Max Baer Jr. (Actor)

Reviews of Max Baer Jr. Movies

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Movies starring Max Baer Jr. have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 60%.

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth - released in 2020 - is Max Baer Jr.'s highest rated movie, with a score of 75% based on 4 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Max Baer Jr. is A Time for Killing - released in 1967 - with a score of 46% based on 2 reviews.

Actor Biography

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.

n 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.

Max Baer Jr. has acted in films with Emile Meyer, Harrison Ford, Quentin Tarantino and Paul Newman.

Max Baer Jr. has worked with these film directors: Roger Corman, Richard Compton, Phil Karlson and Anthony DiMaria.