Max Baer
Birthday
1909/02/11
Day of death
1959/11/21 (50 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Omaha - Nebraska - USA
Also know as
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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 ...Read more
Acting
(1956) The Harder They Fall
as Buddy Brannen
(1933) The Prizefighter and the Lady
as Steve Morgan
(1942) The Navy Comes Through
as Coxswain G. Berringer
(1950) Riding High
as Bertie (uncredited)
(1943) Buckskin Frontier
as Tiny
(1942) The McGuerins from Brooklyn
as Professor Samson
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1957) Utah Blaine
as Gus Ortmann
(1938) Fisticuffs
as Himself
(1937) Over She Goes
as Silas Morner
(1943) Ladies' Day
as Hippo Jones
(1949) Bride for Sale
as Litka
(1951) Skipalong Rosenbloom
as Butcher Baer
(1958) Once Upon a Horse...
as Ben
(1964) Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer
as ---
(1956) Requiem for a Heavyweight
as Mike
(1949) Africa Screams
as Grappler McCoy
(1951) The Champs Step Out
as Max
(1956) Playhouse 90
as Mike