Tom Bower
Acting
🎂 1938-01-03
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.
Cast credits(137)
Mr. Schultz
2005
Miller Thompson
2003
Whitten
1990
Damon Miller
2005
John Caffrey
2015
Heinrich
2005
Bennie Wentworth
2002
Pop-Pop
2005
Jonathan Bailey
1984
Sheriff Harden
1993
2016
General Barrie
1999
Mancuso
1978
Officer Hensley
1974
Jeff Cooperman
1974
Victor Ugo
1993
C.I.A. Agent Carter
1984
Judge Roger Wettick
2013
Redmond Jones
2010
Mr. Royce
1976
John Pierce
1997
Dr. Curtis Willard
1972
Rex Barker
1972
Joe
2004
Dennis Hoffman
2007
De Petrus
1981
Everett Hubble
1999
Bishop
2001
Brenner
1973
Ray 'Rufus' Schmiel
2001
Baxter
1973
Lind
1977
Marvin
1990
Archie Winslow
1988
Lou
2019
Marty Torrance
1983
Gas Station Attendant
2006
Russ Fielding
1987
Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
1994
Trumble
1984
Father Roger Schmit
2002
Jonah Kreshman
2016
FBI Agent Mullins
2002
Omar (uncredited)
1998
William Selig
2019
Det. Jake Pestone
1997
Harris
2022
Gray Suchett
2005
Pat McDonagh
2009
Dan Dugan
2013
Abner Raines
2008
Father
2014
Jeffries
1985
William Tate
1978
Dan Miller
2000
Len Files
2001
Frank Nixon
1995
Eli Nugent
1954
Bill
2006
Hector
2000
Ernest Scheller
2023
Ed
1994
Bill Wilson
2009
Michael Elliot
1988
Uncle Ed
1998
Sheriff Bob Maples
2010
Sgt, Cully
1992
Tom
2019
Captain Phelan
1993
Billy Dobbs
1989
Foster
2015
Tom the Neighbor
2015
Bennett
1986
Kirk Fredericks
1984
Richette
1977
Erwin Flood
1995
Jim Bradley
1999
Gen. Pike
1997
Eddie Pasqua
2006
Arnie Burns
1998
Floyd
2006
1985
Rev. Bodeen
1991
Sheriff Saunders
1988
Tom
1982
Mike Riordan
1992
Eldon Ray
1988
Mr. Decker
1999
Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
1993
Captain Matt Leach
1991
Captain Bob
2011
Cecil Skell
1989
Bull Hardwick
2002
Stanley
1995
Old Nick
2024
Dentist
Abe
1976
Peter Baker
1993
Bill
2001
Tom Fender
2003
Mr. Esteridge
2010
John Gale
1995
Lt. Jim Norton
1979
Don
2007
Bill Hickman
1995
Rick
1984
Joseph
2007
Sgt. O'Gar
1978
Walter
2020
Mr. Speck
1993
Jack Herrod
2008
Silky
2013
Leverette
1991
2008
Robert
2019
Vincent Ross
1977
Boone Chate
1983
Dr. Albert Solomon
2011
Eli Nugent
1982
Police Guard
1973
Louis
1988
Officer Russell Yates
1992
Richard
2020
Dan Cutter
1989
Scratch
2015
Marshall
1996
Jaques
2017
Construction Worker
1975
MacGivens
2019
Father O'Meara
2015
Larry
1997
Detective
1989
Sheriff
1987
Himself - Reporter
1989
Buck
2006
James Packer
2010
