Jack Betts

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

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	1957–present

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.

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," 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.

Filmography

Betts with Fred Willard in November 2010

Year	Film	Role
2015	To Dust Return	Mr. Owen
2011	Mardi Gras: Spring Break	Elderly Couple
2009	Monk	Cowboy Hank
2009	The Mentalist	Other Mobster
2009	The Unit	Old Priest
2008	It's a Wonderful Death	President Marshall
2007	Being Michael Madsen	James J. Perry
2007	The Desert Rose	Joel Shaw
2007	Zoey 101	Mr. Hodges
2006	My Name Is Earl	Prosecutor
2005	Cold Case	Dr. Greggs
2004	Vendetta: No Conscience, No Mercy	Jack McGuire
2004	I Am Stamos	Preston
2003	The Commission	Allen Dulles
2002	The District	Priest
2002	Spider-Man	Henry Blakan
2002	The Young and the Restless	Roberto
2001	Critical Mass	Atty. Gen. Ames
2001	Mockingbird Don't Sing	Wes Standon
2001	Friends	Tom
2000	Cut	Alfred Carpenter
2000	Running Mates	Senator
2000	True Rights	Thad Whitney
2000	The Next Best Thing	Vernon
1999	Power Rangers Lost Galaxy	Councilor Brody
1999	Everybody Loves Raymond	Walter
1999	Office Space	Judge
1999	8MM	Butler
1998	Alien Avengers II	Elder
1998	Gods and Monsters	Boris Karloff
1998	The Scottish Tale	Syd
1998	Southern Man	Boris Karloff
1997	The Big Fall	Tyre
1997	Mike Hammer, Private Eye	Father Dressler
1997	Batman & Robin	Party Guest
1997	Frasier	Ian
1996	Power 98	Waldo Marcel
1996	Deadly Games	Gene Murdock
1995	MADtv	Judge
1995	Batman Forever	Fisherman
1995	Seinfeld	Mr. Green
1993	Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert	Doc Morton
1993	Sisters	Harry Busby
1993	Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair	Director
1993	Falling Down	Frank the Golfer
1992	Just My Imagination	Governor
1992	Sinatra	Earl Wilson
1992	White Trash	CC's father
1991	In the Heat of the Night	Attorney Mark Harris
1990	Dead Men Don't Die	Cavanaugh
1989	Generations	Hugh Gardner
1988	The Chair	Detective
1987	Guiding Light	Dr. Wilson Frost (1973-1974) / John Cutter
1986	Search for Tomorrow	Dr. David Glenn
1984	Falcon Crest	Dr. Roderick
1984	Remington Steele	Walter Gallen
1983	All My Children	Lars Bogard #3
1982-1983	Another World	Louis St. George
1978	Bye Bye Monkey	Bar Owner
1978	The Edge of Night	Dr. Stein
1977	Kojak	Paul Lawford
1974	Corte marziale
1972	A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi	Enrico Graziani
1972	Down with Your Hands... You Scum!	Django
1972	The Assassination of Trotsky	Lou
1971	He Was Called Holy Ghost	Foster
1971	A Barrel Full of Dollars	Tamayo
1971	A Fistful of Death	Butch Cassidy
1971	Boulevard du Rhum	Renner
1971	Giù le mani... carogna
1970	Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End	Django
1970	Quel maledetto giorno d'inverno... Django e Sartana all'ultimo sangue	Django
1970	Dead Men Don't Make Shadows	Lazar Peacock/Sabata
1969	It Takes a Thief	Garrison
1968	One Life to Live	Dr. Ivan Kipling
1967	Halleluja for Django	Santo / David Phaylard
1967	Sugar Colt	Dr. Tom Cooper/Rocco
1966	The Man Who Never Was
1965-1967	The F.B.I.	Allen Cole / Woods / Defense Attorney Barker
1964	Gunsmoke	Cowboy
1964	12 O'Clock Hig	Lt. Kinner
1963	General Hospital	Dr. Ken Martin
1962	Bonanza	Jamie Wrenn
1961-1966	Perry Mason	Bruce Strickland / George Parson / Enos Watterton / Bert Nickols
1961-1962	Checkmate	Chris Devlin
1961	The Detectives	Tom Harper
1961	One Plus One	Bill Cannon
1960	The United States Steel Hour	Jack Taylor
1960	The DuPont Show of the Month	Denis Eady
1959	The Bloody Brood	Cliff

External links

• Jack Betts at the Internet 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