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

Grey's Anatomy

NCIS

Law & Order

Criminal Minds

Private Practice

The Office

Monk

The X-Files

All Movies (101)

• Hurricanna2025 · as Dentist
• Double Down South2024 · as Old Nick
• We Have a Ghost2023 · as Ernest Scheller
• The Real Spies Among Friends2022 · as Self
• Raymond & Ray2022 · as Harris
• Two Ways Home2020 · as Walter
• Fully Realized Humans2020 · as Richard
• El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie2019 · as Lou
• Senior Love Triangle2019 · as William Selig
• Light of My Life2019 · as Tom
• Making a Deal with the Devil2019 · as MacGivens
• The Last Big Save2019 · as Robert
• As You Like It2017 · as Jaques
• Lamb2015 · as Foster
• Digging for Fire2015 · as Tom the Neighbor
• Runoff2015 · as Scratch
• The Ever After2015 · as Father O'Meara
• 13 Sins2014 · as Father
• Out of the Furnace2013 · as Dan Dugan
• Dark Around the Stars2013 · as Silky
• I Melt with You2011 · as Captain Bob
• Session2011 · as Dr. Albert Solomon
• The Land of the Astronauts2010 · as Mr. Esteridge
• The Killer Inside Me2010 · as Sheriff Bob Maples
• After the Denim2010 · as James Packer
• Crazy Heart2009 · as Bill Wilson
• Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans2009 · as Pat McDonagh
• Familiar Strangers2008 · as Frank Worthington
• Appaloosa2008 · as Abner Raines
• Gospel Hill2008 · as Jack Herrod
• Undoing2007 · as Don
• Pain Within2007 · as Joseph
• Feel2006 · as Buck
• Flannel Pajamas2006 · as Bill
• Brothers of the Head2006 · as Eddie Pasqua
• The Amateurs2006 · as Floyd
• The Hills Have Eyes2006 · as Gas Station Attendant
• Fathers and Sons2005 · as Vito (uncredited)
• North Country2005 · as Gray Suchett
• In the Land of Milk and Money2004 · as Lenny Cochran
• The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story2003 · as Sheriff Fender
• The Badge2002 · as Bull Hardwick
• High Crimes2002 · as FBI Agent Mullins
• The Laramie Project2002 · as Father Roger Schmit
• Hearts in Atlantis2001 · as Len Files
• Going Greek2001 · as Bill
• Pollock2000 · as Dan Miller
• The Million Dollar Hotel2000 · as Hector
• Malevolence1999 · as Jim Bradley
• A Slipping Down Life1999 · as Mr. Decker
• Monday After the Miracle1998 · as Uncle Ed
• The Negotiator1998 · as Omar (uncredited)
• Poodle Springs1998 · as Arnie Burns
• Buffalo Soldiers1997 · as Gen. Pike
• The Killing Jar1997 · as Det. Jake Pestone
• Follow Me Home1997 · as Larry
• Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal1996 · as Marshall
• Riders of the Purple Sage1996 · as Judkins (uncredited)
• Nixon1995 · as Frank Nixon
• White Man's Burden1995 · as Stanley
• Georgia1995 · as Erwin Flood
• The Avenging Angel1995 · as Bill Hickman
• Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog1995 · as John Gale
• Clear and Present Danger1994 · as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
• Against the Wall1994 · as Ed
• Shimmer1993 · as Mr. Speck
• Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde1993 · as Peter Baker
• The Ballad of Little Jo1993 · as Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
• Relentless 31993 · as Captain Phelan
• Love Can Be Murder1992 · as Mike Riordan
• Revenge on the Highway1992 · as Officer Russell Yates
• Raising Cain1992 · as Sgt, Cully
• Talent for the Game1991 · as Rev. Bodeen
• Dillinger1991 · as Captain Matt Leach
• Die Hard 21990 · as Marvin
• The Road to Terror1989 · as Himself - Reporter
• Desperado: The Outlaw Wars1989 · as Billy Dobbs
• Wired1989 · as Detective
• Nightbreaker1989 · as Dan Cutter
• True Believer1989 · as Cecil Skell
• Distant Thunder1988 · as Louis
• Split Decisions1988 · as Detective Walsh
• Promised a Miracle1988 · as Michael Elliot
• Lady in White1988 · as Sheriff Saunders
• What Price Victory1988 · as Eldon Ray
• Family Sins1987 · as Sheriff
• Beverly Hills Cop II1987 · as Russ Fielding
• River's Edge1986 · as Bennett
• The Lightship1985 · as "Coop" Cooper
• Massive Retaliation1984 · as Kirk Fredericks
• Wildrose1984 · as Rick
• The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez1983 · as Boone Chate
• Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice1982 · as Tom
• Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang1982 · as Eli Nugent
• When Hell Was in Session1979 · as Lt. Jim Norton
• The Winds of Kitty Hawk1978 · as William Tate
• The 3,000 Mile Chase1977 · as Richette
• The Commitment1976 · as Abe
• A Woman for All Men1975 · as Construction Worker
• Incident at Vichy1973 · as Police Guard
• The Spittin' Image—

All TV Shows (42)

• Ice2016 · as Jonah Kreshman
• Goliath2016 · as Jim
• Bosch2015 · as John Caffrey
• Ray Donovan2013 · as Judge Roger Wettick
• Rizzoli & Isles2010 · as Redmond Jones
• Private Practice2007 · as Dennis Hoffman
• Criminal Minds2005 · as Damon Miller
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia2005 · as Pop-Pop
• Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Mr. Schultz
• The Office2005 · as Heinrich
• Battlestar Galactica2004 · as Joe
• NCIS2003 · as Miller Thompson
• Monk2002 · as Bennie Wentworth
• The Guardian2001 · as Ray 'Rufus' Schmiel
• The Division2001 · as Bishop
• Roswell1999 · as Everett Hubble
• The West Wing1999 · as General Barrie
• The Practice1997 · as John Pierce
• NYPD Blue1993 · as Victor Ugo
• The X-Files1993 · as Sheriff Harden
• Love, Lies and Murder1991 · as Leverette
• Law & Order1990 · as Whitten
• China Beach1988 · as Archie Winslow
• Misfits of Science1985 · as Jeffries
• Crazy like a Fox1984 · as Trumble
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Jonathan Bailey
• Miami Vice1984 · as C.I.A. Agent Carter
• Hardcastle and McCormick1983 · as Marty Torrance
• Hill Street Blues1981 · as De Petrus
• The Dain Curse1978 · as Sgt. O'Gar
• Dallas1978 · as Mancuso
• Lou Grant1977 · as Lind
• Kingston: Confidential1977 · as Vincent Ross
• Quincy, M.E.1976 · as Mr. Royce
• Baretta1975 · as Eddie Ryan
• The Rockford Files1974 · as Officer Hensley
• The Rockford Files1974 · as Jeff Cooperman
• Kojak1973 · as Brenner
• Barnaby Jones1973 · as Baxter
• The Waltons1972 · as Dr. Curtis Willard
• The Waltons1972 · as Rex Barker
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Eli Nugent