Like most of the people who appeared in the 1956 United Artists
documentary movie, "UFO," he was not a professional actor and never
acted again. While movie production took place, he was granted a few
weeks away from his position as aviation reporter for the old Los
Angeles Examiner. He had already firmly established his press
credentials as a newspaper writer, and in later years (1970s and
perhaps early eighties) served as executive assistant to the general
manager at what is now LAX Airport. Towers, who died in approximately
1991, had been a captain in Army Air Force intelligence during WW II.
His appearance as the lead actor in "UFO" came about both because he
personally knew Albert M. Chop, whom he portrayed in the film, and
producer Clarence Greene had met Towers previously. Some confusion has
ensued over the years because some publications mistakenly listed Tom
Towers as Tom Powers, a professional actor with numerous film credits
of his own.