Max Baer

Max Baer

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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  • Popularity: 2.374
  • Aithnichte airson: Acting
  • Co-là-breith: 1909-02-11
  • Àite breith: Omaha - Nebraska - USA
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  • 1956
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    The Harder They Fall

    The Harder They Fall

    7.1 1956 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Prizefighter and the Lady

    The Prizefighter and the Lady

    5.643 1933 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Navy Comes Through

    The Navy Comes Through

    5.6 1942 HD

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  • 1950
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    Riding High

    Riding High

    5.8 1950 HD

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  • 1943
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    Buckskin Frontier

    Buckskin Frontier

    6 1943 HD

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  • 1942
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    The McGuerins from Brooklyn

    The McGuerins from Brooklyn

    5 1942 HD

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  • 1983
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    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    6.5 1983 HD

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  • 1957
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    Utah Blaine

    Utah Blaine

    6.6 1957 HD

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  • 1938
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    Fisticuffs

    Fisticuffs

    6 1938 HD

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  • 1937
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    Over She Goes

    Over She Goes

    7 1937 HD

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  • 1943
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    Ladies' Day

    Ladies' Day

    4.3 1943 HD

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  • 1949
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    Bride for Sale

    Bride for Sale

    6 1949 HD

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  • 1951
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    Skipalong Rosenbloom

    Skipalong Rosenbloom

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1958
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    Once Upon a Horse...

    Once Upon a Horse...

    8.5 1958 HD

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  • 1964
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    Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer

    Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1956
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    Requiem for a Heavyweight

    Requiem for a Heavyweight

    7 1956 HD

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  • 1949
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    Africa Screams

    Africa Screams

    5.7 1949 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Champs Step Out

    The Champs Step Out

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1956
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    Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

    7.5 1956 HD

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