
Max Baer Jr.
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Maximilian Adalbert "Max" Baer Jr. (born December 4, 1937) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. He is best known for playing Jethro Bodine, the dimwitted nephew of Jed Clampett (played by Buddy Ebsen) on The Beverly Hillbillies. After the death of Donna Douglas in January 2015, Baer became the last surviving member of that show's main cast.
Baer's first acting role was in Goldilocks and the Three Bears at the Blackpool Pavilion in England in 1949. He began acting professionally in 1960 at Warner Bros., where he made appearances on television programs such as Maverick, Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye, Cheyenne, The Roaring 20s, and 77 Sunset Strip. His career took off two years later, when he joined the cast of The Beverly Hillbillies.
In 1962, Baer was cast in the role of the doltish Jethro Bodine, Jed Clampett's cousin's son. It proved to be the high point of his acting career and the role for which he is best remembered.
He continued to take other parts during the nine-year run of The Beverly Hillbilles and appeared on the television programs Vacation Playhouse and Love, American Style, as well as in the western A Time for Killing.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.079 |
Birthday | 1937-12-04 |
Place of Birth | Oakland, California, USA |
Also Known As | Max Baer, |

1967

A Time for Killing
4.5/29
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearin...
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A Time for Killing

1974

Macon County Line
5.9/34
A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters. Low-budget film set in Georgia in 1953 and at th...
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Macon County Line

1993

The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies
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The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies

1973

The Birdmen
7.5/8
During WWII an American soldier sent to Norway to help with the escape of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans. Before they can esca...
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The Birdmen

1999

The Last Days of Sharon Tate
0/0
The documentary profiled the final and last days of Sharon Tate Polanski, a beloved actress and model, who was killed in 1969 by a cult in Los Angeles...
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The Last Days of Sharon Tate

1975

The Wild McCullochs
4/2
A story about the rich McCulloch Family, their overbearing father and the children's misguided blaming him for everything that doesn't go right.
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The Wild McCullochs

2020

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
7.5/2
An illuminating portrait of Jay Sebring — the long-forgotten artist, designer, and entrepreneur who created a billion-dollar hair & beauty industry an...
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Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

1964

Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer
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A documentary film about the life and career of one-time Heavyweight boxing champion of the world Max Baer.
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