Max Baer Jr.

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Actor • Producer • Comedian • Director

Birth Date: December 4, 1937

Age: 86 years old

Birth Place: Oakland, California

Max Baer Jr. is an American Actor, writer, director and producer who is best known for playing Jethro Bodine on "The Beverly Hillbillies." His father was the heavyweight boxer Max Baer Sr. Max Jr. studied drama at the University of California at Santa Clara and soon after graduation became a bit player at Warner Brothers. In 1962, he was cast as the dim-witted nephew Jethro on the CBS situation comedy "The Beverly Hillbillies." The show lasted nine seasons, but when it was over Baer found himself a victim of typecasting. He battled this by producing, writing and starring in his own production, 1974's "Macon County Line," in which he played a murderous Southern sheriff pursuing two brothers. The low-budget suspense film was a major hit, holding the record for its profits until 1999. Baer wrote, directed and starred in "The Wild McCullochs" the following year, a less successful Southern-themed comedy drama. In 1976, he directed the moderately successful "Ode To Billy Joe," based on the popular song by Bobbie Gentry. Baer directed the last of his period films in 1979, when he helmed "Hometown U.S.

A," a 1950s youth comedy in the spirit of "American Graffiti." Baer continued to make occasional television appearances in the 1980s and 1990s. Baer, who lives in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, has over the years attempted to build a Beverly Hillbillies-themed casino.

Credits

Mechamato

Actor
Show
2021

Murder, She WroteStream

Guest Star
Johnny Wheeler
Series
1984

The Asphalt Cowboy

Actor
Max Caulpepper
Movie
1982

Hometown USA

Director
Movie
1979

Fantasy Island

Guest Star
Series
1978

Ode to Billy Joe

Director
Movie
1976

Ode to Billy Joe

Producer
Movie
1976

The Wild McCullochs

Actor
Culver Robinson
Movie
1975

The Wild McCullochs

Director
Movie
1975

Macon County Line

Actor
Deputy Reed Morgan
Movie
1974

Macon County Line

Producer
Movie
1974

Escape of the Birdmen

Actor
Tanker
Movie
1971

Love, American Style

Actor
Rocky
Series
1969

The Beverly Hillbillies Christmas Adventure

Actor
Show
1963

The Beverly HillbilliesStream

Actor
Jethro Bodine
Series
1962

Surfside 6

Guest Star
Series
1960

77 Sunset Strip

Guest Star
Government Man
Series
1958

Sugarfoot

Guest Star
Series
1957

Cheyenne

Guest Star
Series
1955