Tom Bower (actor)
Appearance
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Tom Bower | |
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Born | Ralph Thomas Bower January 3, 1938 Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
Died | May 30, 2024 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 86)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1973–2024 |
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
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Seitz, Matt Zoller (December 5, 2007). "Undoing (2006) - Forget It, Jake, It's Koreatown". The New York Times.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tom Bower, Actor in 'The Waltons' and 'Die Hard 2,' Dies at 86". The Hollywood Reporter. 2024-06-04.
External links
[edit]- Tom Bower at IMDb
- Tom Bower (Aveleyman)
- Tom Bower at Find a Grave