Tom Bower
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.
141 acting credits
Acting · 141
Law & Order
1990
Grey's Anatomy
2005
NCIS
2003
Criminal Minds
2005
The Office
2005
The X-Files
1993
Monk
2002
Bosch
2015
Private Practice
2007
The West Wing
1999
Dallas
1978
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Miami Vice
1984
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
The Practice
1997
Hill Street Blues
1981
NYPD Blue
1993
Battlestar Galactica
2004
The Rockford Files
1974
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Waltons
1972
Ray Donovan
2013
The Guardian
2001
The Division
2001
Barnaby Jones
1973
Goliath
2016
Kojak
1973
Baretta
1975
Roswell
1999
Lou Grant
1977
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
China Beach
1988
Crazy like a Fox
1984
The Hills Have Eyes
2006
Ice
2016
The Negotiator
1998
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
Die Hard 2
1990
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Misfits of Science
1985
Clear and Present Danger
1994
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
High Crimes
2002
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009
Out of the Furnace
2013
Kingston: Confidential
1977
North Country
2005
We Have a Ghost
2023
Crazy Heart
2009
13 Sins
2014
Hearts in Atlantis
2001
Appaloosa
2008
Love, Lies and Murder
1991
Nixon
1995
Light of My Life
2019
The Badge
2002
The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
Raising Cain
1992
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
1995
River's Edge
1986
The Killer Inside Me
2010
The Dain Curse
1978
The Laramie Project
2002
Raymond & Ray
2022
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
Pollock
2000
I Melt with You
2011
True Believer
1989
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
The Amateurs
2006
Georgia
1995
Gospel Hill
2008
When Hell Was in Session
1979
Digging for Fire
2015
Against the Wall
1994
The Avenging Angel
1995
Hurricanna
2025
White Man's Burden
1995
Riders of the Purple Sage
1996
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
Poodle Springs
1998
Fathers and Sons
2005
Going Greek
2001
Lady in White
1988
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
Wired
1989
Lamb
2015
Familiar Strangers
2008
The Ballad of Little Jo
1993
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
Dillinger
1991
Split Decisions
1988
Monday After the Miracle
1998
Revenge on the Highway
1992
A Slipping Down Life
1999
Nightbreaker
1989
Shimmer
1993
Brothers of the Head
2006
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982
Flannel Pajamas
2006
The Killing Jar
1997
Distant Thunder
1988
Incident at Vichy
1973
Double Down South
2024
Family Sins
1987
Relentless 3
1993
Fully Realized Humans
2020
A Woman for All Men
1975
The Land of the Astronauts
2010
Promised a Miracle
1988
The Lightship
1985
Massive Retaliation
1984
Talent for the Game
1991
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1982
Love Can Be Murder
1992
The Last Big Save
2019
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
1993
Feel
2006
Follow Me Home
1997
The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977
The Commitment
1976
Dark Around the Stars
2013
The Spittin' Image
—
The Ever After
2015
Making a Deal with the Devil
2019
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
Malevolence
1999
Wildrose
1984
In the Land of Milk and Money
2004
The Road to Terror
1989
Undoing
2007
Senior Love Triangle
2019
The Real Spies Among Friends
2022
What Price Victory
1988
Runoff
2015
As You Like It
2017
Pain Within
2007
Session
2011
After the Denim
2010
Two Ways Home
2020