Max Baer Jr.
Known For
Acting
Born
1937-12-04 in Oakland, California, USA
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.
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
as Johnny Wheeler
Murder, She Wrote
as St. Trooper Boone Willoughby
Maverick
as Ticket Taker / Ezra
Maverick
as Cowboy
Maverick
as Brazos
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
as Willis
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Jethro Bodine
77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip
as Government Man
Surfside 6
Surfside 6
as Joe Wilk
Matt Houston
Hawaiian Eye
as Harry 'Stinger' Hurley (uncredited)
Hawaiian Eye
as Bill Gorham
Hawaiian Eye
as Ali
Sugarfoot
as Frank
The Roaring 20's
as Saunders
