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Carl Betz

Carl Betz
Carl Betz
Born: Mar 09, 1920 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died: Jan 18, 1978 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: '50s-'70s
Major Genres: Drama, Thriller
Career Highlights: Brink's: The Great Robbery, Powder River, Dangerous Crossing
First Major Screen Credit: Dangerous Crossing (1953)
Filmography
SPINOUT 1966
2 Videos for Carl Betz
Spinout (1966) The Donna Reed Show: Season 01 (1958)
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Biography:

Carl Betz held a fascination for the theater from the age of ten, when he and six of his friends would stage plays in his grandmother's Philadelphia basement. Earning a four-year scholarship to Duquesne University, Betz left after the first year to work in Summer Stock. He then attended Carnegie Tech's drama department, completing his education after three-years' service in World War II.

Following 65 straight weeks in East Coast stock companies, Betz made his Broadway bow in the 1952 flop {+The Long Watch}. This he followed with touring-show appearances opposite such fading Hollywood luminaries as Veronica Lake and Diana Barrymore, then with a one-year 20th Century Fox film contract.

With the exception of his leading-man assignment in Dangerous Crossing (1953), most of Betz' Fox films were unremarkable, but they did lead to a lucrative tour with Walter Slezak in {+My Three Angels}. He made his television bow as a regular on the CBS serial Love of Life, then gained prime-time fame as Dr.

Alex Stone on the long-running (1958-1966) sitcom The Donna Reed Show. Betz finally received above-the-title billing in the weekly courtroom series Judd for the Defense (1967-1969), for which he won an Emmy. Carl Betz spent most of the rest his career in the special guest star pool; he died of lung cancer in 1978 at the age of 58.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.