Tom Bower

Tom Bower

1938-01-03 Denver, Colorado, USA 98 Credits

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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Double Down South

Double Down South

2024

as Old Nick

5.9
Acting

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

We Have a Ghost

2023

as Ernest Scheller

6.5
Acting

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

Raymond & Ray

2022

as Harris

6.3
Acting

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

Two Ways Home

2020

as Walter

6.2
Acting

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

Fully Realized Humans

2020

as Richard

4.9
Acting

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

Fully Realized Humans

2020

Additional Dialogue

4.9

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

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

2019

as Lou

7.0
Acting

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

Senior Love Triangle

2019

as William Selig

4.3
Acting

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

Light of My Life

2019

as Tom

6.4
Acting

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

Making a Deal with the Devil

2019

as MacGivens

Acting

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

The Last Big Save

2019

as Robert

5.8
Acting

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

As You Like It

2017

as Jaques

3.5
Acting

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

Lamb

2015

as Foster

6.0
Acting

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

Digging for Fire

2015

as Tom the Neighbor

5.1
Acting

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

Runoff

2015

as Scratch

5.8
Acting

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

The Ever After

2015

as Father O'Meara

5.7
Acting

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

13 Sins

2014

as Father

6.3
Acting

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

Out of the Furnace

2013

as Dan Dugan

6.6
Acting

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

Dark Around the Stars

2013

as Silky

5.5
Acting

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

I Melt with You

2011

as Captain Bob

5.3
Acting

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!

Vegas Baby!

2011

Production Design

6.4
Session

Session

2011

as Dr. Albert Solomon

4.2
Acting

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

Black Limousine

Black Limousine

2010

as Mr. Esteridge

6.5
Acting

A ghost story set in the city of dreams.

The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me

2010

as Sheriff Bob Maples

5.8
Acting

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

After the Denim

2010

as James Packer

Acting

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

Crazy Heart

Crazy Heart

2009

as Bill Wilson

6.9
Acting

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

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

2009

as Pat McDonagh

6.2
Acting

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

Appaloosa

2008

as Abner Raines

6.6
Acting

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

Gospel Hill

2008

as Jack Herrod

4.9
Acting

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

Familiar Strangers

2008

6.2
Acting

"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

Undoing

2007

as Don

3.5
Acting

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

Pain Within

2007

as Joseph

Acting

A drama about child abuse and its long term effects on its victims.

Feel

Feel

2006

as Buck

4.5
Acting

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

Flannel Pajamas

2006

as Bill

5.3
Acting

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

Brothers of the Head

2006

as Eddie Pasqua

5.7
Acting

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

The Amateurs

2006

as Floyd

5.6
Acting

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

The Hills Have Eyes

2006

as Gas Station Attendant

6.4
Acting

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

North Country

2005

as Gray Suchett

7.3
Acting

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

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

2003

as Tom Fender

5.2
Acting

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

The Badge

2002

as Bull Hardwick

5.9
Acting

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

High Crimes

2002

as FBI Agent Mullins

6.4
Acting

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

The Laramie Project

2002

as Father Roger Schmit

6.3
Acting

"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

Hearts in Atlantis

2001

as Len Files

6.8
Acting

A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.

Going Greek

Going Greek

2001

as Bill

4.7
Acting

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

Pollock

2000

as Dan Miller

6.7
Acting

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

The Million Dollar Hotel

2000

as Hector

5.9
Acting

A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Angeles hotel.

Malevolence

Malevolence

1999

as Jim Bradley

6.0
Acting

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

A Slipping Down Life

1999

as Mr. Decker

4.1
Acting

A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.

Monday After the Miracle

Monday After the Miracle

1998

as Uncle Ed

Acting

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

The Negotiator

1998

as Omar (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

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

Poodle Springs

1998

as Arnie Burns

5.5
Acting

Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.

Buffalo Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers

1997

as Gen. Pike

5.2
Acting

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

The Killing Jar

1997

as Det. Jake Pestone

3.8
Acting

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

Follow Me Home

1997

as Larry

3.5
Acting

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

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal

1996

as Marshall

5.0
Acting

Irish immigrant Tommy Shaughnessy leaves 19th-century New York City for Kansas and becomes a small-town sheriff.

Nixon

Nixon

1995

as Frank Nixon

6.9
Acting

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

White Man's Burden

1995

as Stanley

5.1
Acting

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

Georgia

1995

as Erwin Flood

5.8
Acting

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

The Avenging Angel

1995

as Bill Hickman

5.0
Acting

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

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

1995

as John Gale

6.0
Acting

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

Clear and Present Danger

1994

as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

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

Against the Wall

1994

as Ed

6.1
Acting

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

Shimmer

1993

as Mr. Speck

7.5
Acting

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

Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde

1993

as Peter Baker

5.9
Acting

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

The Ballad of Little Jo

1993

as Lyle Hogg (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

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

Relentless 3

1993

as Captain Phelan

4.8
Acting

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

Love Can Be Murder

1992

as Mike Riordan

6.0
Acting

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

Revenge on the Highway

1992

as Officer Russell Yates

3.2
Acting

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

Raising Cain

1992

as Sgt, Cully

6.1
Acting

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

Talent for the Game

1991

as Rev. Bodeen

6.0
Acting

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

Dillinger

1991

as Captain Matt Leach

4.7
Acting

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

Die Hard 2

1990

as Marvin

7.0
Acting

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

The Road to Terror

1989

as Himself - Reporter

7.0
Acting

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

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

1989

as Billy Dobbs

9.5
Acting

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

Wired

1989

as Detective

3.4
Acting

The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career.

Nightbreaker

Nightbreaker

1989

as Dan Cutter

6.4
Acting

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

True Believer

1989

as Cecil Skell

6.2
Acting

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

Distant Thunder

1988

as Louis

5.6
Acting

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

Promised a Miracle

1988

as Michael Elliot

3.0
Acting

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

Lady in White

1988

as Sheriff Saunders

6.1
Acting

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

What Price Victory

1988

as Eldon Ray

Acting

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

Family Sins

Family Sins

1987

as Sheriff

3.5
Acting

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

Beverly Hills Cop II

1987

as Russ Fielding

6.5
Acting

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

River's Edge

1986

as Bennett

6.5
Acting

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

The Lightship

1985

5.3
Acting

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

Massive Retaliation

1984

as Kirk Fredericks

3.0
Acting

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

Wildrose

1984

as Rick

Acting

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

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

1983

as Boone Chate

6.9
Acting

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

9.0
Acting

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

Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

1982

as Eli Nugent

2.0
Acting

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

When Hell Was in Session

1979

as Lt. Jim Norton

7.0
Acting

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

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

1978

as William Tate

Acting

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

The 3,000 Mile Chase

1977

as Richette

Acting

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

The Commitment

1976

as Abe

Acting

A salesman's marriage is at stake due to his increasing gambling debts.

A Woman for All Men

A Woman for All Men

1975

as Construction Worker

5.1
Acting

Irascible and domineering millionaire Walter McCoy marries the beautiful, but shady and duplicitous Karen Petrie. Walter's son Steve automatically bec...

Incident at Vichy

Incident at Vichy

1973

as Police Guard

Acting

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

Acting

A man looks back at his childhood and his relationship with his grandfather.

Hurricanna

Hurricanna

N/A

as Dentist

Acting

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...