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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 4, 1937
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
Also Known As
- Max Baer
Max Baer Jr.
1.5 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
7.5
Self
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020
0.0
The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
2019
7.0
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
2017
0.0
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
1999
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
🎬
0.0
The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies
1993
7.5
Johnny Wheeler
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.5
St. Trooper Boone Willoughby
Murder, She Wrote
1984
6.2
Matt Houston
1982
3.7
Culver Robinson
The Wild McCullochs
1975
Credits
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
as Self
2020
7.5
The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
2019
0.0
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
2017
7.0
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
1999
0.0
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
🎬
The Legend of the Beverly Hillbillies
1993
0.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Johnny Wheeler
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as St. Trooper Boone Willoughby
1984
7.5
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
The Wild McCullochs
as Culver Robinson
1975
3.7
Macon County Line
as Deptuty Reed Morgan
1974
5.7
The Birdmen
as Tanker
1973
7.5
A Time for Killing
as Sgt. Luther Liskell
1967
4.6
Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer
1964
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Jethro Bodine
1962
6.9
The Roaring 20's
as Saunders
1960
0.0
Surfside 6
1960
5.0
Surfside 6
as Joe Wilk
1960
5.0
Hawaiian Eye
as Harry 'Stinger' Hurley (uncredited)
1959
5.2
Hawaiian Eye
as Bill Gorham
1959
5.2
Hawaiian Eye
as Ali
1959
5.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Government Man
1958
6.7
Maverick
as Ticket Taker / Ezra
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Cowboy
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Brazos
1957
6.9
Sugarfoot
as Frank
1957
4.8
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
Cheyenne
as Willis
1955
6.0