---
name: "Jack Betts"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-betts"
fi1m_id: "jack-betts"
imdb_id: "nm0079439"
tmdb_id: 20581
wikidata_id: "Q955019"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 April 1929"
died: "19 June 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-23T12:09:07.807199+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jack Betts

## Identity

Jack Betts

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jack-betts
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jack-betts
- **IMDb ID:** nm0079439
- **TMDB ID:** 20581
- **Wikidata ID:** Q955019
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Betts, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q955019, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079439/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20581

Actor. Born 11 April 1929 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Died 19 June 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 April 1929, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 19 June 2025
- **Active:** 1993–2008
- **Also known as:** Jack Fillmore Betts, Hunt Powers
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 65 (5), 2000s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 60 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 3, Crime 3, Drama 3, Science Fiction 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,457m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Betts, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q955019, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079439/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20581

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Gods and Monsters*](https://film.one/film/gods-and-monsters.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*Spider-Man*](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jack Betts, also credited as Hunt Powers, was an American actor. Born Jack Fillmore Betts on 11 April 1929 in Jersey City, New Jersey, he died on 19 June 2025 in Los Osos, California.

He trained at the University of Miami and the Actors Studio. Betts appeared in numerous spaghetti Westerns in the 1960s and 1970s, including *Sugar Colt* (1966). His later film roles included *Falling Down* (1993), *Batman Forever* (1995), *Batman & Robin* (1997), *Office Space* (1999), *8MM* (1999) and *Spider-Man* (2002), in which he played Henry Balkan. On television he had parts in series such as *General Hospital*, *Perry Mason*, *Friends*, *The Mentalist* and *Monk*.

Betts also worked in theatre, appearing on Broadway and writing the play *Screen Test: Take One*. He played Boris Karloff in *Gods and Monsters* (1998).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *The Mentalist* (2008), Fi1m 71, as Other Mobster — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *Spider-Man* (2002), Fi1m 78, as Henry Balkan — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md)
- *Office Space* (1999), Fi1m 80, as Judge — [page](https://film.one/film/office-space.md)
- *Gods and Monsters* (1998), Fi1m 82, as Boris Karloff — [page](https://film.one/film/gods-and-monsters.md)
- *Batman & Robin* (1997), Fi1m 35, as Party Guest — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-and-robin.md)
- *Batman Forever* (1995), Fi1m 56, as Fisherman — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-forever.md)
- *Falling Down* (1993), Fi1m 71, as Frank (Golfer) — [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)

## Complete filmography (72)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Good Trouble* (2019), series, as Old Man
- *D-Railed* (2018), as The Conductor
- *Garlic and Gunpowder* (2018), as Bookstore Owner
- *The Red Maple Leaf* (2017), as Alfonso Palermo's LA Driver
- *Magic Funhouse* (2016), series, as Old Man
- *Silver Skies* (2016), as Mickey
- *The Secret of Joy* (2016), as Merlin / Grampa
- *Recovery Road* (2016), series, as Grandpa Joe Ashby
- *Job's Daughter* (2016), as Sam Morrison
- *To Dust Return* (2015), as Mr. Owen
- *About Last Night* (2014), as Old Man
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Other Mobster — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *Being Michael Madsen* (2007), as James J. Perry
- *The Unit* (2006), series, as Old Priest
- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), series, as Prosecutor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md)
- *Zoey 101* (2005), series, as Mr. Hodges
- *Irish Eyes* (2004), as Jack McGuire
- *The Commission* (2003), as Allen Dulles
- *Monk* (2002), series, as Cowboy Hank
- *Spider-Man* (2002), as Henry Balkan — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md)
- *Critical Mass* (2001), as Atty. Gen. Ames
- *Mockingbird Don't Sing* (2001), as Wes Standon
- *Cut* (2000), as Alfred Carpenter
- *The District* (2000), series, as Priest
- *The Next Best Thing* (2000), as Vernon
- *8MM* (1999), as Butler
- *Office Space* (1999), as Judge — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/office-space.md)
- *Gods and Monsters* (1998), as Boris Karloff — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/gods-and-monsters.md)
- *The Scottish Tale* (1998), as Syd
- *Alien Avengers II* (1997), as Elder
- *The Big Fall* (1997), as Tyre
- *Mike Hammer, Private Eye* (1997), series, Actor
- *Batman & Robin* (1997), as Party Guest — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-and-robin.md)
- *Everybody Loves Raymond* (1996), series, as Walter
- *Power 98* (1996), as Waldo Marcel
- *MADtv* (1995), series, as Judge
- *Sherman Oaks* (1995), series, Actor
- *Batman Forever* (1995), as Fisherman — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-forever.md)
- *Friends* (1994), series, as Tom — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert* (1993), as Doc Morton
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Ian — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Power Rangers* (1993), series, as Councilor Brody
- *Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair* (1993), as Director
- *Falling Down* (1993), as Frank (Golfer) — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)
- *Just My Imagination* (1992), as Governor
- *White Trash* (1992), as CC's father
- *Dead Men Don't Die* (1990), as Alex Cavanaugh
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Mr. Green — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Generations* (1989), series, as Hugh Gardner
- *The Chair* (1988), as Detective
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Walter Gallen
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Dr. Roderick
- *Court Martial* (1974), Actor
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Paul Lawford — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services* (1972), as Enrico Graziani (as Hunt Powers)
- *And His Name Was Holy Ghost* (1971), as Foster
- *Rum Runners* (1971), as Renner
- *Down with Your Hands... You Scum!* (1971), as Django/Halleluia
- *Adios Compañeros* (1971), as Butch Cassidy
- *Coffin Full of Dollars* (1971), as Tamayo
- *Dead Men Don't Make Shadows* (1970), as Lazar Peacock/Sabata
- *Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End* (1970), as Django
- *One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana!* (1970), as Django (as Hunt Powers)
- *Sugar Colt* (1967), as Dr. Tom Cooper / Rocco
- *Halleluja for Django* (1967), as Padre Santo / David Phaylard
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Defense Attorney Barker, Woods, Allen Cole
- *Another World* (1964), series, Actor
- *The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries* (1960), series, as Fred
- *The Bloody Brood* (1959), as Cliff
- *The Detectives* (1959), series, Actor
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Enos Watterton, Bert Nickols, George Parsons, Bruce Strickland
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Cowboy

## Gallery

- ![Fred Willard and Jack Betts in the Green Room at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre after a performance of Barrymore. (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/88116/gallery-18f043ef68e1.jpg) Fred Willard and Jack Betts in the Green Room at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre after a performance of Barrymore. (2010) — Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/FredWillardJackBettsNov10.jpg/1280px-FredWillardJackBettsNov10.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jack Betts](https://film.one/media/person/88116/gallery-fa0b6b69cf97.jpg) Jack Betts — Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/JackBettsNov10_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jack Betts and Rip Taylor in the Green Room at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre after Betts' performance in Barrymore. (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/88116/gallery-2c11fee7bc5c.jpg) Jack Betts and Rip Taylor in the Green Room at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre after Betts' performance in Barrymore. (2010) — Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/JackBettsRipTaylorNov10.jpg/1280px-JackBettsRipTaylorNov10.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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