Max Baer
Acting
Biography
Max Baer is arguably best known today for siring Max Baer Jr., the actor who played Jethro Bodine on the classic TV series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962). However, old-timers, followers of the sweet science, and viewers of the film Cinderella Man (2005) all know that Max Sr. was boxing's heavyweight champion of the world for all of 364 days, from the time he knocked out Primo Carnera on June 14, 1934, to the day he lost his title to Jimmy Braddock on June 13, 1935. Cinephiles also will remember the colorful Max from his numerous bit roles in films, including Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's Afric…
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Known For
Playhouse 90
1956 · TV
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · TV
The Harder They Fall
1956 · Movie
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956 · Movie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Movie
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933 · Movie
Once Upon a Horse...
1958 · Movie
Riding High
1950 · Movie
Africa Screams
1949 · Movie
Utah Blaine
1957 · Movie
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942 · Movie
The Navy Comes Through
1942 · Movie