Max Baer

Actor

Born: February 11, 1909
Died: November 21, 1959 (age 50)
From: Omaha - Nebraska - USA

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,…

Filmography (18)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer (1964)
Once Upon a Horse... (1958)
Ben
Utah Blaine (1957)
Gus Ortmann
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956)
Mike
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Buddy Brannen
The Champs Step Out
The Champs Step Out (1951)
Max
Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951)
Butcher Baer
Riding High (1950)
Bertie (uncredited)
Bride for Sale (1949)
Litka
Africa Screams (1949)
Grappler McCoy
Buckskin Frontier (1943)
Tiny
Ladies' Day (1943)
Hippo Jones
The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942)
Professor Samson
The Navy Comes Through (1942)
Coxswain G. Berringer
Fisticuffs (1938)
Himself
Over She Goes (1937)
Silas Morner
The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
Steve Morgan