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Tom Bower

Acting
Known For

86 Years Old

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.

Born

Denver, Colorado, USA on 3rd January 1938

Died

30th May 2024

All Credits

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