Max Baer
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer
1964
Once Upon a Horse...
1958
as Ben
Utah Blaine
1957
as Gus Ortmann
The Harder They Fall
1956
as Buddy Brannen
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
as Mike
Playhouse 90
1956
as Mike
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as Killer King
Skipalong Rosenbloom
1951
as Butcher Baer
The Champs Step Out
1951
as Max
Riding High
1950
as Bertie (uncredited)
Bride for Sale
1949
as Litka
Africa Screams
1949
as Grappler McCoy
Buckskin Frontier
1943
as Tiny
Ladies' Day
1943
as Hippo Jones
The Navy Comes Through
1942
as Coxswain G. Berringer
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
as Professor Samson
Fisticuffs
1938
as Himself
Over She Goes
1937
as Silas Morner
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933
as Steve Morgan