Played as a tailback in the 1938 Sugar Bowl of Carnegie Institute of Technology
(now Carnegie Mellon University) versus Texas Christian University.
Dr. Alex Stone, Betz's character on The Donna Reed Show (1958), was ranked #16 in TV
Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004
issue].
One son, Richard Lawrence Betz, with first wife, Lois Harmon. He was born on May 24, 1957.