Tom Bower played General Ed Barrie in And It's Surely to Their Credit. He has starred in a number of films, including Pollack, The Hills Have Eyes, River's Edge (with Daniel Roebuck), Beverly Hills Cop II, Die Hard 2 (with John Amos), Clear and Present Danger (with Joaquim de Almeida), Nixon, The Negotiator, Appaloosa and Crazy Heart.