Acting credits
136
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Tom Bower
Acting
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Movies: 98Series: 39Crew credits: 2
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: 6.65
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.
Hurricanna
as Dentist
2025 Movie
5.9
Double Down South
as Old Nick
2024 Movie
6.5
We Have a Ghost
as Ernest Scheller
2023 Movie
6.2
Raymond & Ray
as Harris
2022 Movie
5.8
Two Ways Home
as Walter
2020 Movie
5.3
Fully Realized Humans
as Richard
2020 Movie
7.0
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Lou
2019 Movie
4.3
Senior Love Triangle
as William Selig
2019 Movie
6.5
Light of My Life
as Tom
2019 Movie
Making a Deal with the Devil
as MacGivens
2019 Movie
5.8
The Last Big Save
as Robert
2019 Movie
3.5
As You Like It
as Jaques
2017 Movie
6.0
Lamb
as Foster
2015 Movie
5.2
Digging for Fire
as Tom the Neighbor
2015 Movie
5.8
Runoff
as Scratch
2015 Movie
5.7
The Ever After
as Father O'Meara
2015 Movie
6.3
13 Sins
as Father
2014 Movie
6.6
Out of the Furnace
as Dan Dugan
2013 Movie
5.5
Dark Around the Stars
as Silky
2013 Movie
5.3
I Melt with You
as Captain Bob
2011 Movie
6.5
Vegas Baby!
Production Design
2011 Movie
4.2
Session
as Dr. Albert Solomon
2011 Movie
6.3
The Land of the Astronauts
as Mr. Esteridge
2010 Movie
5.8
The Killer Inside Me
as Sheriff Bob Maples
2010 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Tom Bower.
6.4
Ice
as Jonah Kreshman • 2 eps
2016 Series
7.6
Goliath
as Jim • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.9
Bosch
as John Caffrey • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.5
Ray Donovan
as Judge Roger Wettick • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.9
Rizzoli & Isles
as Redmond Jones • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.5
Private Practice
as Dennis Hoffman • 1 eps
2007 Series
8.3
Criminal Minds
as Damon Miller • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.3
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Pop-Pop • 2 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Mr. Schultz • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.6
The Office
as Heinrich • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Battlestar Galactica
as Joe • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.6
NCIS
as Miller Thompson • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.9
Monk
as Bennie Wentworth • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.0
The Guardian
as Ray 'Rufus' Schmiel • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.1
The Division
as Bishop • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.7
Roswell
as Everett Hubble • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.3
The West Wing
as General Barrie • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.6
The Practice
as John Pierce • 2 eps
1997 Series
7.0
NYPD Blue
as Victor Ugo • 1 eps
1993 Series
8.4
The X-Files
as Sheriff Harden • 1 eps
1993 Series
4.5
Love, Lies and Murder
as Leverette • 2 eps
1991 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Whitten • 1 eps
1990 Series
7.5
China Beach
as Archie Winslow • 1 eps
1988 Series
6.9
Misfits of Science
as Jeffries • 1 eps
1985 Series