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