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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 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. Betts started his career in 1953 in the play Richard III. He portrayed Chris Devlin in the CBS mystery series Checkmate (1960–1962). From 1963 to 1965, he portrayed Dr. Ken Martin in General Hospital. He also played Mr. Fisher, an 80-year-old man on One Life to Live in 1982.

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.

Filmography

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
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

• American male film actors
• American male stage actors
• American male soap opera actors
• American male television actors
• Male Spaghetti Western actors
• Living people