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Carl Lawrence Betz was an American stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in a variety of television series, including the CBS soap opera Love of Life; however, he is best remembered for playing Donna Reed's television husband, Dr. Alex Stone, from 1958 to 1966 in the ABC sitcom The Donna Reed Show. Then between 1967 and 1969, Betz played defense attorney Clinton Judd in ABC's courtroom drama Judd, for the Defense, winning an Emmy Award in 1969 for his work on that series.
Birth Name
Carl Lawrence Betz
Born
Wednesday, 09 March 1921
Died
Wednesday, 18 January 1978
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Television: The First Fifty Years | Dr. Alex Stone | 1999 |
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Alex Richmond | 1977 |
Quincy M.E. | Attorney Paul Barkley | 1976 |
Kingston: Confidential | Chaplain Potter | 1976 |
Most Wanted | Hill | 1976 |
Jigsaw John | Hamilton | 1976 |
That Lady from Peking | Max Foster | 1975 |
The Meal | Jake / Jake Matheson | 1975 |
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers | Will MacDonald | 1975 |
Starsky and Hutch | Father Ignatius | 1975 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Television: The First Fifty Years | Dr. Alex Stone | 1999 |
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Alex Richmond | 1977 |
Quincy M.E. | Attorney Paul Barkley | 1976 |
Kingston: Confidential | Chaplain Potter | 1976 |
Most Wanted | Hill | 1976 |
Jigsaw John | Hamilton | 1976 |
That Lady from Peking | Max Foster | 1975 |
The Meal | Jake / Jake Matheson | 1975 |
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers | Will MacDonald | 1975 |
Starsky and Hutch | Father Ignatius | 1975 |
Mitzi & 100 Guys | Self | 1975 |
S.W.A.T. | Greg Colby | 1975 |
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return | Will | 1975 |
Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
Killdozer | Dennis Holvig | 1974 |
The New Perry Mason | Clinton Exeter | 1973 |
Police Story | Chief Elliott | 1973 |
The Magician | Paul Ryerson | 1973 |
Barnaby Jones | Marshall Briggs | 1973 |
The Streets of San Francisco | Jeff Williams | 1972 |
The Deadly Dream | Dr. Howard Geary | 1971 |
Cannon | Arthur Bellamy | 1971 |
In Search of America | Ben Olson | 1971 |
McCloud | Aldon F. Flanders | 1970 |
Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour | District Attorney | 1970 |
Night Gallery | Dr. Max Redford (segment "The Dead Man") | 1969 |
The Monk | Danny Gouzenko | 1969 |
The Game Game | Self | 1969 |
Love, American Style | John Fillmore (segment "Love and the Former Marriage") | 1969 |
Bracken's World | Jeffrey Harris | 1969 |
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Victor Garner | 1969 |
Allen Ludden's Gallery | Self | 1969 |
Medical Center | Jason Purcell | 1969 |
Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Simon Bryant | 1969 |
It Takes Two | Self | 1968 |
Mod Squad | R.J. Coleman | 1968 |
Ironside | Jason Banning | 1967 |
Judd for the Defense | Clinton Judd | 1967 |
The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
Spinout | Howard Foxhugh | 1966 |
Mission: Impossible | Dutch Krebbs / General Yuri Kozani | 1966 |
The Felony Squad | Clinton Judd | 1966 |
The F.B.I. | Martin Ashton / Gar Shelton | 1965 |
Gypsy | Self | 1965 |
You Don't Say | Himself | 1963 |
The Match Game | Self - Team Captain | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Himself | 1961 |
Insight | General Dodd | 1960 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
The Donna Reed Show | Dr. Alex Stone / Dad Stone | 1958 |
Mike Hammer | Butler Tilton | 1958 |
Perry Mason | Dr. Chandler | 1957 |
The Silent Service | Lt. William Deragon / Lt. Cmrd. Roy S. Benson | 1957 |
Panic! | Co-Pilot Terry Blake | 1957 |
Broken Arrow | Trent | 1956 |
The Sheriff of Cochise | Paul Sloan | 1956 |
The Alcoa Hour | Howard Miller | 1955 |
Crusader | Inspector Alan Kingman / Alan Kingman | 1955 |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jerome Stanton / Store Detective | 1955 |
Gunsmoke | Nate Timble | 1955 |
Appointment with Adventure | Walter Pollard | 1955 |
The Millionaire | Miller / Phil | 1955 |
The Magical World of Disney | Will MacDonald | 1954 |
Waterfront | Dave Herrick | 1954 |
City of Bad Men | Deputy Phil Ryan | 1953 |
Vicki | Detective McDonald | 1953 |
Inferno | Lt. Mike Platt | 1953 |
Dangerous Crossing | John Bowman | 1953 |
Powder River | Loney Logan | 1953 |
The President's Lady | Charles Dickinson | 1953 |
My Pal Gus | Mr. Nelson | 1952 |
O. Henry's Full House | Jimmie Valentine (Prologue) | 1952 |
Rocky King, Detective | Joe Reed | 1950 |
The Big Story | Charles McKinney | 1949 |
Kraft Theatre | Jonathan | 1947 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1969 | Golden Globe | Best TV Star - Male | Won |
1969 | Emmy | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series | Won |