Personal Info
Known Credits
18
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1909-02-11 (116 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Omaha - Nebraska - USA
Also Known For
Max Baer
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
Acting
1983 --
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964 --
Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer
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1958 --
Once Upon a Horse...
| Ben
1957 --
Utah Blaine
| Gus Ortmann
1956 --
Requiem for a Heavyweight
| Mike
1956 --
The Harder They Fall
| Buddy Brannen
1951 --
The Champs Step Out
| Max
1951 --
Skipalong Rosenbloom
| Butcher Baer
1950 --
Riding High
| Bertie (uncredited)
1949 --
Bride for Sale
| Litka
1949 --
Africa Screams
| Grappler McCoy
1943 --
Buckskin Frontier
| Tiny
1943 --
Ladies' Day
| Hippo Jones
1942 --
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
| Professor Samson
1942 --
The Navy Comes Through
| Coxswain G. Berringer
1938 --
Fisticuffs
| Himself
1937 --
Over She Goes
| Silas Morner
1933 --
The Prizefighter and the Lady
| Steve Morgan