Jack Betts, an actor who appeared in Sam Raimi’s 2002 “Spider-Man,” “Sugar Colt” and a number of other spaghetti Western movies, died on June 19. He was 96.

Betts’ nephew, Dean Sullivan, reported that the actor died in his sleep at house in Los Osos, Calif. 

The actor was shut buddies with “Everyone Loves Raymond” star Doris Roberts, and the pair typically attended occasions collectively in Hollywood from the late Nineteen Eighties till her demise in 2016.

Betts was born and raised in Jersey Metropolis, N.J. When he was 10 years previous, he and his household moved to Miami. After graduating from Miami Senior Excessive College, he pursued a level in theater on the College of Miami. He then moved to New York to start his performing profession together with his first supporting function on Broadway within the 1953 adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Richard III.”

He additional developed his performing abilities as a member of The Actors Studio, a company for performers, theatre administrators and playwrights to refine their abilities. By 1959, he made his movie debut within the Canadian thriller “The Bloody Brood,” the place he performed an unusual man investigating the homicide of his youthful brother.

As Betts’ movie profession began to kick off, he additionally started making a number of TV appearances. From 1960 to 1962, he portrayed Chris Devlin within the CBS thriller sequence “Checkmate.” He performed Dr. Ken Martin in “Basic Hospital” from 1963 to 1965. His performing portfolio included a number of cleaning soap opera appearances in “The Fringe of Evening,” “The Medical doctors,” “One other World,” “All My Kids,” “Seek for Tomorrow,” “Guiding Gentle,” “Loving,” “One Life to Stay” and “Generations.”

Though Betts’ movie and TV profession was rising, he returned to Broadway in a 1959 manufacturing of Tennessee Williams’ “Candy Fowl of Youth.” He additionally starred in “Dracula” on Broadway from 1977 to 1980, the place he portrayed Dr. Seward.

Betts made his spaghetti Western debut within the 1966 Franco Giraldi movie “Sugar Colt,” the place he was credited as Hunt Powers. Within the film, he portrayed a authorities particular agent named Dr. Tom Copper. From there, he led a sequence of spaghetti Western movies via 1973. Different movies he starred in embody “Gods and Monsters” (1998), “The Assassination of Trotsky” (1972), “Falling Down” (1993), “Batman Without end” (1995), “Batman & Robin” (1997), “8MM” (1999) and “Workplace House” (1999). 

In Sam Raimi’s movie adaptation of  “Spider-Man,” Betts performed Henry Balkan, the Oscorp board chair who fired Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe). Osborn quickly became the Inexperienced Goblin and eradicated Balkan and his fellow board members throughout an assault at Instances Sq..

His different TV credit embody “Gunsmoke,” “The F.B.I.,” “It Takes a Thief,” “Kojak,” “Remington Steele,” “Frasier,” “Everyone Loves Raymond,” “Buddies,” “My Title Is Earl,” “The Mentalist” and “Monk.” Betts was additionally the creator of “Display screen Take a look at: Take One,” a play a few cleaning soap opera.

Along with his nephew, he’s survived by his nieces, Lynee and Gail, and his sister, Joan.