Carl Lawrence Betz was a stage, film and television actor. He appeared in the soap opera Love of Life, but is perhaps best remembered for having played Donna Reed's television husband, Dr. Alex Stone, from 1958 to 1966 in The Donna Reed Show. Between 1967 and 1969, he played defense attorney Clinton Judd in Judd for the Defense, and won an Emmy Award in 1969 for his work.
Known For
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Cast Credits
The New Perry Mason (1973)
Guest starring as Clinton Exeter
- Episode 1x11: The Case of the Spurious Spouse (Dec 9, 1973) [Special Guest Star]
Barnaby Jones (1973)
Guest starring as Marshall Briggs
- Episode 2x09: Stand-In for Death (Nov 11, 1973)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
Guest starring as Jeff Williams
- Episode 1x12: The Bullet (Dec 16, 1972)
Judd for the Defense (1967)
Starring as Clinton Judd
(50 episodes)
- Episode 2x24: The View from the Ivory Tower (Mar 14, 1969)
- Episode 2x23: An Elephant in a Cigar Box (Mar 7, 1969)
- Episode 2x22: The Holy Ground (2) - The Killers (Feb 28, 1969)
- Episode 2x21: The Holy Ground (1) - The Killing (Feb 21, 1969)
- Episode 2x20: Visitation (Feb 14, 1969)
- Episode 2x19: Runaway (Feb 7, 1969)
- Episode 2x18: Between the Dark and the Daylight (Jan 31, 1969)
- Episode 2x17: The Law and Order Blues (Jan 24, 1969)
- Episode 2x16: The Poisoned Tree (Jan 17, 1969)
- Episode 2x15: Epitaph on a Computer Card (Jan 10, 1969)
- Episode 2x14: Borderline Girl (Jan 3, 1969)
- Episode 2x13: The Crystal Maze (Dec 27, 1968)
- Episode 2x12: A Swim with Sharks (Dec 13, 1968)
- Episode 2x11: Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch to Live (Dec 6, 1968)
- Episode 2x10: My Client, the Fool (Nov 22, 1968)
- Episode 2x09: The Gates of Cerberus (Nov 15, 1968)
- Episode 2x08: Weep the Hunter Home (Nov 8, 1968)
- Episode 2x07: The Death Farm (Nov 1, 1968)
- Episode 2x06: The Sound of the Plastic Axe (Oct 25, 1968)
- Episode 2x05: The Name of This Game is Aquittal (Oct 18, 1968)
- Episode 2x04: Punishment, Cruel and Unusual (Oct 11, 1968)
- Episode 2x03: The Ends of Justice (Oct 4, 1968)
- Episode 2x02: Transplant (Sep 27, 1968)
- Episode 2x01: In a Puff of Smoke (Sep 20, 1968)
- Episode 1x26: You Remember Joe Maddox (Mar 15, 1968)
- Episode 1x25: The Worst of Both Worlds (Mar 8, 1968)
- Episode 1x24: Square House (Mar 1, 1968)
- Episode 1x23: The Devil's Surrogate (Feb 23, 1968)
- Episode 1x22: Kingdom of the Blind (Feb 16, 1968)
- Episode 1x21: What You Can Do with Money (Feb 9, 1968)
- Episode 1x20: The Grand Old Man (Feb 2, 1968)
- Episode 1x19: No Law Against Murder (Jan 26, 1968)
- Episode 1x18: Fall of a Skylark (2) - The Appeal (Jan 19, 1968)
- Episode 1x17: Fall of a Skylark (1) - The Trial (Jan 12, 1968)
- Episode 1x16: Everyone Loved Harland But His Wife (Jan 5, 1968)
- Episode 1x15: Firebrand (Dec 15, 1967)
- Episode 1x14: The Living Victim (Dec 8, 1967)
- Episode 1x13: To Love and Stand Mute (Dec 1, 1967)
- Episode 1x12: To Kill a Madman (Nov 24, 1967)
- Episode 1x11: The Money Farm (Nov 17, 1967)
- Episode 1x10: Citizen Ritter (Nov 10, 1967)
- Episode 1x09: Commitment (Nov 3, 1967)
- Episode 1x08: Death from a Flower Girl (Oct 27, 1967)
- Episode 1x07: Confessional (Oct 20, 1967)
- Episode 1x06: Conspiracy (Oct 13, 1967)
- Episode 1x05: Shadow of a Killer (Oct 6, 1967)
- Episode 1x04: A Civil Case of Murder (Sep 29, 1967)
- Episode 1x03: The Other Face of the Law (Sep 22, 1967)
- Episode 1x02: The Deep End (Sep 15, 1967)
- Episode 1x01: Tempest in a Texas Town (Sep 8, 1967)
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Guest starring as Dutch Krebbs
- Episode 7x01: Break! (Sep 16, 1972)
Guest starring as General Yuri Kozani
- Episode 4x23: The Crane (Mar 8, 1970)
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Starring as Alex Stone
(91 episodes)
- Episode 8x26: What Price Home? (Mar 12, 1966)
- Episode 8x25: So You Really Think You're Young at Heart (Mar 5, 1966)
- Episode 8x24: No More Parties, Almost (Feb 26, 1966)
- Episode 8x23: Is There a Small Hotel? (Feb 19, 1966)
- Episode 8x21: All This and Voltaire Too? (Feb 5, 1966)
- Episode 8x19: When I Was Your Age (Jan 22, 1966)
- Episode 8x17: My Son, the Councilman (Jan 6, 1966)
- Episode 8x16: How to Handle a Woman (Dec 30, 1965)
- Episode 8x12: Rally Around the Girls, Boys (Dec 2, 1965)
- Episode 8x09: Trees (Nov 11, 1965)
- Episode 8x04: Think Mink (Oct 7, 1965)
- Episode 8x02: With This Ring (Sep 23, 1965)
- Episode 8x01: Pop Goes Theresa (Sep 16, 1965)
- Episode 7x12: Quads of Trouble (Dec 3, 1964)
- Episode 7x05: The Daughter Complex (Oct 15, 1964)
- Episode 6x24: Teamwork (Feb 27, 1964)
- Episode 5x33: The Big Wheel (May 2, 1963)
- Episode 5x31: All Those Dreams (Apr 18, 1963)
- Episode 5x28: The Handy Man (Mar 28, 1963)
- Episode 5x27: Everywhere That Mary Goes (Mar 21, 1963)
- Episode 5x24: The House on the Hill (Feb 28, 1963)
- Episode 5x22: Big Sixteen (Feb 14, 1963)
- Episode 5x16: Just a Little Wedding (Jan 3, 1963)
- Episode 5x11: The Baby Buggy (Nov 29, 1962)
- Episode 5x08: Rebel with a Cause (Nov 8, 1962)
- Episode 5x02: Mrs. Stone and Doctor Hyde (Sep 27, 1962)
- Episode 4x24: Free Flight (Mar 1, 1962)
- Episode 4x18: For Angie with Love (Jan 18, 1962)
- Episode 4x15: A Very Bright Boy (Dec 21, 1961)
- Episode 4x13: The Fabulous O'Hara (Dec 7, 1961)
- Episode 4x09: The Electrical Storm (Nov 9, 1961)
- Episode 4x04: Mouse at Play (Oct 5, 1961)
- Episode 3x35: Military School (May 18, 1961)
- Episode 3x34: The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (May 11, 1961)
- Episode 3x32: For Better or Worse (Apr 27, 1961)
- Episode 3x29: The Merry Month of April (Apr 6, 1961)
- Episode 3x28: Donna's Helping Hand (Mar 30, 1961)
- Episode 3x26: Poodle Parlor (Mar 16, 1961)
- Episode 3x25: Aunt Belle's Earrings (Mar 9, 1961)
- Episode 3x24: Tony Martin Visits (Mar 2, 1961)
- Episode 3x14: Someone is Watching (Dec 22, 1960)
- Episode 3x13: Donna Goes to a Reunion (Dec 15, 1960)
- Episode 3x04: The Love Letter (Oct 6, 1960)
- Episode 3x03: Donna Decorates (Sep 29, 1960)
- Episode 2x37: The Wedding Present (Jun 10, 1960)
- Episode 2x32: Jeff, the Financial Genius (May 5, 1960)
- Episode 2x26: The Fatal Leap (Mar 17, 1960)
- Episode 2x23: A Night to Howl (Feb 25, 1960)
- Episode 2x16: The Broken Spirit (Jan 7, 1960)
- Episode 2x13: A Difference of Opinion (Dec 17, 1959)
- Episode 2x09: Flowers for the Teacher (Nov 19, 1959)
- Episode 2x03: A Penny Earned (Oct 8, 1959)
- Episode 2x02: Sleep No More My Lady (Oct 1, 1959)
- Episode 2x01: That's Show Business (Sep 24, 1959)
- Episode 1x37: Operation Deadbeat (Jun 3, 1959)
- Episode 1x36: Advice to Young Lovers (May 27, 1959)
- Episode 1x35: Tomorrow Comes Too Soon (May 20, 1959)
- Episode 1x34: Miss Lovelace Comes to Tea (May 13, 1959)
- Episode 1x33: The Testimonial (May 6, 1959)
- Episode 1x32: Grateful Patient (Apr 29, 1959)
- Episode 1x31: Do You Trust Your Child? (Apr 22, 1959)
- Episode 1x30: The Hero (Apr 15, 1959)
- Episode 1x29: The Parting of the Ways (Apr 8, 1959)
- Episode 1x28: April Fool (Apr 1, 1959)
- Episode 1x27: The Flowered Print Dress (Mar 25, 1959)
- Episode 1x26: Mary's Campaign (Mar 18, 1959)
- Episode 1x25: The Ideal Wife (Mar 11, 1959)
- Episode 1x24: Boys Will Be Boys (Mar 4, 1959)
- Episode 1x23: The Report Card (Feb 25, 1959)
- Episode 1x22: Love Thy Neighbor (Feb 18, 1959)
- Episode 1x21: Donna Plays Cupid (Feb 11, 1959)
- Episode 1x20: Have Fun (Feb 4, 1959)
- Episode 1x19: Jeff vs. Mary (Jan 28, 1959)
- Episode 1x18: It's the Principle of the Thing (Jan 21, 1959)
- Episode 1x17: Nothing But the Truth (Jan 14, 1959)
- Episode 1x16: Jeff's Double Life (Jan 7, 1959)
- Episode 1x15: Mary's Double Date (Dec 31, 1958)
- Episode 1x14: A Very Merry Christmas (Dec 24, 1958)
- Episode 1x13: The Busy Body (Dec 17, 1958)
- Episode 1x12: The Beaded Bag (Dec 10, 1958)
- Episode 1x11: The Baby Contest (Dec 3, 1958)
- Episode 1x10: Guest in the House (Nov 26, 1958)
- Episode 1x09: Dough Re-Mi (Nov 19, 1958)
- Episode 1x08: Change Partners and Dance (Nov 12, 1958)
- Episode 1x07: Three Part Mother (Nov 5, 1958)
- Episode 1x06: The Foundling (Oct 29, 1958)
- Episode 1x05: The Football Uniform (Oct 22, 1958)
- Episode 1x04: Male Ego (Oct 15, 1958)
- Episode 1x03: The Hike (Oct 8, 1958)
- Episode 1x02: Pardon My Gloves (Oct 1, 1958)
- Episode 1x01: Weekend Trip (Sep 24, 1958)
Perry Mason (1957)
Guest starring as Dr. Ralph Chandler
- Episode 1x17: Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary (Jan 11, 1958)