Jack Betts

For the newspaper columnist, see Jack Betts (journalist).

Jack Betts
Betts in 2010
Other names	Hunt Powers
Alma mater	Actors Studio
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1953–present

Jack Betts, also credited as Hunt Powers, is an American character actor. He has acted in film, on stage, and on television. He starred in several Spaghetti western films such as Sugar Colt.

Career

Betts (right) with Fred Willard in 2010

Betts was raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. When he was 10 years old, he and his family moved to Miami, Florida. He auditioned for a talent contest on WIOD. He graduated from Miami Senior High School and attended the University of Miami in which he studied theater.^[1] Betts started his career in 1953 in the play Richard III.^[2] He portrayed Chris Devlin in the CBS mystery series Checkmate (1960–1962).^[3] From 1963 to 1965, he portrayed Dr. Ken Martin in General Hospital.^[4] He also played Mr. Fisher, an 80-year-old man on One Life to Live in 1982.^[5]

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 is also the author of Screen Test: Take One, a play about a soap opera that originated on a film set.^[6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1959	The Bloody Brood	Cliff
1960	The DuPont Show of the Month	Denis Eady	Episode: "Ethan Frome"
1960	The United States Steel Hour	Jack Taylor	Episode: "Revolt in Hadley"
1961	One Plus One	Bill Cannon
1961	The Detectives	Tom Harper	Episode: "A Piece of Tomorrow"
1961-1962	Checkmate	Chris Devlin	6 episodes
1961-1966	Perry Mason	Bruce Strickland / George Parsons / Enos Watterton / Bert Nickols	4 episodes
1962	Bonanza	Jamie Wrenn	Episode: "The Jury"
1963	General Hospital	Dr. Ken Martin	1963–1964
1964	Gunsmoke	Cowboy	Episode: "Scot Free"
1964	12 O'Clock High	Lt. Kinner	Episode: "Decision"
1965	The Young Marrieds	Dr. Ken Martin	character from General Hospital
1965-1967	The F.B.I.	Allen Cole / Woods / Defense Attorney Barker	3 episodes
1966	Sugar Colt	Dr. Tom Cooper / Rocco
1966	The Man Who Never Was		Episode: "To Kill an Albatross"
1967	Halleluja for Django	Santo / David Phaylard
1968	One Life to Live	Dr. Ivan Kipling	TV series
1969	It Takes a Thief	Garrison	Episode: "Saturday Night in Venice"
1970	Quel maledetto giorno d'inverno... Django e Sartana all'ultimo sangue	Django
1970	Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End	Django
1970	Dead Men Don't Make Shadows	Lazar Peacock / Sabata
1971	A Barrel Full of Dollars	Tamayo
1971	Down with Your Hands... You Scum!	Django
1971	Boulevard du Rhum	Renner
1971	He Was Called Holy Ghost	Foster
1971	A Fistful of Death	Butch Cassidy
1972	The Assassination of Trotsky	Lou
1972	A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi	Enrico Graziani
1973	Corte marziale
1977	Kojak	Paul Lawford	Episode: "The Condemned"
1978	Bye Bye Monkey	Bar Owner	Uncredited
1978	The Edge of Night	Dr. Stein
1982	Another World	Louis St. George	1 episode
1983	All My Children	Lars Bogard #3	1 episode
1984	Remington Steele	Walter Gallen	Episode: "Blood Is Thicker Than Steele"
1984	Falcon Crest	Dr. Roderick	Episode: "Little Boy Blue"
1986	Search for Tomorrow	Dr. David Glenn	Episode: "Finale"
1987	Guiding Light	Dr. Wilson Frost (1973–1974) / John Cutter
1988	The Chair	Detective
1989	Generations	Hugh Gardner	3 episodes
1990	Dead Men Don't Die	Alex Cavanaugh
1991	In the Heat of the Night	Attorney Mark Harris	Episode: "Unfinished Business"
1992	Sinatra	Earl Wilson	2 episodes
1992	Just My Imagination	Governor	TV movie
1992	White Trash	CC's father
1993	Falling Down	Frank (Golfer)
1993	Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair	Director	TV movie
1993	Sisters	Harry Busby	Episode: "A Kick in the Caboose"
1993	Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert	Doc Morton	TV movie
1995	Seinfeld	Mr. Green	Episode: "The Doorman"
1995	Batman Forever	Fisherman
1995	MADtv	Judge	1 episode
1996	Deadly Games	Gene Murdock	Episode: "Dr. Kramer"
1996	Power 98	Waldo Marcel
1997	The Big Fall	Tyre
1997	Frasier	Ian	Episode: "Ham Radio"
1997	Batman & Robin	Party Guest #1
1998	Alien Avengers II	Elder	TV movie
1997	Mike Hammer, Private Eye	Father Dressler	Episode: "Sins of the Fathers"
1998	Gods and Monsters	Boris Karloff
1998	The Scottish Tale	Syd
1999	Southern Man
1999	Everybody Loves Raymond	Walter	Episode: "Cruising with Marie"
1999	Office Space	Judge
1999	8MM	Butler
1999	Power Rangers Lost Galaxy	Councilor Brody	7 episodes
2000	The Next Best Thing	Vernon
2000	True Rights	Thad Whitney
2000	Running Mates	Senator	TV movie
2000	Cut	Alfred Carpenter	TV Short, Uncredited
2001	Friends	Tom	Episode: "The One with Joey's New Brain"
2001	Mockingbird Don't Sing	Wes Standon
2001	Critical Mass	Atty. Gen. Ames
2002	The Young and the Restless	Roberto	1 episode
2002	Spider-Man	Henry Balkan
2002	The District	Priest	Episode: "Faith"
2003	The Commission	Allen Dulles
2004	I Am Stamos	Preston	Short
2004	Vendetta: No Conscience, No Mercy	Jack McGuire
2005	Cold Case	Dr. Greggs	Episode: "A Perfect Day"
2006	My Name Is Earl	Prosecutor	Episode: "BB"
2007	Zoey 101	Mr. Hodges	Episode: "Curse of PCA"
2007	The Desert Rose	Joel Shaw	Show
2007	Being Michael Madsen	James J. Perry
2008	It's a Wonderful Death	President Marshall	Short
2009	The Unit	Old Priest	Episode: "The Last Nazi"
2009	The Mentalist	Other Mobster	Episode: "Red Sauce"
2009	Monk	Cowboy Hank	Episode: "Happy Birthday, Mr. Monk"
2011	Mardi Gras: Spring Break	Elderly Couple
2014	About Last Night	Old Man
2015	To Dust Return	Mr. Owen	Short
2016	The Red Maple Leaf	Alfonso Palermo's LA Driver
2016	Silver Skies	Mickey
2016	JOB's Daughter	Sam Morrison
2017	Garlic & Gunpowder	Bookstore Owner
2018	D-Railed	The Conductor

References

1. "The Life and Career of Jack Betts aka Hunt Powers | the Dev Show". YouTube. December 21, 2021.
2. https://www.playbill.com/person/jack-betts-vault-0000014272 ^{[bare URL]}
3. 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.
4. Terrace, Vincent (1985). Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials. VNR AG. ISBN 978-0-918432-61-2.
5. Reichardt, Nancy M. (May 2, 1982). "Age before duty for 'Life's' Jack Betts". The News-Leader. Virginia, Staunton. p. 42. Retrieved January 7, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Screen Test: Take One". Variety. April 12, 1996. Archived from the original on January 8, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2018.

External links

• Jack Betts at IMDb
• Jack Betts at the TCM Movie Database
• Jack Betts at the Internet Broadway Database
• Hunt Powers at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection
• Jack Betts at AllMovie