Jack Betts
Born: 1929-04-11 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Died: 2025-06-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jack Betts (April 11, 1929 - June 19, 2025) was an American actor also known as Hunt Powers. He starred in numerous Spaghetti Westerns, including Sugar Colt (1966), Django and Sartana Are Coming... It’s the End (1970), and A Barrel Full of Dollars (1971). Besides Westerns, he appeared in films like Spider-Man (2002), Falling Down (1993), and 8mm (1999). On television, he had roles in series such as General Hospital, Bonanza, Kojak, and Perry Mason. Betts studied acting at the University of Miami and was also active in theater. He wrote the play Screen Test: Take One and performed on Broadway.
Filmography
2018
- D-Railed as The Conductor
- Garlic and Gunpowder as Bookstore Owner
2017
- The Red Maple Leaf as Alfonso Palermo's LA Driver
2016
- Silver Skies as Mickey
- Recovery Road as Grandpa Joe Ashby
- Magic Funhouse as Old Man
- The Secret of Joy as Merlin / Grampa
- Job's Daughter as Sam Morrison
2015
- To Dust Return as Mr. Owen
2014
- About Last Night as Old Man
2008
- The Mentalist as Other Mobster
2007
- Being Michael Madsen as James J. Perry
2006
2005
- My Name Is Earl as Prosecutor
- Zoey 101 as Mr. Hodges
2004
- Irish Eyes as Jack McGuire
2003
- The Commission as Allen Dulles
2002
- Monk as Cowboy Hank
- Spider-Man as Henry Balkan
2001
- Critical Mass as Atty. Gen. Ames
- Mockingbird Don't Sing as Wes Standon
2000
- The District as Priest
- Cut as Alfred Carpenter
- The Next Best Thing as Vernon
1999
- Office Space as Judge
- 8MM as Butler
1998
- Gods and Monsters as Boris Karloff
- The Scottish Tale as Syd
1997
- Batman & Robin as Party Guest
- Mike Hammer, Private Eye
- The Big Fall as Tyre
- Alien Avengers II as Elder
1996
- Everybody Loves Raymond as Walter
- Power 98 as Waldo Marcel
1995
- Batman Forever as Fisherman
- Sherman Oaks
- MADtv as Judge
1994
- Friends as Tom
1993
- Frasier as Ian
- Power Rangers as Councilor Brody
- Falling Down as Frank (Golfer)
- Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert as Doc Morton
- Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair as Director
1992
- White Trash as CC's father
- Just My Imagination as Governor
1990
- Dead Men Don't Die as Alex Cavanaugh
1989
- Seinfeld as Mr. Green
- Generations as Hugh Gardner
1988
- The Chair as Detective
1982
- Remington Steele as Walter Gallen
1981
- Falcon Crest as Dr. Roderick
1974
1973
- Kojak as Paul Lawford
1972
- A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services as Enrico Graziani (as Hunt Powers)
1971
- Rum Runners as Renner
- Adios Compañeros as Butch Cassidy
- Coffin Full of Dollars as Tamayo
- And His Name Was Holy Ghost as Foster
- Down with Your Hands... You Scum! as Django/Halleluia
1970
- Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End as Sartana
- One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana! as Django (as Hunt Powers)
- Dead Men Don't Make Shadows as Lazar Peacock/Sabata
1967
- Sugar Colt as Dr. Tom Cooper / Rocco
- Halleluja for Django as Padre Santo / David Phaylard
1965
- The F.B.I. as Defense Attorney Barker
1964
1959
- The Detectives
- The Bloody Brood as Cliff
1957
- Perry Mason as Enos Watterton
1955
- Gunsmoke as Cowboy