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Jack Fillmore Betts, also credited as Hunt Powers, is an American
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Betts, Jack American male film actors American male stage actors American male soap opera actors American male television actors Male actors from Miami Male Spaghetti Western actors Year of birth missing (living people) Living people
character actor
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and playwright. He has acted in film, on stage, and on television.
Career
Betts portrayed Chris Devlin in the CBS mystery series ''Checkmate
Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is any game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with ) and there is no possible escape. Checkmating the opponent wins the game.
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'' (1960-1962). He also played Mr. Fisher, an 80-year-old man on ''One Life to Live
''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as ...
'' in 1982.
Among his numerous television appearances were four roles on the CBS
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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
External links
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University of Wisconsin
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