Max Baer

Max Baer

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

11/02/1909

Day of Death

21/11/1959
(50) years old

Place of Birth

Omaha - Nebraska - USA

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... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1957

Utah Blaine

as Gus Ortmann

1956

The Harder They Fall

as Buddy Brannen

1951

Skipalong Rosenbloom

as Butcher Baer

1950

Riding High

as Bertie (uncredited)

1949

Bride for Sale

as Litka

1949

Africa Screams

as Grappler McCoy

1943

Ladies' Day

as Hippo Jones

1942

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

as Professor Samson

1942

The Navy Comes Through

as Coxswain G. Berringer

1938

Fisticuffs

as Himself

1937

Over She Goes

as Silas Morner