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Max Baer
Acting
11 Feb 1909
† 21 Nov 1959
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 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 ...
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Max Baer's Movies
72%
The Harder They Fall
08 May 1956
57%
Africa Screams
04 May 1949
54%
The Prizefighter and the Lady
10 Nov 1933
56%
The Navy Comes Through
30 Oct 1942
58%
Riding High
12 Apr 1950
66%
Utah Blaine
01 Feb 1957
43%
Ladies' Day
09 Apr 1943
70%
Bride for Sale
12 Nov 1949
80%
Requiem for a Heavyweight
11 Oct 1956
60%
Buckskin Frontier
14 May 1943
55%
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
31 Dec 1942
65%
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
25 Feb 1983
85%
Once Upon a Horse...
01 Sept 1958
60%
Fisticuffs
27 Aug 1938
70%
Over She Goes
16 Aug 1937
0%
Skipalong Rosenbloom
30 Apr 1951
0%
Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer
01 Jan 1964
0%
The Champs Step Out
15 Nov 1951
