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    Tom Bower

    1938-01-03 (86 years old) in Denver, Colorado, USA

    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.

    Movies

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    Double Down South
    55 %|Jan 19, 2024
    Drama, Thriller
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    We Have a Ghost
    65 %|Feb 24, 2023
    Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
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    Raymond & Ray
    63 %|Oct 14, 2022
    Drama, Comedy
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    Two Ways Home
    63 %|Dec 29, 2020
    Drama
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    Fully Realized Humans
    48 %|Aug 8, 2020
    Comedy, Drama
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    El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
    69.64 %|Oct 11, 2019
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Senior Love Triangle
    43 %|Sep 8, 2019
    Drama
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    Light of My Life
    64 %|Aug 9, 2019
    Science Fiction, Drama
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    Making a Deal with the Devil
    0 %|Jun 20, 2019
    Drama
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    The Last Big Save
    73 %|May 18, 2019
    Drama
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    As You Like It
    35 %|Sep 15, 2017
    Drama
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    Lamb
    59.75 %|Oct 20, 2015
    Drama
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    Digging for Fire
    51 %|Aug 21, 2015
    Comedy, Drama
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    Runoff
    58 %|Jun 26, 2015
    Drama, Thriller
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    The Ever After
    58 %|Feb 13, 2015
    Drama
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    13 Sins
    63 %|Apr 11, 2014
    Horror, Thriller
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    Out of the Furnace
    65.67999999999999 %|Nov 9, 2013
    Thriller, Drama, Crime
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    Dark Around the Stars
    100 %|Sep 13, 2013
    Drama
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    I Melt with You
    53 %|Dec 9, 2011
    Drama, Thriller
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    Session
    42 %|Jan 20, 2011
    Drama
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    Black Limousine
    68.85 %|Oct 19, 2010
    Drama, Thriller
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    The Killer Inside Me
    58.28 %|Feb 19, 2010
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    After the Denim
    0 %|Jan 2, 2010
    Drama
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    Crazy Heart
    69.22 %|Dec 16, 2009
    Drama, Music, Romance
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    Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
    61.83 %|Sep 11, 2009
    Drama, Crime
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    Appaloosa
    65.86 %|Sep 19, 2008
    Drama, Western, Crime
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    Gospel Hill
    47 %|Feb 9, 2008
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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    Familiar Strangers
    62 %|Jan 1, 2008
    Comedy, Drama
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    Undoing
    35 %|Dec 5, 2007
    Thriller
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    Pain Within
    0 %|Mar 30, 2007
    Drama
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    Feel
    52 %|Dec 1, 2006
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    Flannel Pajamas
    53 %|Nov 15, 2006
    Drama, Romance
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    Brothers of the Head
    57 %|Jul 28, 2006
    Music, Drama
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    The Amateurs
    55.8 %|Apr 28, 2006
    Comedy
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    The Hills Have Eyes
    64 %|Mar 10, 2006
    Horror, Thriller
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    North Country
    72.19 %|Feb 12, 2005
    Drama
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    The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
    53 %|May 24, 2003
    War, Drama, History, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
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    The Badge
    58.54 %|Sep 7, 2002
    Crime, Thriller
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    High Crimes
    64 %|Apr 5, 2002
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
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    The Laramie Project
    64 %|Jan 10, 2002
    Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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    Hearts in Atlantis
    67.35000000000001 %|Sep 28, 2001
    Drama
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    Going Greek
    48 %|Aug 4, 2001
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Pollock
    66.76 %|Sep 6, 2000
    Drama, History
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    The Million Dollar Hotel
    58.78999999999999 %|Feb 9, 2000
    Drama, Thriller
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    Malevolence
    60 %|Feb 1, 1999
    Drama
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    A Slipping Down Life
    43 %|Jan 22, 1999
    Drama, Romance
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    Monday After the Miracle
    0 %|Nov 15, 1998
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Negotiator
    70.87 %|Jul 29, 1998
    Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Poodle Springs
    54 %|Jul 25, 1998
    TV Movie, Crime, Mystery
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    Buffalo Soldiers
    51 %|Dec 7, 1997
    Drama, History, TV Movie, Western
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    The Killing Jar
    45 %|May 27, 1997
    Thriller, Drama
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    Follow Me Home
    60 %|Feb 28, 1997
    Drama
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    Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
    0 %|Jun 20, 1996
    Western, TV Movie
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    Nixon
    68.69 %|Dec 22, 1995
    Drama, History
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    White Man's Burden
    51 %|Dec 1, 1995
    Drama
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    Georgia
    59 %|May 19, 1995
    Drama
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    The Avenging Angel
    52 %|Jan 22, 1995
    Western, TV Movie
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    Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog
    61 %|Jan 13, 1995
    Action, Adventure, Drama, Family
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    Against the Wall
    60.949999999999996 %|Mar 26, 1994
    Drama, History, TV Movie
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    Shimmer
    75 %|Oct 1, 1993
    Drama
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    Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde
    64 %|Aug 27, 1993
    Drama, Action
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    The Ballad of Little Jo
    58 %|Aug 20, 1993
    Romance, Drama, Western
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    Relentless 3
    48 %|Aug 18, 1993
    Action, Thriller, Horror
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    Love Can Be Murder
    60 %|Dec 14, 1992
    Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, TV Movie
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    Revenge on the Highway
    32 %|Dec 2, 1992
    Thriller
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    Raising Cain
    61 %|Aug 7, 1992
    Thriller, Crime, Horror
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    Talent for the Game
    60 %|Apr 26, 1991
    Drama
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    Dillinger
    45 %|Jan 6, 1991
    Action, Crime
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    Die Hard 2
    69.55 %|Jul 3, 1990
    Action, Thriller
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    The Road to Terror
    70 %|Dec 24, 1989
    Documentary
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    Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
    95 %|Oct 10, 1989
    Western, TV Movie
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    Wired
    34 %|Aug 25, 1989
    Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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    Nightbreaker
    71 %|Mar 8, 1989
    Drama, TV Movie
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    True Believer
    62 %|Feb 17, 1989
    Crime, Drama
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    Distant Thunder
    56 %|Nov 11, 1988
    Drama
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    Promised a Miracle
    50 %|May 19, 1988
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Lady in White
    61 %|Apr 22, 1988
    Mystery, Horror, Thriller
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    What Price Victory
    0 %|Jan 18, 1988
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    Family Sins
    35 %|Oct 25, 1987
    Horror, Thriller, TV Movie
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    Beverly Hills Cop II
    65 %|May 18, 1987
    Action, Comedy, Crime
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    River's Edge
    65 %|Oct 10, 1986
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    The Lightship
    53 %|Dec 14, 1985
    Thriller
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    Massive Retaliation
    30 %|Sep 1, 1984
    Drama, War
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    Wildrose
    0 %|May 4, 1984
    Drama
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    The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
    68.33 %|Aug 19, 1983
    Western, History
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    Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
    90 %|Sep 29, 1982
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
    20 %|Jan 16, 1982
    Family, Adventure, Drama, TV Movie
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    When Hell Was in Session
    70 %|Oct 8, 1979
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The Winds of Kitty Hawk
    0 %|Dec 17, 1978
    History, Drama, TV Movie
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    The 3,000 Mile Chase
    0 %|Jun 16, 1977
    Action, Drama, TV Movie
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    The Commitment
    0 %|Jan 1, 1976
    Drama
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    A Woman for All Men
    55 %|Aug 1, 1975
    Drama, Thriller
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    Incident at Vichy
    0 %|Dec 6, 1973
    Drama
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    The Spittin' Image
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama
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    Hurricanna
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Drama

    Series

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    Ice
    65 %|Nov 16, 2016
    Drama, Crime
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    Goliath
    76 %|Oct 13, 2016
    Crime, Drama
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    Bosch
    79.14 %|Jan 14, 2015
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Ray Donovan
    75 %|Jun 30, 2013
    Drama
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    Mr. Sunshine
    63.230000000000004 %|Feb 9, 2011
    Comedy
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    Rizzoli & Isles
    79 %|Jul 12, 2010
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Private Practice
    76 %|Sep 26, 2007
    Drama
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    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
    82.88 %|Aug 4, 2005
    Comedy
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    Grey's Anatomy
    82 %|Mar 27, 2005
    Drama
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    The Office
    86 %|Mar 24, 2005
    Comedy
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    Battlestar Galactica
    82.11 %|Oct 18, 2004
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    NCIS
    76.19 %|Sep 23, 2003
    Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Monk
    79 %|Jul 12, 2002
    Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Roswell
    77.05 %|Oct 6, 1999
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    The West Wing
    83 %|Sep 22, 1999
    Drama
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    The X-Files
    84 %|Sep 10, 1993
    Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Love, Lies and Murder
    52 %|Feb 17, 1991
    Crime, Drama
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    Law & Order
    74 %|Sep 13, 1990
    Crime, Drama
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    Misfits of Science
    66 %|Oct 4, 1985
    Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Crazy like a Fox
    71 %|Dec 30, 1984
    Comedy, Drama
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    Murder, She Wrote
    75 %|Sep 30, 1984
    Mystery, Crime, Drama
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    Hill Street Blues
    76 %|Jan 15, 1981
    Drama, Crime
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    The Dain Curse
    62 %|May 22, 1978
    Crime, Mystery
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    Dallas
    68 %|Apr 2, 1978
    Soap, Drama, Family
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    The Rockford Files
    75 %|Sep 13, 1974
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    The Rockford Files
    75 %|Sep 13, 1974
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Kojak
    69.42 %|Oct 24, 1973
    Crime, Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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    The Waltons
    71 %|Sep 14, 1972
    Drama