Acting credits
142
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Tom Bower
Acting
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Movies: 101Series: 41Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 19453
IMDb ID: nm0101005
Known for: Acting
Born: January 3, 1938
Died: May 30, 2024
Age: 86
Place of birth: Denver, Colorado, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1954 - 2025
Years active: 72
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q354031
Also known as
톰 바우어 • تام باور • Tim Bower • Ralph Thomas Bower
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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.
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Movie credits linked with Tom Bower.
as Dentist
Hurricanna
2025 • Movie
as Old Nick
Double Down South
2024 • Movie
as Ernest Scheller
We Have a Ghost
2023 • Movie
as Self
The Real Spies Among Friends
2022 • Movie
as Harris
Raymond & Ray
2022 • Movie
as Walter
Two Ways Home
2020 • Movie
as Richard
Fully Realized Humans
2020 • Movie
as Lou
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019 • Movie
as William Selig
Senior Love Triangle
2019 • Movie
as Tom
Light of My Life
2019 • Movie
as MacGivens
Making a Deal with the Devil
2019 • Movie
as Robert
The Last Big Save
2019 • Movie
as Jaques
As You Like It
2017 • Movie
as Foster
Lamb
2015 • Movie
as Tom the Neighbor
Digging for Fire
2015 • Movie
as Scratch
Runoff
2015 • Movie
as Father O'Meara
The Ever After
2015 • Movie
as Father
13 Sins
2014 • Movie
as Dan Dugan
Out of the Furnace
2013 • Movie
as Silky
Dark Around the Stars
2013 • Movie
as Captain Bob
I Melt with You
2011 • Movie
as Dr. Albert Solomon
Session
2011 • Movie
as Mr. Esteridge
The Land of the Astronauts
2010 • Movie
as Sheriff Bob Maples
The Killer Inside Me
2010 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Tom Bower.
as Jonah Kreshman • 2 eps
Ice
2016 • Series
as Jim • 1 eps
Goliath
2016 • Series
as John Caffrey • 1 eps
Bosch
2015 • Series
as Judge Roger Wettick • 1 eps
Ray Donovan
2013 • Series
as Redmond Jones • 1 eps
Rizzoli & Isles
2010 • Series
as Dennis Hoffman • 1 eps
Private Practice
2007 • Series
as Damon Miller • 1 eps
Criminal Minds
2005 • Series
as Pop-Pop • 2 eps
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 • Series
as Mr. Schultz • 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
2005 • Series
as Heinrich • 1 eps
The Office
2005 • Series
as Joe • 1 eps
Battlestar Galactica
2004 • Series
as Miller Thompson • 1 eps
NCIS
2003 • Series
as Bennie Wentworth • 1 eps
Monk
2002 • Series
as Ray 'Rufus' Schmiel • 1 eps
The Guardian
2001 • Series
as Bishop • 1 eps
The Division
2001 • Series
as Everett Hubble • 1 eps
Roswell
1999 • Series
as General Barrie • 1 eps
The West Wing
1999 • Series
as John Pierce • 2 eps
The Practice
1997 • Series
as Victor Ugo • 1 eps
NYPD Blue
1993 • Series
as Sheriff Harden • 1 eps
The X-Files
1993 • Series
as Leverette • 2 eps
Love, Lies and Murder
1991 • Series
as Whitten • 1 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Archie Winslow • 1 eps
China Beach
1988 • Series
as Jeffries • 1 eps
Misfits of Science
1985 • Series