Jack Betts

Jack Betts
Betts in November 2010
Born Jack Richard Nelson Betts
(1929-04-11) April 11, 1929
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Other names Hunt Powers
Alma mater Actors Studio
Occupation Actor
Years active 1957present

Jack Richard Nelson Betts (born April 11, 1929), also credited as Hunt Powers, is an American actor of film, stage, and television. A member of the Actors Studio, he started his career as a leading man in spaghetti westerns, before taking a career in supporting roles in American films.

Betts portrayed Chris Devlin in the CBS mystery series Checkmate (1960-1962).[1] He also played Mr. Fisher, an 80-year-old man on One Life to Live.[2]

Among his numerous television appearances were four roles on the CBS drama series Perry Mason, including the role of Bert Nickols in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Impatient Partner," Enos Watterton in the 1962 episode “The Case of the Double Entry Mind”, murder victim George Parsons in the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Wooden Nickels," and murder victim Bruce Strickland in the 1966 episode, "The Case of the Fanciful Frail.

Betts was also the author of Screen Test: Take One, a play about a soap opera that originated on a film set.[3]

Filmography

Betts with Fred Willard in November 2010
YearFilmRole
2015To Dust ReturnMr. Owen
2011Mardi Gras: Spring BreakElderly Couple
2009MonkCowboy Hank
2009The MentalistOther Mobster
2009The UnitOld Priest
2008It's a Wonderful DeathPresident Marshall
2007Being Michael MadsenJames J. Perry
2007The Desert RoseJoel Shaw
2007Zoey 101Mr. Hodges
2006My Name Is EarlProsecutor
2005Cold CaseDr. Greggs
2004Vendetta: No Conscience, No MercyJack McGuire
2004I Am StamosPreston
2003The CommissionAllen Dulles
2002The DistrictPriest
2002Spider-ManHenry Blakan
2002The Young and the RestlessRoberto
2001Critical MassAtty. Gen. Ames
2001Mockingbird Don't SingWes Standon
2001FriendsTom
2000CutAlfred Carpenter
2000Running MatesSenator
2000True RightsThad Whitney
2000The Next Best ThingVernon
1999Power Rangers Lost GalaxyCouncilor Brody
1999Everybody Loves RaymondWalter
1999Office SpaceJudge
19998MMButler
1998Alien Avengers IIElder
1998Gods and MonstersBoris Karloff
1998The Scottish TaleSyd
1998Southern ManBoris Karloff
1997The Big FallTyre
1997Mike Hammer, Private EyeFather Dressler
1997Batman & RobinParty Guest
1997FrasierIan
1996Power 98Waldo Marcel
1996Deadly GamesGene Murdock
1995MADtvJudge
1995Batman ForeverFisherman
1995SeinfeldMr. Green
1993Fugitive Nights: Danger in the DesertDoc Morton
1993SistersHarry Busby
1993Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final AffairDirector
1993Falling DownFrank the Golfer
1992Just My ImaginationGovernor
1992SinatraEarl Wilson
1992White TrashCC's father
1991In the Heat of the NightAttorney Mark Harris
1990Dead Men Don't DieCavanaugh
1989GenerationsHugh Gardner
1988The ChairDetective
1987Guiding LightDr. Wilson Frost (1973-1974) / John Cutter
1986Search for TomorrowDr. David Glenn
1984Falcon CrestDr. Roderick
1984Remington SteeleWalter Gallen
1983All My ChildrenLars Bogard #3
1982-1983Another WorldLouis St. George
1978Bye Bye MonkeyBar Owner
1978The Edge of NightDr. Stein
1977KojakPaul Lawford
1974Corte marziale
1972A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresiEnrico Graziani
1972Down with Your Hands... You Scum!Django
1972The Assassination of TrotskyLou
1971He Was Called Holy GhostFoster
1971A Barrel Full of DollarsTamayo
1971A Fistful of DeathButch Cassidy
1971Boulevard du RhumRenner
1971Giù le mani... carogna
1970Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the EndDjango
1970Quel maledetto giorno d'inverno... Django e Sartana all'ultimo sangueDjango
1970Dead Men Don't Make ShadowsLazar Peacock/Sabata
1969It Takes a ThiefGarrison
1968One Life to LiveDr. Ivan Kipling
1967Halleluja for DjangoSanto / David Phaylard
1967Sugar ColtDr. Tom Cooper/Rocco
1966The Man Who Never Was
1965-1967The F.B.I.Allen Cole / Woods / Defense Attorney Barker
1964GunsmokeCowboy
196412 O'Clock HighLt. Kinner
1963General HospitalDr. Ken Martin
1962BonanzaJamie Wrenn
1961-1966Perry MasonBruce Strickland / George Parson / Enos Watterton / Bert Nickols
1961-1962CheckmateChris Devlin
1961The DetectivesTom Harper
1961One Plus OneBill Cannon
1960The United States Steel HourJack Taylor
1960The DuPont Show of the MonthDenis Eady
1959The Bloody BroodCliff

References

  1. Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
  2. Reichardt, Nancy M. (2 May 1982). "Age before duty for 'Life's' Jack Betts". The News-Leader. Virginia, Staunton. p. 42. Retrieved January 7, 2018 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Screen Test: Take One". Variety. April 12, 1996. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.


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