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.

  • Title: Max Baer
  • Popularity: 2.581
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1909-02-11
  • Place of Birth: Omaha - Nebraska - USA
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Max Baer Movies

  • 1956
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    The Harder They Fall

    The Harder They Fall

    7.1 1956 HD

    Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian...

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  • 1933
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    The Prizefighter and the Lady

    The Prizefighter and the Lady

    5.643 1933 HD

    An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.

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  • 1942
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    The Navy Comes Through

    The Navy Comes Through

    5.6 1942 HD

    A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.

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  • 1950
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    Riding High

    Riding High

    5.8 1950 HD

    A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

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  • 1943
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    Buckskin Frontier

    Buckskin Frontier

    6 1943 HD

    A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.

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  • 1942
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    The McGuerins from Brooklyn

    The McGuerins from Brooklyn

    5 1942 HD

    Tim McGuerin and Eddie Corbett operates a big taxi-fleet company together and because of a misunderstanding Tim's wife Sadie thinks he is having an...

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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

    Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival...

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  • 1957
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    Utah Blaine

    Utah Blaine

    6.6 1957 HD

    Western about Calhoun helping to overcome land-grabbing outlaws.

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  • 1938
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    Fisticuffs

    Fisticuffs

    6 1938 HD

    This Pete Smith Specialty short showcases former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer with various sparring partners in the ring. Slow motion is used...

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  • 1937
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    Over She Goes

    Over She Goes

    7 1937 HD

    Plot and counter-plot jostle each other in this romantic comedy about a music-hall star who finds himself much in demand when he inherits a title!

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  • 1943
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    Ladies' Day

    Ladies' Day

    4.3 1943 HD

    A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. After marrying a movie star extreme measures are taken for the benefit...

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  • 1949
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    Bride for Sale

    Bride for Sale

    6 1949 HD

    Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting their...

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  • 1951
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    Skipalong Rosenbloom

    Skipalong Rosenbloom

    1 1951 HD

    Skipalong Rosenbloom is the star of a heavily commercialized TV kiddie show, presided over by a smarmy announcer. He is at odds with western bad guy...

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  • 1958
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    Once Upon a Horse...

    Once Upon a Horse...

    8.5 1958 HD

    Two zany cowboys steal a herd of cattle only to discover it costs more to feed them than they are worth.

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  • 1964
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    Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer

    Tender Hearted Tiger: Max Baer

    1 1964 HD

    A documentary film about the life and career of one-time Heavyweight boxing champion of the world Max Baer.

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  • 1956
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    Requiem for a Heavyweight

    Requiem for a Heavyweight

    7 1956 HD

    An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of...

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  • 1949
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    Africa Screams

    Africa Screams

    5.7 1949 HD

    When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead...

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  • 1951
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    The Champs Step Out

    The Champs Step Out

    1 1951 HD

    In the third of four shorts in this series, two ex-prizefighters, Max Baer and Maxie Rosenbloom, are hired by an archaeologist, Professor Bentley, to...

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  • 1956
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    Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

    7.5 1956 HD

    Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from...

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