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Jack Betts, known for appearing in dozens of the most classic series, Spaghetti Westerns, and the 2002 Spider-Man as Henry Balkan, has died. According to Variety, the 96-year-old character actor died on June 19 in his sleep at his home in Los Osos, California, as reported by his nephew. The actor was close friends with Everybody Loves Raymond star Doris Roberts, and the pair often attended events together before she died in 2016. 2002 was the year Betts caught the attention of younger generations, portraying Balkan, an executive who sat on the board of Oscorp Technologies alongside its wealthy company founder Norman Osborn before he became the Green Goblin. However, his iconic career spanned decades before that role even came along.

He was born on April 11, 1929, and grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey, before moving to Miami, Florida, with his family at 10 years old. Like many classic actors, Betts once auditioned for a...

Jack Betts, the character actor who appeared in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man (2002) and over a dozen Spaghetti Western films, has died at the age of 96.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, which first reported the news, Betts died Thursday in his sleep at his Los Osos, Calif. home, his nephew, Dean Sullivan, said.

Born Jack Fillmore Betts (saying he bore a relation to the 13th Potus Millard Fillmore) on April 11, 1929 in Jersey City, NJ, he grew up in Miami, where he eventually studied theater at University of Miami. Afterward, he moved to New York City, where he made his Broadway debut in 1953’s Richard III.

When a friend asked him to help with an audition for Lee Strasberg’s famed nonprofit, The Actors Studio, the director of the prestigious acting school granted him a three-year scholarship to study there. As a result, the venerated Elia Kazan later cast him in a production...

Actor Jack Betts, whom comic book fans will remember from his role in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, has passed away. He was 96 years old.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Betts died in his sleep on Thursday at his home in Los Osos, California. His nephew, Dean Sullivan, confirmed the actor's death. An official cause wasn't stated.

Jack Fillmore Betts was born on April 11, 1929, in Jersey City, New Jersey. After seeing 1939's Wuthering Heights with Laurence Olivier at the age of 10, Betts was inspired to become an actor. He later studied theater and acting before heading to New York, where he appeared on Broadway in a 1953 rendition of Richard III. From there, he went to The Actors Studio to further learn the craft.

In 1959, Betts made his feature film debut in the Peter Falk movie The Bloody Brood. He followed this up with notable TV roles, including detective Chris Devlin in Checkmate and Dr.