Max Baer
Born in Omaha - Nebraska - USA — Feb 11 1909• Died Nov 21 1959
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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, inclu…
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Max Baer's Credits
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The Abbott and Costello Show
Killer King
Playhouse 90
Mike
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
Buddy Brannen
Africa Screams
Grappler McCoy
The Navy Comes Through
Coxswain G. Berringer
Riding High
Bertie (uncredited)
Once Upon a Horse...
Ben
Fisticuffs
Himself
Bride for Sale
Litka
Buckskin Frontier
Tiny
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Steve Morgan
Ladies' Day
Hippo Jones
Over She Goes
Silas Morner
Utah Blaine
Gus Ortmann
The Champs Step Out
Max
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Mike
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Professor Samson
Skipalong Rosenbloom
Butcher Baer
Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer