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