Bill Dow

Bill Dow is the actor who portrays Mayor Tomkins on ABC's Once Upon a Time.

Biography

Bill Dow is an actor, director and writer in theatre, film, and television. He is best known for playing Bill Lee in the Stargate franchise. He also had a recurring roles as Russ Hathaway in the Canadian drama series Da Vinci's Inquest, as Mr. Parkman in Pasadena, and Dr. Charles Burks in The X Files.

Bill Dow has played many other guest star and recurring roles in a variety of television series such as Kyle XY and feature films, and has directed several award-winning theater productions for the Vancouver Playhouse where he was Artistic Associate for many years.

As an actor Dow has performed many lead roles, including a Jessie Award-winning performance as Martin Dysart in Peter Shaffer's Equus (2008). He served as Associate Artistic Director at the Blyth Festival and the Belfry Theatre, and resident dramaturge at the Banff Playwrights Colony.

Bill Dow recently completed his M.A. in Liberal Studies at Simon Fraser University through an examination of Greek tragedy and the writing of a ‘new’ tragedy – Cupid’s Arrow, that tells the beginnings of the story of Jason and Medea – the pre-quel to Euripides’ Medea. He is currently involved in research toward his PhD (at SFU) and an instructor of Classical Mythology (SFU) and Theatre (UBC).

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993-2001	The X-Files	Dr. Charles Burks	8 episodes
2001–2002	Pasadena	Mr. Parkman	6 episodes
2001-2007	Stargate SG-1	Dr. Bill Lee	20 episodes
2003-2005	Da Vinci's Inquest	Mayor Russ Hathaway	18 episodes
2005-2008	Stargate: Atlantis	Dr. Bill Lee	7 episodes
2006-2007	Kyle XY	Professor Kern	5 episodes
2009-2011	SGU Stargate Universe	Dr. Bill Lee	2 episodes
2012	Once Upon a Time	Mayor Tomkins	"Red-Handed"

Appearances

Once Upon a Time: Season One
"Pilot":	"The Thing You Love Most":	"Snow Falls":	"The Price of Gold":	"That Still Small Voice":	"The Shepherd":	"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter":	"Desperate Souls":	"True North":	"7:15 A.M.":	"Fruit of the Poisonous Tree":
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"Skin Deep":	"What Happened to Frederick":	"Dreamy":	"Red-Handed":	"Heart of Darkness":	"Hat Trick":	"The Stable Boy":	"The Return":	"The Stranger":	"An Apple Red as Blood":	"A Land Without Magic":
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