Tom Bower (actor)

For the British author, see Tom Bower.

Tom Bower
Bower in 2013
Born	Ralph Thomas Bower (1938-01-03)January 3, 1938 Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Died	May 30, 2024(2024-05-30) (aged 86) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1973–2023

Ralph Thomas Bower (January 3, 1938 – May 30, 2024) was an American actor. He appeared in a wide variety of television and film roles, including Die Hard 2 and The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. He appeared in Chris Chan Lee's 2006 film Undoing.

Bower died in Los Angeles on May 30, 2024, at the age of 86.

Filmography

Film

• 1976 Two-Minute Warning as Decker, S.W.A.T. Team Member
• 1978 The Dain Curse as Sergeant O'Gar
• 1978 The Winds of Kitty Hawk as William Tate
• 1982 The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez as Boone Choate
• 1984 Wildrose as Rick Ogaard
• 1984 Massive Retaliation as Kirk Fredericks
• 1985 The Lightship as Coop
• 1986 River's Edge as Detective Bennett
• 1987 Beverly Hills Cop II as Russ Fielding
• 1988 Split Decisions as Detective Walsh
• 1988 Distant Thunder as Louis
• 1989 True Believer as Cecil Skell
• 1989 Wired as Detective
• 1990 Die Hard 2 as Marvin
• 1991 Talent for the Game as Reverend Bodeen
• 1992 Aces: Iron Eagle III as DEA Agent Warren Crawford
• 1992 Raising Cain as Sergeant Cally
• 1993 Relentless 3 as Captain Phelan
• 1994 Against the Wall (TV Movie) as Ed
• 1995 Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog as John Gale
• 1995 Georgia as Erwin Flood
• 1995 White Man's Burden as Stanley
• 1995 Nixon as Frank Nixon
• 1997 Buffalo Soldiers (TV Movie) as General Pike
• 1998 Poodle Springs (TV Movie) as Arnie Burns
• 1999 A Slipping-Down Life as Mr. Decker
• 2000 The Million Dollar Hotel as Hector
• 2000 Pollock as Dan Miller
• 2001 Going Greek as Bill
• 2001 Hearts in Atlantis as Len Files
• 2002 The Laramie Project (TV Movie) as Father Roger Schmit
• 2002 High Crimes as FBI Agent Mullins
• 2002 The Badge as 'Bull' Hardwick
• 2005 The Amateurs as Floyd
• 2005 North Country as Gray Suchett
• 2006 The Hills Have Eyes as Gas Station Attendant
• 2006 Undoing as Don
• 2006 Three as Uncle Eugene Parson
• 2008 Familiar Strangers as Frank Worthington
• 2008 Appaloosa as Abner Raines
• 2008 Gospel Hill as Jack Herrod
• 2009 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans as Pat McDonagh
• 2009 For Sale by Owner as Sheriff O'Hare
• 2009 Crazy Heart as Bill Wilson
• 2010 The Killer Inside Me as Sheriff Bob Maples
• 2011 I Melt with You as Captain Bob
• 2013 Out of the Furnace as Dan Dugan
• 2014 13 Sins as Father
• 2014 The Ever After as Father O'Meara
• 2014 Runoff as Scratch
• 2015 Lamb as Foster
• 2018 Light of My Life as Tom
• 2019 El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Lou
• 2019 Senior Love Triangle as William Selig
• 2020 Fully Realized Humans as Richard
• 2023 We Have a Ghost as Ernest Scheller

Television

• The Rockford Files (1974–1976, 2 episodes) as Jeff Cooperman / Officer Hensley
• The Waltons (1975–1978, 26 episodes) as Dr. Curtis Willard / Rex Barker
• The Bionic Woman (1976, 1 episode) as Ted Ryan
• Lou Grant (1979, 1 episode) as Lind
• Barnaby Jones (1979, 1 episode) as Baxter
• Hill Street Blues (1981–1986, 3 episodes) as De Petrus / Narcotics Cop
• Murder, She Wrote (1984, 1 episode) as Jonathan Bailey
• Misfits of Science (1985, 1 episode) as Jeffries
• Miami Vice (1985, 1 episode) as detective Carter
• China Beach (1990, Season three episode 17 Thanks of a Grateful Nation) as Archie Winslow
• Love, Lies and Murder (1991) as Leverette
• The X-Files (1999, Season 7, episode 5) as Sheriff Harden
• Roswell (1999–2000 Season 1, episode 13) as Hubble
• The West Wing (2000, 1 episode) as General Ed Barrie
• Cold Case (2005) as Curtis Collins 2005
• Monk (2008, 1 episode) as Bennie Wentworth
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–2012, 2 episodes) as Heinrich "Pop-Pop" Landgraf
• Criminal Minds (2013) as Damon Miller
• Grey's Anatomy (2013, 1 episode) as Mr. Shultz
• Lucky Hank (2023, 3 episodes) as Henry Devereaux Sr. (final appearance)

External links

• Tom Bower at IMDb
• Tom Bower (Aveleyman)