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.
Known for
Grey's Anatomy
Mr. Schultz
NCIS
Miller Thompson
Criminal Minds
Damon Miller
Law & Order
Whitten
The Office
Heinrich
Monk
Bennie Wentworth
The X-Files
Sheriff Harden
Murder, She Wrote
Jonathan Bailey
The West Wing
General Barrie
Dallas
Mancuso
Bosch
John Caffrey
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Pop-Pop
Goliath
Jim
Miami Vice
C.I.A. Agent Carter
The Waltons
Dr. Curtis Willard
The Waltons
Rex Barker
Ray Donovan
Judge Roger Wettick
The Practice
John Pierce
Rizzoli & Isles
Redmond Jones
Battlestar Galactica
Joe
Quincy, M.E.
Mr. Royce
NYPD Blue
Victor Ugo
The Rockford Files
Officer Hensley
The Rockford Files
Jeff Cooperman
Private Practice
Dennis Hoffman
The Guardian
Ray 'Rufus' Schmiel
Hill Street Blues
De Petrus
The Negotiator
Omar (uncredited)
Kojak
Brenner
The Division
Bishop
Lou Grant
Lind
Die Hard 2
Marvin
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Lou
Roswell
Everett Hubble
Barnaby Jones
Baxter
Flannel Pajamas
Bill
The Badge
Bull Hardwick
North Country
Gray Suchett
The Hills Have Eyes
Gas Station Attendant
Georgia
Erwin Flood
Hardcastle and McCormick
Marty Torrance
Nixon
Frank Nixon
Appaloosa
Abner Raines
Relentless 3
Captain Phelan
China Beach
Archie Winslow
Dillinger
Captain Matt Leach
True Believer
Cecil Skell
Crazy Heart
Bill Wilson
Nightbreaker
Dan Cutter
A Woman for All Men
Construction Worker
Distant Thunder
Louis
Poodle Springs
Arnie Burns
Massive Retaliation
Kirk Fredericks
White Man's Burden
Stanley
The Amateurs
Floyd
Out of the Furnace
Dan Dugan
Malevolence
Jim Bradley
Raymond & Ray
Harris
Crazy like a Fox
Trumble
Lady in White
Sheriff Saunders
Going Greek
Bill
Hearts in Atlantis
Len Files
Beverly Hills Cop II
Russ Fielding
The Ever After
Father O'Meara
Against the Wall
Ed
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
John Gale
Wired
Detective
Lamb
Foster
The Laramie Project
Father Roger Schmit
Fully Realized Humans
Richard
Light of My Life
Tom
13 Sins
Father
Gospel Hill
Jack Herrod
Riders of the Purple Sage
Judkins (uncredited)
Wildrose
Rick
Promised a Miracle
Michael Elliot
The Killer Inside Me
Sheriff Bob Maples
Raising Cain
Sgt, Cully
Pain Within
Joseph
The Million Dollar Hotel
Hector
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Tom Fender
The Avenging Angel
Bill Hickman
Ice
Jonah Kreshman
We Have a Ghost
Ernest Scheller
Love Can Be Murder
Mike Riordan
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Billy Dobbs
Clear and Present Danger
Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
Digging for Fire
Tom the Neighbor
Dark Around the Stars
Silky
The Land of the Astronauts
Mr. Esteridge
After the Denim
James Packer
The Ballad of Little Jo
Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
The Commitment
Abe
Feel
Buck
Brothers of the Head
Eddie Pasqua
Family Sins
Sheriff
The Lightship
"Coop" Cooper
The Killing Jar
Det. Jake Pestone
High Crimes
FBI Agent Mullins
Double Down South
Old Nick
Talent for the Game
Rev. Bodeen
Monday After the Miracle
Uncle Ed
Shimmer
Mr. Speck
The 3,000 Mile Chase
Richette
Incident at Vichy
Police Guard
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
Tom
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
Pat McDonagh
Misfits of Science
Jeffries
In the Land of Milk and Money
Lenny Cochran
The Spittin' Image
As You Like It
Jaques
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
Eli Nugent
Undoing
Don
The Wonderful World of Disney
Eli Nugent
A Slipping Down Life
Mr. Decker
Senior Love Triangle
William Selig
Runoff
Scratch
When Hell Was in Session
Lt. Jim Norton
River's Edge
Bennett
Familiar Strangers
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
Peter Baker
Making a Deal with the Devil
MacGivens
Follow Me Home
Larry
Two Ways Home
Walter
Kingston: Confidential
Vincent Ross
Pollock
Dan Miller
The Dain Curse
Sgt. O'Gar
Love, Lies and Murder
Leverette
I Melt with You
Captain Bob
Session
Dr. Albert Solomon
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
Marshall
Revenge on the Highway
Officer Russell Yates
Hurricanna
Dentist
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Boone Chate
Buffalo Soldiers
Gen. Pike
The Last Big Save
Robert
The Road to Terror
Himself - Reporter
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
William Tate
What Price Victory
Eldon Ray