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Max Baer

Max Baer

Actor

Born February 11, 1909 in Omaha - Nebraska - USA

Died November 21, 1959

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Hollywood Without Make-Up
Amazon Prime Video
The Harder They Fall
Netflix
The Joe Louis Story
Amazon Prime Video
The Danny Thomas Show
Amazon Prime Video
The Abbott and Costello Show
Amazon Prime Video
Riding High
Netflix
Africa Screams
Amazon Prime Video
The Milton Berle Show
Amazon Prime Video
Buckskin Frontier
Amazon Prime Video

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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 the colorful Max from his numerous bit roles in films, including Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's Africa Screams (1949) to his near-autobiographical turn in the Budd Schulberg boxing expose The Harder They Fall (1956) starring Humphrey Bogart. Ironically, it was his acting in the latter film that likely led to his misrepresentation in "Cinderella Man" as being something akin to a monster, when actually, according to his family and those who knew him, he was an amiable man. Some fight fans thought that it was his good nature, which they attributed to his clowning, that eventually did him in, as he would not bear down on his opponents in the latter part of his career. Max Jr. says that his father wanted to be an actor, an insight that explains the flashy persona he displayed in and outside the ring as he wisecracked and clowned his way through careers as a boxer and performer in movies and nightclubs. Blessed with what "The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall of Fame Official Record Book" terms the most powerful right hand in heavyweight history, Baer used that right to gain a fearsome reputation as a California prizefighter before moving to New York and taking on the top ranks of the heavyweight division.

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Filmography

Actor

55

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Year

Primo Carnera: Le colosse aux pieds d'argile Poster

Primo Carnera: Le colosse aux pieds d'argile TV Movie2017

Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed Poster

Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed Documentary2008

Cinderella Man: The Real Jim Braddock Story Poster

Cinderella Man: The Real Jim Braddock Story Documentary2005

Kings of the Ring TV Special2000

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing Poster

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing Documentary2000

CBS This Morning Poster

CBS This Morning TV Series1987

Joe Louis: For All Time Poster

Joe Louis: For All Time Documentary1984

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Poster

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Documentary1983

Knockout Documentary1977

a.k.a. Cassius Clay Poster

a.k.a. Cassius Clay Documentary1970

Hollywood Without Make-Up Poster

Hollywood Without Make-Up Documentary1963

Once Upon a Horse... Poster

Once Upon a Horse... Feature Film1958

Two Knights from Brooklyn Poster

Two Knights from Brooklyn Feature Film1957

Utah Blaine Poster

Utah Blaine Feature Film1957

Playhouse 90 Poster

Playhouse 90 TV Series1956

The Harder They Fall Poster

The Harder They Fall Feature Film1956

Rocky Marciano vs. Archie Moore Feature Film1955

So This Is Hollywood TV Series1955

Wednesday Night Fights TV Series1955

The Jimmy Durante Show Poster

The Jimmy Durante Show TV Series1954

They Were Champions Short Film1954

Roar of the Crowd Documentary1953

The Danny Thomas Show Poster

The Danny Thomas Show TV Series1953

The Joe Louis Story Poster

The Joe Louis Story Feature Film1953

The Tonight Show Poster

The Tonight Show TV Series1953

Rootin' Tootin' Tenderfeet Short Film1952

The Abbott and Costello Show Poster

The Abbott and Costello Show TV Series1952

The Dennis Day Show Poster

The Dennis Day Show TV Series1952

Skipalong Rosenbloom Poster

Skipalong Rosenbloom Feature Film1951

The Champs Step Out Short Film1951

The Red Skelton Hour Poster

The Red Skelton Hour TV Series1951

Wine, Women and Bong Short Film1951

Riding High Poster

Riding High Feature Film1950

The Steve Allen Show TV Series1950

Two Roaming Champs Short Film1950

Africa Screams Poster

Africa Screams Feature Film1949

Bride for Sale Poster

Bride for Sale Feature Film1949

Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall Poster

Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall TV Series1948

The Eyes Have It TV Series1948

The Milton Berle Show Poster

The Milton Berle Show TV Series1948

Gillette Cavalcade of Sports TV Series1944

Buckskin Frontier Poster

Buckskin Frontier Feature Film1943

Ladies' Day Poster

Ladies' Day Feature Film1943

The McGuerins from Brooklyn Poster

The McGuerins from Brooklyn Feature Film1942

The Navy Comes Through Poster

The Navy Comes Through Feature Film1942

Fisticuffs Short Film1938

Over She Goes Poster

Over She Goes Feature Film1937

Joe Louis vs. Jack Sharkey Feature Film1936

Broadway Highlights No. 1 Short Film1935

Kids on the Cuff Feature Film1935

World's Heavyweight Championship: Primo Carnera and Max Baer Feature Film1934

Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 Short Film1933

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 Poster

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 Short Film1933

Max Baer vs. Max Schmeling Feature Film1933

The Prizefighter and the Lady Poster

The Prizefighter and the Lady Feature Film1933

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