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Tom Bower
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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), a…
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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.
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Hurricanna
as Dentist
Double Down South
as Old Nick
We Have a Ghost
as Ernest Scheller
The Real Spies Among Friends
as Self
Raymond & Ray
as Harris
Two Ways Home
as Walter
Fully Realized Humans
as Richard
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Lou
Senior Love Triangle
as William Selig
Light of My Life
as Tom
Making a Deal with the Devil
as MacGivens
The Last Big Save
as Robert
As You Like It
as Jaques
Lamb
as Foster
Digging for Fire
as Tom the Neighbor
Runoff
as Scratch
The Ever After
as Father O'Meara
13 Sins
as Father
Out of the Furnace
as Dan Dugan
Dark Around the Stars
as Silky
I Melt with You
as Captain Bob
Session
as Dr. Albert Solomon
The Land of the Astronauts
as Mr. Esteridge
The Killer Inside Me
as Sheriff Bob Maples
After the Denim
as James Packer
Crazy Heart
as Bill Wilson
For Sale by Owner
as Sheriff O'Hare
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
as Pat McDonagh
Familiar Strangers
as Frank Worthington
Appaloosa
as Abner Raines
Gospel Hill
as Jack Herrod
Undoing
as Don
Pain Within
as Joseph
Feel
as Buck
Flannel Pajamas
as Bill
Brothers of the Head
as Eddie Pasqua
The Amateurs
as Floyd
The Hills Have Eyes
as Gas Station Attendant
Fathers and Sons
as Vito (uncredited)
North Country
as Gray Suchett
In the Land of Milk and Money
as Lenny Cochran
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as Sheriff Fender
The Badge
as Bull Hardwick
High Crimes
as FBI Agent Mullins
The Laramie Project
as Father Roger Schmit
Hearts in Atlantis
as Len Files
Going Greek
as Bill
Pollock
as Dan Miller
The Million Dollar Hotel
as Hector
Malevolence
as Jim Bradley
A Slipping Down Life
as Mr. Decker
Monday After the Miracle
as Uncle Ed
The Negotiator
as Omar (uncredited)
Poodle Springs
as Arnie Burns
Buffalo Soldiers
as Gen. Pike
The Killing Jar
as Det. Jake Pestone
Follow Me Home
as Larry
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
as Marshall
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Judkins (uncredited)
Nixon
as Frank Nixon
White Man's Burden
as Stanley
Georgia
as Erwin Flood
The Avenging Angel
as Bill Hickman
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
as John Gale
Clear and Present Danger
as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
Against the Wall
as Ed
Shimmer
as Mr. Speck
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
as Peter Baker
The Ballad of Little Jo
as Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
Relentless 3
as Captain Phelan
Love Can Be Murder
as Mike Riordan
Revenge on the Highway
as Officer Russell Yates
Raising Cain
as Sgt, Cully
Talent for the Game
as Reverend Bodeen
Dillinger
as Captain Matt Leach
Die Hard 2
as Marvin
The Road to Terror
as Himself - Reporter
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
as Billy Dobbs
Wired
as Detective
Nightbreaker
as Dan Cutter
True Believer
as Cecil Skell
Distant Thunder
as Louis
Split Decisions
as Detective Walsh
Promised a Miracle
as Michael Elliot
Lady in White
as Sheriff Saunders
What Price Victory
as Eldon Ray
Family Sins
as Sheriff
Beverly Hills Cop II
as Russ Fielding
River's Edge
as Bennett
The Lightship
as "Coop" Cooper
Massive Retaliation
as Kirk Fredericks
Wildrose
as Rick
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
as Boone Chate
No Poster
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
as Tom
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
as Eli Nugent
When Hell Was in Session
as Lt. Jim Norton
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
as William Tate
The 3,000 Mile Chase
as Richette
The Commitment
as Abe
A Woman for All Men
as Construction Worker
Incident at Vichy
as Police Guard
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