Tom Bower
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 such as River's Edge, Beverly Hills Cop II, Die Hard 2, Clear and Present Danger, Nixon, and The Negotiator. His 2008-09 roles include Appaloosa, with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen, Gospel Hill, with Danny Glover and Angela Bassett, as well as playing Pat McDonough, the father of Nicolas Cage's character, in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Sheriff Bob Maples in The Killer Inside Me, with Casey Affleck, and Crazy Heart with Jeff Bridges. Bower is also an award-winning stage actor.
Known for
![Double Down South](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qgAnqwaFKg0fsWVTFEo6vk82msE.jpg)
Double Down South
![We Have a Ghost](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xo0fgAUoEeVQ7KsKeMWypyglvnf.jpg)
We Have a Ghost
![Raymond & Ray](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fdKZmSQHD17JjGUYkluhpttgJRi.jpg)
Raymond & Ray
![Two Ways Home](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1lRfzZED26WzioMrBQfYLvLyzYm.jpg)
Two Ways Home
![Fully Realized Humans](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oKo5etyL8NvgOZegf1uVRlzc2WP.jpg)
Fully Realized Humans
![El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ePXuKdXZuJx8hHMNr2yM4jY2L7Z.jpg)
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
![Senior Love Triangle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nUj5lfyF4eHx2TDtdfKQi4hHiI.jpg)
Senior Love Triangle
![Light of My Life](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zbQQrOclR6G4r3T3EuOjp0f6VG9.jpg)
Light of My Life
![Making a Deal with the Devil](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kA1V0sVjexMkgKPSBFb87eOMEZH.jpg)
Making a Deal with the Devil
![The Last Big Save](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7RUYdk7G5FBZ0AOEjIW4pGKAoyD.jpg)
The Last Big Save
![As You Like It](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hdyhQAB8Q3kHeKVZ69cvHjJ6tKo.jpg)
As You Like It
![Ice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lLmHKFEWnbzIVHay54VLF8FwiJM.jpg)
Ice
![Goliath](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b7ygC3GRaq4xc0nkWdGnydtMfvD.jpg)
Goliath
![Lamb](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aj0pgKR4dWlRRb1Q05JGQtwxHbj.jpg)
Lamb
![Digging for Fire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rJjT0uoqWl2ETSshtNg3Wv2MkMT.jpg)
Digging for Fire
![Runoff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/egroSwnFfD9iuOmirhhzLGmMQOx.jpg)
Runoff
![The Ever After](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vmnfh70tjfoBFqXj5V9vGyGwryo.jpg)
The Ever After
![Bosch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lQPwNJ6DRpmRfTrKy8A94c7IvU3.jpg)
Bosch
![13 Sins](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x4tC1s6oFG9nEyxVSM0FiIsLea1.jpg)
13 Sins
![Out of the Furnace](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cOuQQ4eRpSBxb0G9OXzWE1pHPeq.jpg)
Out of the Furnace
![Dark Around the Stars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7p12Kyh7IZWWvzFOpT5oqOW6n3t.jpg)
Dark Around the Stars
![Ray Donovan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zxftW7ZGVrOCqH2ifuruieCTb5X.jpg)
Ray Donovan
![I Melt with You](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6Xq0cwrXOgmyKCTtH3KlOJFS8uu.jpg)
I Melt with You
![Vegas Baby!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8C5IaTZeKLUcFIXDYIgaEc8fPxu.jpg)
Vegas Baby!
![Mr. Sunshine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bGhKW250g40wsHp60GQJxa65Mg1.jpg)
Mr. Sunshine
![Session](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7ocJhE3onZEnVXQ1Mx4stsDkuPf.jpg)
Session
![Black Limousine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oBwRHFuUSejCQmezwseNzHOB8g0.jpg)
Black Limousine
![Rizzoli & Isles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qQgTIsI6iWv4jO3kM6tHWVsKIIM.jpg)
Rizzoli & Isles
![The Killer Inside Me](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fhmdzywgGF9cvoLPuW8qqDn0Gtx.jpg)
The Killer Inside Me
![After the Denim](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rDEaF2sPFwEh4T7d5Bqvsy6HFG3.jpg)
After the Denim
![Crazy Heart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zwao2YMsqf27IzNEtDNWSe0W9jH.jpg)
Crazy Heart
![Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hMgMdFyPzGZzbiTEKScY8HuNqCS.jpg)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
![Appaloosa](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qLLUC8QaNx4BK1Vuf7XqSyd8icX.jpg)
Appaloosa
![Gospel Hill](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xOt8cn4EFvwAxNRElJHFRnqC1WT.jpg)
Gospel Hill
![Familiar Strangers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w8Zr9An8Qc6rX2lzLTJEVFhz2Dy.jpg)
Familiar Strangers
![Undoing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ezg6DTndSH58ouoMuktyBTTD2IT.jpg)
Undoing
![Pain Within](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qcaLPMBr3roKnV0uyuPocMfVvWh.jpg)
Pain Within
![Feel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wThU9Q5szBFQvPccDL02rG7We27.jpg)
Feel
![Flannel Pajamas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7aCzJXOZE6aoIQuQF8vKuvoe6hy.jpg)
Flannel Pajamas
![Brothers of the Head](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7YnQYxb9IiC5n4jmXDsEERLRH7d.jpg)
Brothers of the Head
![The Amateurs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kj4ZZpyP95ltT4ZF2c6aiyEH5N9.jpg)
The Amateurs
![The Hills Have Eyes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/53x6ZGyYLgYwa5VQRdSqvVYwrl9.jpg)
The Hills Have Eyes
![It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pRWO6ufqSNkWvPXDDQhBwPNSv4K.jpg)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
![Grey's Anatomy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jcEl8SISNfGdlQFwLzeEtsjDvpw.jpg)
Grey's Anatomy
![The Office](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7DJKHzAi83BmQrWLrYYOqcoKfhR.jpg)
The Office
![North Country](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/upxUN4zmX79o49mBW9htKZDeNq7.jpg)
North Country
![Battlestar Galactica](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/99PJSbcO2LeM10uOGWeFihNp77j.jpg)
Battlestar Galactica
![NCIS](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2exOHePjOTquUsbThPGhuEjYTyA.jpg)
NCIS
![The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/roUKvEKMSxxjo3Du0MIrwUHzjdN.jpg)
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
![The Badge](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8GbBnwqYYfSMTwmTWxT9N3dzUfR.jpg)
The Badge
![Monk](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3axGMbUecXXOPSeG47v2i9wK5y5.jpg)
Monk
![High Crimes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9sj9rUr7Vu5IfOQHnYKnJuVEw0B.jpg)
High Crimes
![The Laramie Project](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9Aj4DdvSZp7XRpIVbBXN3EccDwX.jpg)
The Laramie Project
![Hearts in Atlantis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qPTEh8vutS5FSCDoR16MWVGHqTm.jpg)
Hearts in Atlantis
![Going Greek](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8btEohZgUniiRXNyxNjl5gm6uXw.jpg)
Going Greek
![Pollock](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/azsBSw2zw2uNHiCjTnbe9TJVEDB.jpg)
Pollock
![The Million Dollar Hotel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iGRyPsZF0lfIL3IadmBdoAsYzyn.jpg)
The Million Dollar Hotel
![Roswell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/47CaTpah62bxbAkWANDzZdJxkxw.jpg)
Roswell
![The West Wing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yqDWr5NAE7m1IWrygYwLyEB6pN0.jpg)
The West Wing
![Malevolence](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mURZ6201D3yseP6Bc3MlDM1QHyf.jpg)
Malevolence
![A Slipping Down Life](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xxWjd3dbWSMwTeSHaSukFHY84p6.jpg)
A Slipping Down Life
![Monday After the Miracle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kAiknsCW8EUf5jgyY619rJFg6QO.jpg)
Monday After the Miracle
![The Negotiator](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/moiaZupHkPNd4ryCRqaocjKPeId.jpg)
The Negotiator
![Poodle Springs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ySroOZG9J50vMlKTc4fwyiOxmxR.jpg)
Poodle Springs
![Buffalo Soldiers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/80Vc40rPcUGDl5pBzFPGGxMAlka.jpg)
Buffalo Soldiers
![The Killing Jar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/t3tAY70qUHU9pV8MwQyku5dP6j7.jpg)
The Killing Jar
![Follow Me Home](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fqJ4L8ZSP7ABlwxAiXXZ5aAU2il.jpg)
Follow Me Home
![Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mJ0xGiFqpRNNOS56fUDVPKsIlgy.jpg)
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
![Nixon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cz2MTGr2wpDZLirgV2rGHBdA2t3.jpg)
Nixon
![White Man's Burden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pIgCFucYI0YvnMR35zV12YY0NHc.jpg)
White Man's Burden
![Georgia](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uXjfK404xo7SiVlFcAoRyaFqXR4.jpg)
Georgia
![The Avenging Angel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6LMjMtqN6Cq5nz6pH38XJaknitr.jpg)
The Avenging Angel
![Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bGSXHkITArICNipXJHdRZRFhmmA.jpg)
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
![Against the Wall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mq9Brmq840ZLx65DTxnT2oME96s.jpg)
Against the Wall
![Shimmer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7jJYrWn0r2EzinRLn75FZeyqebk.jpg)
Shimmer
![The X-Files](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5BD0kiTGnDxONqdrsswTewnk6WH.jpg)
The X-Files
![Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/57WEYORdKsg7gd04QLrvLvIv2sV.jpg)
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
![The Ballad of Little Jo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cFGLQ3NigGdDmJy2Wjhcp9nmHe4.jpg)
The Ballad of Little Jo
![Relentless 3](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lRHYYWUcVK1zr3ZNcbSmg8t5Jo0.jpg)
Relentless 3
![Love Can Be Murder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4iO1z63zZTCvJj3RiqPIjcX5MV.jpg)
Love Can Be Murder
![Revenge on the Highway](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sVkhULkSYJYCeNSKttDTRZcS3Lo.jpg)
Revenge on the Highway
![Raising Cain](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5vRn138vnZeUNFe32qTuPGKkVLR.jpg)
Raising Cain
![Talent for the Game](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eiF9tLx5Q5GN967hRI6wPkFTnUF.jpg)
Talent for the Game
![Love, Lies and Murder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zohWtIEsZX8hpMAb3opT92Ep0br.jpg)
Love, Lies and Murder
![Dillinger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6Ro5FdvwuIm6ICamRvDLQmqDPF9.jpg)
Dillinger
![Law & Order](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m9zTQr4TYS98UFSiA1k0mMfECPe.jpg)
Law & Order
![Die Hard 2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/drJgR9L9jY44DQZvvfrZ2YoGJmW.jpg)
Die Hard 2
![The Road to Terror](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hRhOzuWWDI3XvzCUPlJXz8EptqK.jpg)
The Road to Terror
![Desperado: The Outlaw Wars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cQgulYiX67v3IVYNdAv247IZqFQ.jpg)
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
![Wired](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vC9sVPR6u37AH70Fnffy8f41Y0N.jpg)
Wired
![Nightbreaker](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lzfACG04xlQVdiDGXrSbeeARaQ2.jpg)
Nightbreaker
![True Believer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ouL2ibaIdTMobM1CUlZxKauJBaM.jpg)
True Believer
![Distant Thunder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xfWvrfnpboqeTxuKBhk23wUBOZ0.jpg)
Distant Thunder
![Promised a Miracle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mNv85UtFIEfoNk6ByS89WrNHqvb.jpg)
Promised a Miracle
![Lady in White](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AevfLQ5c0ZGtO3clHawg9L2XAQ2.jpg)
Lady in White
![What Price Victory](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/n6Q4ycPJGX38ypPOeDMzVEb8pFV.jpg)
What Price Victory
![Family Sins](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7XoXkzKtG6KbnxGhyJHmBfHJccP.jpg)
Family Sins
![Beverly Hills Cop II](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/egDakU8O5yUwpUJP9IMAUVtIDll.jpg)
Beverly Hills Cop II
![River's Edge](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bT68aKa9d7zDF7Z8MaskbWBRqzb.jpg)
River's Edge
![The Lightship](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cZsb3DNNkEyD0Z6DkMiVzTpbg45.jpg)
The Lightship
![Misfits of Science](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/10G3uMONllAwlL4qfvJFDV8Zk5P.jpg)
Misfits of Science
![Crazy like a Fox](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fRtScq8bpj9vlbRB4yq6eMiZLqp.jpg)
Crazy like a Fox
![Murder, She Wrote](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3UxBFG4fiuZ0P9n2sCrjXh64Avy.jpg)
Murder, She Wrote
![Massive Retaliation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uNz6HSGQ3tSNCCN8L0pdYIbuTfw.jpg)
Massive Retaliation
![Wildrose](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pAvJNakk1lTUGPuts4g5XW9q2cY.jpg)
Wildrose
![The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wrPjMYU75lJpYgE6KwQmiv18oaA.jpg)
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
![Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/y7FdPtFsZUUBE874BNUTEW1z4Y5.jpg)
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
![When Hell Was in Session](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/IXIv3J67sr8Czg9fO7lwuLyCCh.jpg)
When Hell Was in Session
![The Winds of Kitty Hawk](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i4Gzox9xpFs7K5dWax1bJY0rDF7.jpg)
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
![The Dain Curse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8CRnok1OxQnQxsfof2MLxnlm6fA.jpg)
The Dain Curse
![Dallas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w8Frf2mO0DUVHmSRJWJWldntKCt.jpg)
Dallas
![The 3,000 Mile Chase](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/glymfWgROA1tjRzKW0LbTfL732H.jpg)
The 3,000 Mile Chase
![The Commitment](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fI8lbQKLEowMdbfx3oj4Y46ZXxU.jpg)
The Commitment
![A Woman for All Men](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6G89wQ54w8kEf9kOsV5X29Ox9di.jpg)
A Woman for All Men
![The Rockford Files](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fniHEsTeqHMg41GlCYJxZVgtn7H.jpg)
The Rockford Files
![Incident at Vichy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ytFNtcJq9vMw0RycAVRNR5PIQfy.jpg)
Incident at Vichy
![Kojak](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7F1eH97Bpi8zQbc172drbJCsOsG.jpg)
Kojak