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Tom Bower (actor)

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Tom Bower
Bower in 2013
Born
Ralph Thomas Bower

(1938-01-03)January 3, 1938
DiedMay 30, 2024(2024-05-30) (aged 86)
OccupationActor
Years active1973–2024

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.[1] He appeared in Chris Chan Lee's 2006 film Undoing.[2]

Bower died in Los Angeles on May 30, 2024, at the age of 86.[3][4]

Filmography

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Film

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

Television

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

References

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  1. ^ O'Neal, Sean (August 27, 2012). "Two more people cast in The Office spinoff The Farm, including the wacky Nazi uncle". The A.V. Club.
  2. ^ Seitz, Matt Zoller (December 5, 2007). "Undoing (2006) - Forget It, Jake, It's Koreatown". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Tapp, Tom (June 6, 2024). "Tom Bower Dies: Veteran Actor Best Known For 'The Waltons,' 'Die Hard 2' & 'Lucky Hank' Was 86". Deadline. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  4. ^ "Tom Bower, Actor in 'The Waltons' and 'Die Hard 2,' Dies at 86". The Hollywood Reporter. 2024-06-04.
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