Max Baer
Acting
Born: 1909-02-11 · Omaha - Nebraska - USA
Died: 1959-11-21
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
🎬 Movies (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
The Harder They Fall
1956
Buddy Brannen
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
Mike
Skipalong Rosenbloom
1951
Butcher Baer
The Champs Step Out
1951
Max
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 Navy Comes Through
1942
Coxswain G. Berringer
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942
Professor Samson
Fisticuffs
1938
Himself
Over She Goes
1937
Silas Morner
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933
Steve Morgan
