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Tom Bower

Tom Bower

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 03, 1938
Died May 30, 2024 (86)
Birthplace Denver, Colorado, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Tom Bower (born January 1938) is an American actor who has appeared in a wide variety of television and film roles from 1973 to present. He played physician-husband Curt on The Waltons. He has held a number of prominent supporting roles including Dan Miller in the 2000 film Pollock and the gas stati ... on attendant in the 2006 film The Hills Have Eyes. He also plays the barkeep in the Battlestar Galactica episode, "Taking a Break from All Your Worries". He has also had many notable roles in films such as River's Edge, Beverly Hills Cop II, Die Hard 2, Clear and Present Danger, Nixon, and The Negotiator. His 2008-09 roles include Appaloosa, with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen, Gospel Hill, with Danny Glover and Angela Bassett, as well as playing Pat McDonough, the father of Nicolas Cage's character, in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Sheriff Bob Maples in The Killer Inside Me, with Casey Affleck, and Crazy Heart with Jeff Bridges. Bower is also an award-winning stage actor.

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Double Down South

Double Down South

2024

as Old Nick

We Have a Ghost

We Have a Ghost

2023

as Ernest Scheller

Raymond & Ray

Raymond & Ray

2022

as Harris

Two Ways Home

Two Ways Home

2020

as Walter

Fully Realized Humans

Fully Realized Humans

2020

as Richard

Senior Love Triangle

Senior Love Triangle

2019

as William Selig

Light of My Life

Light of My Life

2019

as Tom

The Last Big Save

The Last Big Save

2019

as Robert

Making a Deal with the Devil

Making a Deal with the Devil

2019

as MacGivens

As You Like It

As You Like It

2017

as Jaques

Runoff

Runoff

2015

as Scratch

Lamb

Lamb

2015

as Foster

The Ever After

The Ever After

2015

as Father O'Meara

Digging for Fire

Digging for Fire

2015

as Tom the Neighbor

13 Sins

13 Sins

2014

as Father

Dark Around the Stars

Dark Around the Stars

2013

as Silky

Out of the Furnace

Out of the Furnace

2013

as Dan Dugan

I Melt with You

I Melt with You

2011

as Captain Bob

After the Denim

After the Denim

2010

as James Packer

The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me

2010

as Sheriff Bob Maples

Black Limousine

Black Limousine

2010

as Mr. Esteridge

Crazy Heart

Crazy Heart

2009

as Bill Wilson

Gospel Hill

Gospel Hill

2008

as Jack Herrod

Appaloosa

Appaloosa

2008

as Abner Raines

Pain Within

Pain Within

2007

as Joseph

Undoing

Undoing

2007

as Don

Feel

Feel

2006

as Buck

The Hills Have Eyes

The Hills Have Eyes

2006

as Gas Station Attendant

Brothers of the Head

Brothers of the Head

2006

as Eddie Pasqua

Flannel Pajamas

Flannel Pajamas

2006

as Bill

The Amateurs

The Amateurs

2006

as Floyd

North Country

North Country

2005

as Gray Suchett

The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project

2002

as Father Roger Schmit

The Badge

The Badge

2002

as Bull Hardwick

High Crimes

High Crimes

2002

as FBI Agent Mullins

Hearts in Atlantis

Hearts in Atlantis

2001

as Len Files

Going Greek

Going Greek

2001

as Bill

Pollock

Pollock

2000

as Dan Miller

The Million Dollar Hotel

The Million Dollar Hotel

2000

as Hector

A Slipping Down Life

A Slipping Down Life

1999

as Mr. Decker

Malevolence

Malevolence

1999

as Jim Bradley

Poodle Springs

Poodle Springs

1998

as Arnie Burns

Monday After the Miracle

Monday After the Miracle

1998

as Uncle Ed

The Negotiator

The Negotiator

1998

as Omar (uncredited)

The Killing Jar

The Killing Jar

1997

as Det. Jake Pestone

Buffalo Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers

1997

as Gen. Pike

Follow Me Home

Follow Me Home

1997

as Larry

White Man's Burden

White Man's Burden

1995

as Stanley

The Avenging Angel

The Avenging Angel

1995

as Bill Hickman

Georgia

Georgia

1995

as Erwin Flood

Nixon

Nixon

1995

as Frank Nixon

Against the Wall

Against the Wall

1994

as Ed

Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde

Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde

1993

as Peter Baker

Shimmer

Shimmer

1993

as Mr. Speck

Relentless 3

Relentless 3

1993

as Captain Phelan

The Ballad of Little Jo

The Ballad of Little Jo

1993

as Lyle Hogg (uncredited)

Revenge on the Highway

Revenge on the Highway

1992

as Officer Russell Yates

Love Can Be Murder

Love Can Be Murder

1992

as Mike Riordan

Raising Cain

Raising Cain

1992

as Sgt, Cully

Dillinger

Dillinger

1991

as Captain Matt Leach

Talent for the Game

Talent for the Game

1991

as Rev. Bodeen

Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2

1990

as Marvin

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

1989

as Billy Dobbs

True Believer

True Believer

1989

as Cecil Skell

Wired

Wired

1989

as Detective

Nightbreaker

Nightbreaker

1989

as Dan Cutter

What Price Victory

What Price Victory

1988

as Eldon Ray

Promised a Miracle

Promised a Miracle

1988

as Michael Elliot

Distant Thunder

Distant Thunder

1988

as Louis

Lady in White

Lady in White

1988

as Sheriff Saunders

Family Sins

Family Sins

1987

as Sheriff

Beverly Hills Cop II

Beverly Hills Cop II

1987

as Russ Fielding

River's Edge

River's Edge

1986

as Bennett

Massive Retaliation

Massive Retaliation

1984

as Kirk Fredericks

Wildrose

Wildrose

1984

as Rick

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

1983

as Boone Chate

When Hell Was in Session

When Hell Was in Session

1979

as Lt. Jim Norton

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

1978

as William Tate

The 3,000 Mile Chase

The 3,000 Mile Chase

1977

as Richette

The Commitment

The Commitment

1976

as Abe

A Woman for All Men

A Woman for All Men

1975

as Construction Worker

Incident at Vichy

Incident at Vichy

1973

as Police Guard

Fully Realized Humans

Fully Realized Humans

2020

Additional Dialogue

Vegas Baby!

Vegas Baby!

2011

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Television Credits

The Waltons

as Dr. Curtis Willard

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Sep 14, 1972

The Dain Curse

as Sgt. O'Gar

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 22, 1978

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

as Pop-Pop

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 04, 2005

Love, Lies and Murder

as Leverette

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 17, 1991

Ice

as Jonah Kreshman

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 16, 2016

The X-Files

as Sheriff Harden

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1993

Mr. Sunshine

as General Mitch Tompkins

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 09, 2011

Dallas

as Mancuso

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 02, 1978

NCIS

as Miller Thompson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2003

Ray Donovan

as Judge Roger Wettick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 30, 2013

The Rockford Files

as Officer Hensley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1974

Monk

as Bennie Wentworth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 12, 2002

Rizzoli & Isles

as Redmond Jones

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 12, 2010

Crazy like a Fox

as Trumble

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 30, 1984

The Rockford Files

as Jeff Cooperman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1974

Law & Order

as Whitten

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1990

Kojak

as Brenner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 24, 1973

Grey's Anatomy

as Mr. Schultz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 27, 2005

Battlestar Galactica

as Joe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 18, 2004

The West Wing

as General Barrie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1999

Misfits of Science

as Jeffries

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1985

Roswell

as Everett Hubble

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1999

Bosch

as John Caffrey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 14, 2015

The Office

as Heinrich

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 24, 2005

Murder, She Wrote

as Jonathan Bailey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Hill Street Blues

as De Petrus

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 15, 1981

Private Practice

as Dennis Hoffman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 2007

Goliath

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 13, 2016

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 6 29 61 8
2024 7 27 55 11
2024 8 19 34 9
2024 9 11 25 4
2024 10 8 19 3
2024 11 8 14 4
2024 12 12 23 6
2025 1 19 31 10
2025 2 9 19 1
2025 3 7 14 1
2025 4 1 1 1
2025 5 2 3 1
2025 6 1 2 1
2025 7 0 1 0
2025 8 1 5 0
2025 9 0 1 0
2025 10 0 1 0

Trending Rank


Year Month Avg Rank Max Rank
2024 6 378 172
2025 3 125 1
2025 9 1005 993

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