Tom Bower
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-01-03
Day of Death
2024-05-30 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, USA
Tom Bower
Biography
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 station 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.
Known For
Acting
Hurricanna
as Dentist
(2024)
Double Down South
as Old Nick
(2023)
We Have a Ghost
as Ernest Scheller
(2022)
Raymond & Ray
as Harris
(2020)
Fully Realized Humans
as Richard
(2020)
Two Ways Home
as Walter
(2019)
(2019)
Light of My Life
as Tom
(2019)
Making a Deal with the Devil
as MacGivens
(2019)
The Last Big Save
as Robert
(2019)
Senior Love Triangle
as William Selig
(2017)
As You Like It
as Jaques
(2015)
Digging for Fire
as Tom the Neighbor
(2015)
Lamb
as Foster
(2015)
Runoff
as Scratch
(2015)
The Ever After
as Father O'Meara
(2014)
13 Sins
as Father
(2013)
Out of the Furnace
as Dan Dugan
(2013)
Dark Around the Stars
as Silky
(2011)
I Melt with You
as Captain Bob
(2011)
Session
as Dr. Albert Solomon
(2010)
The Killer Inside Me
as Sheriff Bob Maples
(2010)
Black Limousine
as Mr. Esteridge
(2010)
After the Denim
as James Packer
(2009)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
as Pat McDonagh
(2009)
Crazy Heart
as Bill Wilson
(2008)
Appaloosa
as Abner Raines
(2008)
Gospel Hill
as Jack Herrod
(2008)
(2007)
Undoing
as Don
(2007)
Pain Within
as Joseph
(2006)
The Hills Have Eyes
as Gas Station Attendant
(2006)
The Amateurs
as Floyd
(2006)
Brothers of the Head
as Eddie Pasqua
(2006)
Flannel Pajamas
as Bill
(2006)
Feel
as Buck
(2005)
North Country
as Gray Suchett
(2003)
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as Tom Fender
(2002)
High Crimes
as FBI Agent Mullins
(2002)
The Badge
as Bull Hardwick
(2002)
The Laramie Project
as Father Roger Schmit
(2001)
Hearts in Atlantis
as Len Files
(2001)
Going Greek
as Bill
(2000)
Pollock
as Dan Miller
(2000)
The Million Dollar Hotel
as Hector
(1999)
A Slipping Down Life
as Mr. Decker
(1999)
Malevolence
as Jim Bradley
(1998)
The Negotiator
as Omar (uncredited)
(1998)
Poodle Springs
as Arnie Burns
(1998)
Monday After the Miracle
as Uncle Ed
(1997)
Buffalo Soldiers
as Gen. Pike
(1997)
The Killing Jar
as Det. Jake Pestone
(1997)
Follow Me Home
as Larry
(1996)
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
as Marshall
(1995)
Nixon
as Frank Nixon
(1995)
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
as John Gale
(1995)
White Man's Burden
as Stanley
(1995)
Georgia
as Erwin Flood
(1995)
The Avenging Angel
as Bill Hickman
(1994)
Clear and Present Danger
as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
(1994)
Against the Wall
as Ed
(1993)
The Ballad of Little Jo
as Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
(1993)
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
as Peter Baker
(1993)
Relentless 3
as Captain Phelan
(1993)
Shimmer
as Mr. Speck
(1992)
Raising Cain
as Sgt, Cully
(1992)
Love Can Be Murder
as Mike Riordan
(1992)
Revenge on the Highway
as Officer Russell Yates
(1991)
Dillinger
as Captain Matt Leach
(1991)
Talent for the Game
as Rev. Bodeen
(1990)
Die Hard 2
as Marvin
(1989)
True Believer
as Cecil Skell
(1989)
Wired
as Detective
(1989)
Nightbreaker
as Dan Cutter
(1989)
The Road to Terror
as Himself - Reporter
(1989)
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
as Billy Dobbs
(1988)
Lady in White
as Sheriff Saunders
(1988)
Distant Thunder
as Louis
(1988)
What Price Victory
as Eldon Ray
(1988)
Promised a Miracle
as Michael Elliot
(1987)
Beverly Hills Cop II
as Russ Fielding
(1987)
Family Sins
as Sheriff
(1986)
River's Edge
as Bennett
(1985)
(1984)
Massive Retaliation
as Kirk Fredericks
(1984)
Wildrose
as Rick
(1983)
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
as Boone Chate
(1982)
(1982)
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
as Eli Nugent
(1979)
When Hell Was in Session
as Lt. Jim Norton
(1978)
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
as William Tate
(1977)
The 3,000 Mile Chase
as Richette
(1976)
The Commitment
as Abe
(1975)
A Woman for All Men
as Construction Worker
(1973)
Incident at Vichy
as Police Guard
Crew
(2020)
Fully Realized Humans
Additional Dialogue
(2011)
Vegas Baby!
Production Design