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Tom Bower

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Bower (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Jan 5, 1938 In Denver - Colorado - USA
Movie/TV Credits:
99
First Appeared:
In the movie Hurricanna
Latest Project:
Movie Double Down South 2024-01-19
Known For
Poster of Shimmer
Poster of The Road to Terror
Poster of What Price Victory
Poster of Wildrose
Filmography
Movie Hurricanna Dentist 2025
Movie Double Down South Old Nick 2024-01-19
Movie We Have a Ghost Ernest Scheller 2023-02-24
Movie Raymond & Ray Harris 2022-10-14
Movie Fully Realized Humans Richard 2020-08-08
Movie The Last Big Save Robert 2019-05-18
Movie Making a Deal with the Devil MacGivens 2019-06-20
Movie Senior Love Triangle William Selig 2019-09-08
Movie Light of My Life Tom 2019-08-09
Movie El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Lou 2019-10-11
Movie As You Like It Jaques 2017-09-15
Movie The Ever After Father O'Meara 2015-02-13
Movie Lamb Foster 2015-10-20
Movie Runoff Scratch 2015-06-26
Movie Digging for Fire Tom the Neighbor 2015-08-21
Movie 13 Sins Father 2014-04-11
Series Ray Donovan Judge Roger Wettick 2013-06-30
Movie Out of the Furnace Dan Dugan 2013-11-09
Movie Dark Around the Stars Silky 2013-09-13
Movie Session Dr. Albert Solomon 2011-01-20
Movie I Melt with You Captain Bob 2011-12-09
Movie The Killer Inside Me Sheriff Bob Maples 2010-02-19
Movie After the Denim James Packer 2010-01-02
Movie Black Limousine Mr. Esteridge 2010-10-19
Series Rizzoli & Isles Redmond Jones 2010-07-12
Movie Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans Pat McDonagh 2009-09-11
Movie Crazy Heart Bill Wilson 2009-12-16
Movie Familiar Strangers 2008-01-01
Movie Appaloosa Abner Raines 2008-09-19
Movie Gospel Hill Jack Herrod 2008-02-09
Movie Undoing Don 2007-12-05
Movie Feel Buck 2006-12-01
Movie The Hills Have Eyes Gas Station Attendant 2006-03-10
Movie The Amateurs Floyd 2006-04-28
Movie Brothers of the Head Eddie Pasqua 2006-07-28
Movie Flannel Pajamas Bill 2006-11-15
Series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Pop-Pop 2005-08-04
Movie North Country Gray Suchett 2005-02-12
Movie The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story Tom Fender 2003-05-24
Movie The Laramie Project Father Roger Schmit 2002-01-10
Movie High Crimes FBI Agent Mullins 2002-04-05
Movie The Badge Bull Hardwick 2002-09-07
Movie Going Greek Bill 2001-08-04
Movie Hearts in Atlantis Len Files 2001-09-28
Movie Pollock Dan Miller 2000-09-06
Movie The Million Dollar Hotel Hector 2000-02-09
Movie Malevolence Jim Bradley 1999-02-01
Movie A Slipping Down Life Mr. Decker 1999-01-22
Movie Poodle Springs Arnie Burns 1998-07-25
Movie The Negotiator Omar (uncredited) 1998-07-29
Movie Monday After the Miracle Uncle Ed 1998-11-15
Movie Follow Me Home Larry 1997-02-28
Movie Buffalo Soldiers Gen. Pike 1997-12-07
Movie The Killing Jar Det. Jake Pestone 1997-05-27
Movie Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal Marshall 1996-06-20
Movie Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog John Gale 1995-01-13
Movie The Avenging Angel Bill Hickman 1995-01-22
Movie White Man's Burden Stanley 1995-12-01
Movie Nixon Frank Nixon 1995-12-22
Movie Georgia Erwin Flood 1995-05-19
Movie Against the Wall Ed 1994-03-26
Movie Relentless 3 Captain Phelan 1993-08-18
Movie The Ballad of Little Jo Lyle Hogg (uncredited) 1993-08-20
Series The X-Files Unknown 1993-09-10
Movie Shimmer Mr. Speck 1993-10-01
Movie Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde Peter Baker 1993-08-27
Movie Raising Cain Sgt, Cully 1992-08-07
Movie Revenge on the Highway Officer Russell Yates 1992-12-02
Movie Love Can Be Murder Mike Riordan 1992-12-14
Movie Dillinger Captain Matt Leach 1991-01-06
Series Love, Lies and Murder Leverette 1991-02-17
Movie Talent for the Game Rev. Bodeen 1991-04-26
Movie Die Hard 2 Marvin 1990-07-03
Movie True Believer Cecil Skell 1989-02-17
Movie Nightbreaker Dan Cutter 1989-03-08
Movie Born Killer Prison Guard #5 1989-11-12
Movie Wired Detective 1989-08-25
Movie The Road to Terror Himself - Reporter 1989-12-24
Movie Desperado: The Outlaw Wars Billy Dobbs 1989-10-10
Movie Lady in White Sheriff Saunders 1988-04-22
Movie What Price Victory Eldon Ray 1988-01-18
Movie Distant Thunder Louis 1988-11-11
Movie Promised a Miracle Michael Elliot 1988-05-19
Movie Beverly Hills Cop II Russ Fielding 1987-05-18
Movie Family Sins Sheriff 1987-10-25
Movie River's Edge Bennett 1986-10-10
Movie The Lightship 1985-12-14
Movie Wildrose Rick 1984-05-04
Movie Massive Retaliation Kirk Fredericks 1984-09-01
Movie The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez Boone Chate 1983-08-19
Movie Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang Eli Nugent 1982-01-16
Movie Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice Tom 1982-09-29
Movie When Hell Was in Session Lt. Jim Norton 1979-10-08
Series The Dain Curse Sgt. O'Gar 1978-05-22
Movie The Winds of Kitty Hawk William Tate 1978-12-17
Movie The 3,000 Mile Chase Richette 1977-06-16
Movie The Commitment Abe 1976-01-01
Movie A Woman for All Men Construction Worker 1975-08-01
Series The Rockford Files Jeff Cooperman 1974-09-13