Spaghetti Western legend Jack Betts dead at 96

Jack Betts leaves behind a 67-year career with everything from spaghetti westerns to major Hollywood productions.

Hollywood is mourning another legend. Jack Betts, the charismatic actor who charmed audiences in spaghetti westerns and later played a board member in “Spider-Man,” died Thursday at the age of 96 at his home in Los Osos, California, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Betts lived a life worthy of Hollywood. Under the stage name Hunt Powers, he appeared in about 15 Italian westerns between 1966 and 1973. This happened at the same time that Clint Eastwood was filming his iconic “Dollars” films on the nearby mountains.

In Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” (2002), he delivered the icy line “You’re out, Norman” to Willem Dafoe’s Norman Osborn – just before the Green Goblin turned him into a skeleton in the Times Square attack.

The versatile actor also graced soap operas such as “One Life to Live” and “General Hospital.” He also appeared in films such as “Batman Forever,” “Falling Down” and “Gods and Monsters.” His 67-year career spanned from his Broadway debut in 1953 to modern classics.

Betts lived with “Everybody Loves Raymond” star Doris Roberts from the 1980s until her death in 2016. It was a friendship that spanned six decades, since they first met at The Actors Studio in 1954.