Overview

• He died peacefully in his sleep at his Los Osos, California home, with his nephew Dean Sullivan confirming the June 19 date on June 21
• Betts made his Broadway debut in 1953’s Richard III after studying theater at the University of Miami and earning a scholarship to The Actors Studio
• Under the name Hunt Powers he starred in about 15 Italian spaghetti Westerns between 1966 and 1973, beginning with Sugar Colt
• His film and television credits included soap-opera roles on One Life to Live, character turns in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, and a key boardroom role in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man
• He shared a Hollywood Hills home with friend Doris Roberts from the late 1980s until her 2016 death and is survived by his nephew, nieces Lynne and Gail, and sister Joan