Tom Bower (actor)

For the British author, see Tom Bower.

Tom Bower
Bower in 2013
Born	Thomas Ralph 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

Thomas Ralph 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.

Death

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 Bionic Woman (1976, 1 episode) as Ted Ryan
• The Waltons (1975–1978, 26 episodes) as Dr. Curtis Willard / Rex Barker
• 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
• Lucky Hank (2023, 3 episodes) as Henry Devereaux Sr.

External links

• Tom Bower at IMDb
• Tom Bower (Aveleyman)