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
River's Edge
(1987)
Bennett
Die Hard 2
(1990)
Marvin
The Negotiator
(1998)
Omar (uncredited)
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
(2019)
Lou
Beverly Hills Cop II
(1987)
Russ Fielding
Nixon
(1995)
Frank Nixon
The Hills Have Eyes
(2006)
Gas Station Attendant
Out of the Furnace
(2013)
Dan Dugan
The Killer Inside Me
(2010)
Sheriff Bob Maples
Hearts in Atlantis
(2001)
Len Files
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
(2009)
Pat McDonagh
We Have a Ghost
(2023)
Ernest Scheller
High Crimes
(2002)
FBI Agent Mullins
13 Sins
(2014)
Father
North Country
(2005)
Gray Suchett
Raising Cain
(1992)
Sgt, Cully
Full Filmography
Acting
Incident at Vichy
(1973)
Police Guard
A Woman for All Men
(1975)
Construction Worker
The Commitment
(1976)
Abe
The 3,000 Mile Chase
(1977)
Richette
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
(1978)
William Tate
When Hell Was in Session
(1979)
Lt. Jim Norton
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
(1982)
Eli Nugent
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
(1982)
Tom
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
(1983)
Boone Chate
Wildrose
(1984)
Rick
Massive Retaliation
(1984)
Kirk Fredericks
The Lightship
(1985)
Beverly Hills Cop II
(1987)
Russ Fielding
Family Sins
(1987)
Sheriff
River's Edge
(1987)
Bennett
Distant Thunder
(1988)
Louis
Lady in White
(1988)
Sheriff Saunders
What Price Victory
(1988)
Eldon Ray
Promised a Miracle
(1988)
Michael Elliot
Nightbreaker
(1989)
Dan Cutter
Wired
(1989)
Detective
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
(1989)
Billy Dobbs
True Believer
(1989)
Cecil Skell
The Road to Terror
(1989)
Himself - Reporter
Die Hard 2
(1990)
Marvin
Dillinger
(1991)
Captain Matt Leach
Talent for the Game
(1991)
Rev. Bodeen
Love Can Be Murder
(1992)
Mike Riordan
Raising Cain
(1992)
Sgt, Cully
Revenge on the Highway
(1992)
Officer Russell Yates
Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
(1993)
Peter Baker
Relentless 3
(1993)
Captain Phelan
The Ballad of Little Jo
(1993)
Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
Shimmer
(1993)
Mr. Speck
Against the Wall
(1994)
Ed
The Avenging Angel
(1995)
Bill Hickman
Nixon
(1995)
Frank Nixon
Georgia
(1995)
Erwin Flood
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
(1995)
John Gale
White Man's Burden
(1995)
Stanley
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
(1996)
Marshall
Follow Me Home
(1997)
Larry
The Killing Jar
(1997)
Buffalo Soldiers
(1997)
Gen. Pike
The Negotiator
(1998)
Omar (uncredited)
Monday After the Miracle
(1998)
Uncle Ed
Poodle Springs
(1998)
Arnie Burns
Malevolence
(1999)
Jim Bradley
A Slipping Down Life
(1999)
Mr. Decker
Pollock
(2000)
Dan Miller
The Million Dollar Hotel
(2000)
Hector
Going Greek
(2001)
Bill
Hearts in Atlantis
(2001)
Len Files
The Laramie Project
(2002)
Father Roger Schmit
High Crimes
(2002)
FBI Agent Mullins
The Badge
(2002)
Bull Hardwick
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
(2003)
Tom Fender
North Country
(2005)
Gray Suchett
Flannel Pajamas
(2006)
Bill
The Hills Have Eyes
(2006)
Gas Station Attendant
The Amateurs
(2006)
Floyd
Brothers of the Head
(2006)
Eddie Pasqua
Feel
(2006)
Buck
Undoing
(2007)
Don
Pain Within
(2007)
Joseph
Familiar Strangers
(2008)
Appaloosa
(2008)
Abner Raines
Gospel Hill
(2008)
Jack Herrod
Crazy Heart
(2009)
Bill Wilson
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
(2009)
Pat McDonagh
Black Limousine
(2010)
Mr. Esteridge
After the Denim
(2010)
James Packer
The Killer Inside Me
(2010)
Sheriff Bob Maples
I Melt with You
(2011)
Captain Bob
Session
(2011)
Dr. Albert Solomon
Dark Around the Stars
(2013)
Silky
Out of the Furnace
(2013)
Dan Dugan
13 Sins
(2014)
Father
Runoff
(2015)
Scratch
Digging for Fire
(2015)
Tom the Neighbor
Lamb
(2015)
Foster
The Ever After
(2015)
Father O'Meara
As You Like It
(2017)
Jaques
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
(2019)
Lou
The Last Big Save
(2019)
Robert
Making a Deal with the Devil
(2019)
MacGivens
Light of My Life
(2019)
Tom
Senior Love Triangle
(2019)
William Selig
Fully Realized Humans
(2020)
Richard
Two Ways Home
(2020)
Walter
Raymond & Ray
(2022)
Harris
We Have a Ghost
(2023)
Ernest Scheller
Double Down South
(2024)
Old Nick
Art
Crew