Biography
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 su...
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Complete Filmography

Double Down South
2024
as Old Nick
In a world of illegal, high-stakes gambling, Nick owns a run-down plantation house. He is enamored with the smart, tough and charming ace Diana's inte...

We Have a Ghost
2023
as Ernest Scheller
After Kevin finds a ghost named Ernest haunting his new home, he becomes an overnight social media sensation. But when Kevin and Ernest go rogue to in...

Raymond & Ray
2022
as Harris
Half brothers Raymond and Ray reunite when their estranged father dies—and discover that his final wish was for them to dig his grave. Together, they ...

Two Ways Home
2020
as Walter
Soul-touching and moving, TWO WAYS HOME compassionately follows Kathy (Tanna Frederick), a woman newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder who is released...

Fully Realized Humans
2020
as Richard
Parents-to-be Jackie and Elliott embark on a quest for self-actualization before the imminent birth of their first child in this strikingly honest and...

Fully Realized Humans
2020
Additional Dialogue
Parents-to-be Jackie and Elliott embark on a quest for self-actualization before the imminent birth of their first child in this strikingly honest and...

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
as Lou
In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.

Senior Love Triangle
2019
as William Selig
An 84-year old charming but delusional WWII veteran forms relationships with two elderly women and goes on a crusade to save them from the isolation o...

Light of My Life
2019
as Tom
Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles t...

Making a Deal with the Devil
2019
as MacGivens
A fascinating and dramatic tale of a behind the scenes plot developed by the FBI as they work secretly with the mob to eradicate corruption and crime ...

The Last Big Save
2019
as Robert
A professional hockey player who is only happy when he is miserable signs a long-term contract that covers his entire career only to ruin it in his fi...

As You Like It
2017
as Jaques
A modern-day, all-male re telling of Shakespeare’s comedy classic about lovelorn lads, vengeful men, shameless hussies and mind games. Set in the cont...

Lamb
2015
as Foster
Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the d...

Digging for Fire
2015
as Tom the Neighbor
Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and ...

Runoff
2015
as Scratch
The beauty of the land cannot mask the brutality of a farm town. As harvest draws near, Betty confronts a terrifying new reality and will go to desper...

The Ever After
2015
as Father O'Meara
Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in Los Angeles, but something is lost. Ava has placed her...

13 Sins
2014
as Father
Drowning in debt as he's about to get married, a bright but meek salesman receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden-camera ...

Out of the Furnace
2013
as Dan Dugan
Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the m...

Dark Around the Stars
2013
as Silky
Glen is on a drunken road trip when he plots to commit suicide on his birthday. His decision sends him on a spirited adventure.....

I Melt with You
2011
as Captain Bob
Former college friends meet up for a reunion that leads them to face the apparent disillusionment that defines their lives. After a week of excessive ...

Vegas Baby!
2011
Production Design

Session
2011
as Dr. Albert Solomon
A psychological suspense drama-thriller where a psychologist becomes obsessed with one of his patients. The lines between dreams and reality blend.

Black Limousine
2010
as Mr. Esteridge
A ghost story set in the city of dreams.

The Killer Inside Me
2010
as Sheriff Bob Maples
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little...

After the Denim
2010
as James Packer
"After the Denim" is the story of James Packer, a retired accountant and recovering alcoholic who transforms from a bristly, argumentative, resentful ...

Crazy Heart
2009
as Bill Wilson
When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a ...

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
2009
as Pat McDonagh
Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to hi...

Appaloosa
2008
as Abner Raines
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.

Gospel Hill
2008
as Jack Herrod
Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of Julia. Danny Glover plays John Malcolm, the son of a slain...

Familiar Strangers
2008
"Familiar Strangers" asks the question. "Is it really possible to relate to ones parents and siblings after being replaced by the family dog? . . . Pe...

Undoing
2007
as Don
A crime drama set in LA's Koreatown, UNDOING introduces us to Samuel, who returns after a mysterious absence to reconcile the death of his best friend...

Pain Within
2007
as Joseph
A drama about child abuse and its long term effects on its victims.

Feel
2006
as Buck
Over the course of a single day, four different men visit a massage parlor looking for some kind of emotional or physical connection. Simultaneously, ...

Flannel Pajamas
2006
as Bill
A mismatched couple meet on a blind date in Manhattan... as Stuart and Nicole progress from love to marriage to discussions about starting a family, t...

Brothers of the Head
2006
as Eddie Pasqua
In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and...

The Amateurs
2006
as Floyd
Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable losers who hit upon an idea that can make their dreams...

The Hills Have Eyes
2006
as Gas Station Attendant
Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the trave...

North Country
2005
as Gray Suchett
A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States — Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endure...

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
as Tom Fender
The first of three parts, we follow Tulse Luper in three distinct episodes: as a child during the first World War, as an explorer in Mormon Utah, and ...

The Badge
2002
as Bull Hardwick
A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although h...

High Crimes
2002
as FBI Agent Mullins
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador....

The Laramie Project
2002
as Father Roger Schmit
"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage versio...

Hearts in Atlantis
2001
as Len Files
A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.

Going Greek
2001
as Bill
Loner freshman Jake Taylor is forced to join the wildest fraternity on campus when the frat brothers refuse to accept his geeky cousin/roommate unless...

Pollock
2000
as Dan Miller
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United Sta...

The Million Dollar Hotel
2000
as Hector
A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Angeles hotel.

Malevolence
1999
as Jim Bradley
A young prisoner tells his story to an FBI agent. How unjust judicial system, systematic abuse inside and political corruption and machinations outsid...

A Slipping Down Life
1999
as Mr. Decker
A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.

Monday After the Miracle
1998
as Uncle Ed
Movie based on the true story of Helen Keller, now an adult, and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. Their close relationship is threatened when John Macy, a...

The Negotiator
1998
as Omar (uncredited)
The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elabo...

Poodle Springs
1998
as Arnie Burns
Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.

Buffalo Soldiers
1997
as Gen. Pike
They've ridden dusty miles without end and fought fierce battles. Yet when these brave African-American cavalrymen enter a scraggly frontier town, the...

The Killing Jar
1997
as Det. Jake Pestone
Michael Sanford and his wife move to his old town so he can take over the family business. However, gruesome murders of children start to happen. Mean...

Follow Me Home
1997
as Larry
Three muralists (one Chicano, one Black, one American Indian) and the socially-maladjusted cousin of the Chicano muralist set off on a road trip with ...

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
as Marshall
Irish immigrant Tommy Shaughnessy leaves 19th-century New York City for Kansas and becomes a small-town sheriff.

Nixon
1995
as Frank Nixon
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spa...

White Man's Burden
1995
as Stanley
The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pin...

Georgia
1995
as Erwin Flood
Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer. Unfortunately it is this very obsession — coupled with her self-destructive tend...

The Avenging Angel
1995
as Bill Hickman
Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involvin...

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
1995
as John Gale
Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, ...

Clear and Present Danger
1994
as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, ...

Against the Wall
1994
as Ed
In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions.

Shimmer
1993
as Mr. Speck
The solo actor in Shimmer tells the story by becoming each character in turn. The play takes place in 1956, in a harsh Midwestern juvenile detention c...

Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
1993
as Peter Baker
The Bonnie & Clyde story is re-told from a contemporary viewpoint. Clyde in this movie is a high school nerd working in the local burger joint. Ur...

The Ballad of Little Jo
1993
as Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
After being thrown out of her home, a young woman decides to disguise herself as a man to survive the ruthless Wild West.

Relentless 3
1993
as Captain Phelan
Sam Dietz, the relentless police detective, returns to Los Angeles from a self-imposed exile to help the police solve another series of brutal killing...

Love Can Be Murder
1992
as Mike Riordan
Elizabeth Bentley is a successful lawyer who suddenly has some "punkish" daydreams of being "Rambo" right around the time her clueless boyfriend Brad ...

Revenge on the Highway
1992
as Officer Russell Yates
At his wedding Claude Sams has an argument with his son about his life-style; in anger Paul leaves. Together with a friend he sets out for Vegas to se...

Raising Cain
1992
as Sgt, Cully
Child psychologist Carter Nix is a loving and caring family man, but under this appearance lies a dark and troubled past. Grappling with the consequen...

Talent for the Game
1991
as Rev. Bodeen
Virgil Sweet is on the verge of losing his job as a talent scout with the California Angels when he discovers Sammy Bodeen, a country boy with no pro ...

Dillinger
1991
as Captain Matt Leach
Crime drama based on the real-life story of US gangster John Dillinger, who was hunted by the FBI after a string of armed bank robberies during the Gr...

Die Hard 2
1990
as Marvin
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Chris...

The Road to Terror
1989
as Himself - Reporter
In The Road to Terror, revolutionaries tell how their dream descended into a nightmare of terror and execution. They speak as exiles in Paris, a city ...

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
as Billy Dobbs
Duell McCall visits his old girlfriend, Nora, and learns that she gave birth to his child. He wants to stay but he is still a wanted man. So, Sherif...

Wired
1989
as Detective
The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career.

Nightbreaker
1989
as Dan Cutter
Dr. Alexander Brown arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I. tells Brown he was a test subject during the 1950's, ex...

True Believer
1989
as Cecil Skell
Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has ...

Distant Thunder
1988
as Louis
A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after 10 years, where he's been living like an...

Promised a Miracle
1988
as Michael Elliot
True story of a couple charged with manslaughter when their rejection of modern medicine in favor of religion to treat their diabetic child resulted i...

Lady in White
1988
as Sheriff Saunders
Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago. Shortly after...

What Price Victory
1988
as Eldon Ray
What Price Victory is about the effect that unscrupulous college football recruiting practices have on two star high school athletes.

Family Sins
1987
as Sheriff
Gordon has a loving wife and two sons, Bryan and Keith, but he favors his spoiled younger son Keith over Bryan, who is defiant and not good at sports....

Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
as Russ Fielding
Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sg...

River's Edge
1986
as Bennett
A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, ea...

The Lightship
1985
A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don't reckon on the crew fighting back.

Massive Retaliation
1984
as Kirk Fredericks
Three families that are best friends head to their secret retreat when WW3 seems to be nearing. The adults arrive at the retreat and must endure the s...

Wildrose
1984
as Rick
June Lorich works at the Mesabi Mine on Minnesota's iron range. After an emotionally and physically abusive marriage, June is determined to make it o...

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983
as Boone Chate
Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in d...
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1982
as Tom
A dramatization of the life of the founder of Los Angeles's first alcoholic recovery center for women, Beatrice O'Reilly.

Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
1982
as Eli Nugent
A remake of the 1975 feature film. Donavan arrives in town and soon finds he is the legal guardian to two kids, Clovis and Celia. He tries to decline ...

When Hell Was in Session
1979
as Lt. Jim Norton
This film describes Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton's 7-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. Held in numerous, brutal POW camps, he faced starvation,...

The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
as William Tate
The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.

The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977
as Richette
Secret courier Matt Considine accepts the mission to escort chief witness Dvorak and his wife from San Francisco to a trial in New York. They have to ...

The Commitment
1976
as Abe
A salesman's marriage is at stake due to his increasing gambling debts.

A Woman for All Men
1975
as Construction Worker
Irascible and domineering millionaire Walter McCoy marries the beautiful, but shady and duplicitous Karen Petrie. Walter's son Steve automatically bec...

Incident at Vichy
1973
as Police Guard
Adapted from Arthur Miller's play, film focuses on a group of Frenchmen who are detained at Vichy, the capital of France while under Nazi occupation, ...
The Spittin' Image
N/A
A man looks back at his childhood and his relationship with his grandfather.

Hurricanna
N/A
as Dentist
In an attempt to save Anna Nicole Smith's life, her devoted therapist, Khristine embarks on a 36-hour odyssey in which she unknowingly delivers the fa...