2007
Pain Within · as Joseph
2006
Undoing · as Don
2006
Feel · as Buck
2006
Thr3e · as Uncle Eugene Parson
2006
Flannel Pajamas · as Bill
2006
2006
The Hills Have Eyes · as Gas Station Attendant
2005
North Country · as Gray Suchett
2005
Criminal Minds (TV Series) · as Damon Miller
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV Series) · as Pop-Pop
2005
Fathers and Sons · as Vito
2005
Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Mr. Schultz
2005
The Office (US) (TV Series) · as Heinrich
2005
The Moguls · as Floyd
2005
Brothers of the Head · as Eddie Pasqua
2004
Battlestar Galactica (2003) (TV Series) · as Joe
2004
Human Error · as Merkin
2004
In the Land of Milk and Money · as Lenny Cochran
2003
Cold Case (TV Series) · as Curtis Collins 2005
2003
NCIS (TV Series) · as Miller Thompson
2003
2002
2002
The Badge · as Bull Hardwick
2002
Monk (TV Series) · as Bennie Wentworth
2002
High Crimes · as Fbi Agent Mullins
2002
The Laramie Project · as Father Roger Schmit
2001
Hearts in Atlantis · as Len Files
2001
The Guardian (TV Series) · as Ray 'rufus' Schmiel
2001
Going Greek · as Bill
2001
The Beast (2001) (TV Series) · as Tommy Tibideau
2001
First Years (TV Series) · as Roy Harrison
2001
The Division (TV Series) · as Bishop
2001
Bill's Gun Shop · as Tom
2000
Pollock · as Dan Miller
2000
1999
Roswell (TV Series) · as Everett Hubble
1999
The West Wing (TV Series) · as General Barrie
1999
Malevolence · as Jim Bradley
1999
A Slipping-Down Life · as Mr. Decker
1998
1998
The Negotiator · as Omar (uncredited)
1998
Poodle Springs · as Arnie Burns
1997
The Postman · as Larry
1997
Buffalo Soldiers · as Gen. Pike
1997
1997
The Killing Jar · as Det. Jake Pestone
1997
The Practice (TV Series) · as John Pierce
1996
Arli$$ (TV Series) · as Cast
1996
Shaughnessy · as Marshall
1996
1996
Follow Me Home · as Larry
1995
Nixon · as Frank Nixon
1995
White Man's Burden · as Stanley
1995
Georgia · as Erwin Flood
1995
The Avenging Angel · as Bill Hickman
1995
1994
Clear and Present Danger · as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
1994
Dead at 21 (TV Series) · as Nash Brammer
1994
1993
Shimmer · as Mr. Speck
1993
NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Victor Ugo
1993
The X-Files (TV Series) · as Sheriff Harden
1993
1993
The Ballad of Little Jo · as Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
1993
Relentless 3 · as Captain Phelan
1993
Murder in the Heartland (TV Series) · as Marion Bartlett
1992
Love Can Be Murder · as Mike Riordan
1992
Revenge on the Highway · as Officer Russell Yates
1992
Raising Cain · as Sgt, Cully
1992
American Me · as Dornan
1992
Aces: Iron Eagle III · as Crawford
1991
Talent for the Game · as Rev. Bodeen
1991
Love, Lies and Murder (TV Series) · as Leverette
1991
Dillinger · as Captain Matt Leach
1990
Law & Order (TV Series) · as Whitten
1990
Die Hard 2 · as Marvin
1989
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars · as Billy Dobbs
1989
Wired · as Detective
1989
Nightbreaker · as Dan Cutter
1989
Gideon Oliver (TV Series) · as Sheriff Talbott
1989
True Believer · as Cecil Skell
1988
Distant Thunder · as Louis
1988
Knightwatch (TV Series) · as Father Jim
1988
Split Decisions · as Detective Walsh
1988
Promised a Miracle · as Michael Elliot
1988
China Beach (TV Series) · as Archie Winslow
1988
Lady in White · as Sheriff Saunders
1987
Family Sins · as Sheriff
1987
Private Eye (TV Series) · as Tom Mcguinnes
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II · as Russ Fielding
1987
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 · as Undercover Policeman
1987
Ohara (TV Series) · as Laxa
1986
River's Edge · as Bennett
1985
1985
Misfits of Science (TV Series) · as Jeffries
1984
Crazy Like A Fox (TV Series) · as Trumble
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Jonathan Bailey
1984
Miami Vice (TV Series) · as C.i.a. Agent Carter
1984
Massive Retaliation · as Kirk Fredericks
1984
Wildrose · as Rick
1983
Hardcastle and McCormick (TV Series) · as Marty Torrance
1983
1982
1981
McClain's Law (TV Series) · as Lloyd Jorgenson
1981
Hill Street Blues (TV Series) · as De Petrus
1980
American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Boone Choate
1980
1979
When Hell Was in Session · as Lt. Jim Norton
1978
The Winds of Kitty Hawk · as William Tate
1978
The Dain Curse (TV Series) · as Sgt. O'gar
1978
Dallas (TV Series) · as Mancuso
1977
Lou Grant (TV Series) · as Lind
1977
The 3,000 Mile Chase · as Richette
1976
Two-Minute Warning · as The S.w.a.t. Team - Decker
1976
Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) · as Mr. Royce
1976
The Bionic Woman (TV Series) · as Ted Ryan
1975
A Woman for All Men · as Construction Worker
1975
The Blue Knight (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Miller
1975
Baretta (TV Series) · as Eddie Ryan
1974
The Trial of Billy Jack · as Prisoner 1069
1974
Get Christie Love (TV Series) · as Cast
1974
The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Jeff Cooperman
1973
Incident at Vichy · as Police Guard
1973
Kojak (TV Series) · as Brenner
1973
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Baxter
1972
The Waltons (TV Series) · as Dr. Curtis Willard
1954
Disneyland (TV Series) · as Eli Nugent

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